Norcast Wear Solutions brings together various casting and other consumables businesses for world mining. It encompasses Norcast Castings, which its says is the world’s second largest producer of mill liners and one of the world’s largest suppliers of mill liners, crushers and wear components to the industry, and the assets of Swanmet Engineering, a manufacturing company with operations in Malaysia and Singapore producing a wide range of cast products, including crushing and ground engagement tools. Jan Castro, Chairman of Norcast Wear Solutions, said, “The acquisition of the Swanmet assets is a transformational transaction for Norcast Wear Solutions. The combination of Norcast Castings and Swanmet brings together two strong companies and sets the stage for the expanded cross manufacturing and marketing of both companies’ products. We value the established Norcast and Swanmet brands and believe that the combined product offerings of both brands will allow Norcast Wear Solutions to capitalise on greater opportunities globally, particularly in Asia, Australia, Latin America and Africa.”
Norcast Castings has an established legacy of providing quality cast consumables to the mining industry for over 100 years and is one of the world’s largest providers of mill liners. Its state of the art facilities are capable of producing chrome-moly steel, high chrome white irons and nickel alloys. With its custom design and engineering capabilities, Norcast Castings is capable of manufacturing custom-alloy products tailored to meet the specific operating requirements of customers. Norcast Castings’ technical support services and laser-based wear tracking allows customers to optimise their operations and reduce unnecessary downtime for replacements.
Swanmet, founded by the Lim family in 1975, has been providing specialty cast ferrous and non-ferrous products to the mining, aggregates, maritime and oil and gas industries in Southeast Asia, Australia, North America, and Europe for over 35 years. Swanmet’s modern foundry, fabrication facilities and in-house engineering capabilities allow them to produce a broad range of products to meet the specific requirements of their customers.
