Company profile

Past and present

The Ossam foundry in Lovech was established at the beginning of 1980. From the outset, it was designed for castings of malleable cast iron. In accordance with world trends in metal casting work, the foundry  produced the first ductile cast iron castings in the same year, and by 1983 had focused its whole capacity on this type of production.

The main facilities of the plant - melting units, moulding lines, cores making shop and mixture preparation are designed for large scale and mass production castings. These are castings for transport machinery: engine-powered tractors and electric trucks, trucks and passenger cars, agricultural machines, etc.

These activities continue today, supplemented by a large range of castings for water and gas industry - fittings, which are one of the main products now and destined for export.

A principal trend in the company's development is up-to-date technology. The implemention of new processes, materials and methods (e,g computer design, off-furnace treatment of the metal, modification, making of the cores, computer simulation of the casting processes and patters, etc.) leads to increased efficiency of production and improved quality of the castings.

Capacity and production

Number of employees:            310 employees
Total area of the company:     18 000 sq. m
Annual capacity:                     4 000 tons
Export:                                       80%

The foundry produces the following grades of cast iron:
- Ductile cast iron - all grades according to the European norm (EN 1563) and the respective national and company standards.
- Ductile cast iron for work at low (ASTM - A 874 M-89) and high (ASTM - A 398 M-88) temperatures. 
- Ductile cast iron with special chemical composition destined for heat treated to baenite structure (according to EN 1564)
- Grey cast iron according to DIN EN 1561 (EN GJL 200; EN GJL 250; EN GJL 300; EN GJL 350)

Single weight of the castings: form 1.00 kg up to 50.00 kg.

Quality

The foundry is certified according ISO 9001:2000.