Satef Hüttenes-Albertus S.p.A.
SATEF-HA began its activity in 1946 quarrying and processing sands and clays for steel and iron foundries, in association with DE RIGHETTI & FILE’ in Milan, a trade company operating in this field since 1924 in the sale of raw materials and auxiliary products for foundry. In Vicenza SATEF-HA has been producing and dealing the whole range of foundry auxiliaries, supplying complete, traditional and innovative technical solutions, prime products custom-made and a service of technical cooperation for a global efficiency in foundries.
During the years SATEF-HA has strengthened its own operative strategy thanks to the cooperation with the international HUTTENES ALBERTUS Group and through shareholding in: IMIC a company leader in the production of pre-coated sand and premixed for foundry; SIDERSABBIE a trading company offering products and technical services for the shell-moulding process. Furthermore SATEF-HA extended storage capacity using coasting warehouses for sands and various raw materials.
Moreover SATEF HÜTTENES ALBERTUS has strengthened close technical and commercial co-operations with international firms: LÜNGEN, German company producer of mini-risers; NOVACAST, Swedish company leader in technical software for foundries; NORTH CAPE MINERALS (Norway) world leader in the production of olivine sand; SAMCHROM in Johannesburg (South Africa) world leader in the production of ores; CEDIE a Spanish manufacturer of cored wire; SNAM an Indian producer of of FeSiMg and inoculants and many more.
MANUFACTURING PROGRAM:
Resins, catalysts parting agents, cleaners and auxiliaries for foundry (on HÜTTENES ALBERTUS-DÜSSELDORF license)
Refractory cements, ramming mix for manual and spraying application, refractory mortars, concretes, casting and refractory materials for cupolas, electric furnaces, rotary furnaces, siphons and ladles
Refractory washes and coatings for moulds and cores
Die casting products: mould release agents – lubricant – pellets for pistons lubrication and related dosing tools – coating for permanent mould in non-ferrous metal die casting or low pressure application
Clays, bentonites and products for green sand moulding
Siliceous sands, chromite-, olivine-, zircon- sands and special sands
Moulding sand for non-ferrous alloys
Glues – Moulding sealing tapes
Slagging agents –Silicates and various products.
Trade products
Mini-risers and sleeves
Ceramic filters
Cored-wire
Ferrosilicon-magnesium and inoculants
Technical software for foundries
Process control systems
Graphites – Iron oxide (red oxide and magnetite) – Talc – Quartzite
Textile pipes for vents
Various auxiliary products.
Service
Technical assistance
- GEF - Global Efficiency in Foundry: partnership projects between supplying firm and customer firm in order to help optimization of production processes and their respective costs
- Personalized training programmes for foundry technicians
- Metallurgical consultancy
- Patching of furnaces and ladles lining.
