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From its humble beginnings in a small room near Birmingham’s Bull Ring it has become an international supplier of consumable products to the foundry and steel industries.

   
Foundry Services Limited was established in 1932 as a supplier of flux products to brass and bronze foundries in Birmingham, England. The "Foseco" brand name was first used in 1934 and originates from the words FOundry SErvices COmpany.
   
The original success of the company was based not only on the provision of high quality products, but also on problem-solving and the development of application technology. This philosophy remains one of Foseco’s core values to this very day.

Over this time, Foseco has been responsible for a great many innovations, not just in consumable products but also in foundry process and product application. Take a look a the Foseco Timeline for more details.

Selected highlights from the UK company history
1931   A 23 year old Eric Weiss leaves his native Germany and arrives in the UK.
     
1932   Foundry Services Limited is registered in January in Birmingham.
     
1932   The first products produced are fluxes for treating aluminium and copper alloys and the manufacturing set-up consists of a weighing machine, a sieve and two shovels.
     
1932   Foundry Services introduces Foundry Practice – a free journal written in simple technical terms.
     
1933   Eric Weiss is joined by his boyhood friend Dr Kossy Strauss who applies his extensive knowledge of chemistry to solving a range of foundry problems.
     
1933   Relocates to larger premises in Nechells, Birmingham.
     
1934   The name FOSECO is born, taken from the first two letters of FOundry SErvices COmpany.
     
1939   The range of products has been extended to fluxes for iron casting, coatings and die coatings and exothermic compounds for use on feeder heads.
     
1946   First edition of the Foseco Foundryman’s Compendium – a forerunner of the Foseco Foundryman’s Handbook which is now in its 11th edition.
     
1947   Attends Foundry Trades Exhibition at Olympia.
     
1952   Sales hit £1m for the first time.
     
1956   All production is moved to the Drayton Manor site. An “Open Week” of the newly developed facilities attracts more than 1000 visitors.
     
1956   Following the successful development of feeding products for the production of steel ingots, separate steel and foundry divisions are established.
     
1957   Foseco employs 450 people and has more than 4000 customers in the UK.
     
1964   Shares are offered on the London Stock Exchange.
     
1967   Group turnover exceeds £20m and 3500 are employed worldwide.
     
1980   Eric Weiss is knighted by the Queen in recognition of his services to British industry.
     
1982   The foundry chemicals division of Ciba Geigy is acquired and establishes Foseco as a mainstream supplier of resin binders.
     
1991   Queen’s Award for Technological Achievement.
     
1993   Foseco gains the Queen’s Award for Environmental Achievement with the development of rotary degassing technology.
     
1997   Acquisition of SMC Foundry Products boosts Foseco's position as a leading supplier of coatings and binders.
     
1997   £2.4m invested in new STELEX steel filter production line in Tamworth.
     
2000   UK company achieves QS 9000 accreditation.
     
2001   Foseco (FS) Ltd is the first Foseco company to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation.
     
2008   Foseco becomes part of the Cookson Group
 
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