Test first, ship second
No part is packed until the lab has signed its chemistry, mechanical values and dimensions.
01About the works
Fifty years ofheat behind us.
2ndgeneration,
family-owned
family-owned
01Who we are
An independent foundry and forge on the IJssel.
We melt, pour, forge, heat treat and machine steel and alloy parts for rail, energy, mining and marine customers across Europe.
Keeping five processes on one 14-hectare site means one schedule, one quality system and one heat number that follows every part from ladle to loading bay. Our metallurgists work the same shifts as the melt crew, so alloy questions are answered on the floor, not in a ticket queue.
- Independent of any mill group
- Accredited test lab on site
- Three shifts, five days a week
- Scrap-based, low-carbon melting
Johanna KesslerManaging director, second generation50+Years of pouring metal
12tLargest single pour
240People on site
38Countries shipped to
02Our history
From two furnaces to five processes
Every expansion answered the same question from customers: can you do the next step too?
1976
Two furnaces and a sand floor
Hendrik Kessler starts a jobbing foundry with two 500 kg induction furnaces, casting pump housings for the Rhine barge fleet.
1989
The forge shop opens
A 2,500 t open-die press arrives from Duisburg. Shafts, rings and blocks up to 18 t join the order book.
2004
Heat treatment hall
Twelve gas and electric furnaces go in, surveyed to AMS 2750, so no part leaves site for heat treatment again.
2015
Machining and the CMM lab
5-axis machining centres and a climate-controlled CMM room close the loop from melt to finished part.
2021
EN 1090 fabrication bay
A 60 m bay with two 20 t cranes and coded welders for structural and pressure work up to EXC3.
2026
Fifty years, second generation
Johanna Kessler takes over as managing director. The plant runs three shifts and ships to 38 countries.
04Certificates
Audited every year, by people who don't work here
Quality management
Covers melting, forging, heat treatment, machining and fabrication under one system.
[Certification body] · valid to 2028PDF
Environmental management
Scrap-based melting, closed-loop cooling water and independently audited emissions.
[Certification body] · valid to 2027PDF
Health & safety
Every contractor and visitor inducted before the gate, incident figures published monthly.
[Certification body] · valid to 2028PDF
Structural steelwork
CE-marked welded structural components up to execution class 3.
[Certification body] · valid to 2027PDF
Pressure equipment materials
Material manufacturer approval for castings and forgings in pressure service.
[Certification body] · valid to 2029PDF
Pyrometry
Furnace surveys and thermocouple calibration for every heat-treatment line.
[Certification body] · valid to 2027PDF
05Our people
The people who run the melt
06Careers
Build a career in metal, not just a job
Apprenticeships in foundry, forging, welding and machining, with a paid route to shift lead.
