HWI makes refractory products and provides high-temperature engineering and service for industries that rely on furnaces, kilns, and metalmaking equipment. Tracing its roots to 1865, the company now operates as the Americas brand of Calderys, with 25 manufacturing sites and 20 distribution centers across the Americas. Its Advanced Technology and Research Center in Pennsylvania is the largest refractory research facility in North America, supporting HWI’s specialty in solving demanding heat-containment and lining challenges.
HWITracing its roots to Pittsburgh’s Star Fire Brick Company in 1865, HWI manufactures refractory products and engineered services that protect equipment in high-temperature industries. Now a member of the Calderys Group, the company operates 25 manufacturing sites and 20 distribution centers across its Americas footprint, with nearly 2,000 employees. HWI is particularly known in the iron and steel industry for inventing COMANCHE® ladle refractories and for its Advanced Technology and Research Center, described as the largest U.S. facility devoted to refractory development, quality assurance, and failure analysis.PITTSBURGH, PA
HWI, A member of CalderysHWI carries a 160-year Pittsburgh-area refractory heritage, beginning with the Star Fire Brick Company in 1865 and continuing today as the Americas brand of the Calderys Group. Its nearly 2,000 employees support manufacturers whose operations depend on containing extreme heat, with particular depth in iron and steel. HWI is known for COMANCHE® and for combining large-scale manufacturing with hands-on technical support.NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Snow Shoe RefractoriesSnow Shoe Refractories makes fireclay and high-alumina refractory bricks and specialty materials for high-temperature furnace linings and shields. In business for nearly 100 years, the Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania company supplies standard and custom shapes through distributors across the United States and internationally, with products rated for temperatures up to 3,100°F.SNOW SHOE, PA
Wahl Refractory SolutionsFounded in 1921 by Oscar C. Wahl, Wahl Refractory Solutions manufactures custom-engineered refractory precast shapes and castables for high-temperature industrial applications. The Fremont company pioneered steel-fiber refractory technology, developing Wire-N-Cast in 1970 and later the SIFCA® process, and remains known for large MegaBRIX® furnace linings and shapes weighing more than 30,000 pounds. Wahl operates under ISO 9001:2015 and provides engineered and turnkey refractory support to molten-metals, minerals-processing, and thermoprocessing customers.FREMONT, OH