Hascor International Group operates production plants in Tampico, Mexico, Houston, USA, and Turkey. It is specialised in the production of Ferro Alloys and Metal Powders for the Welding Electrode, Hard Facing and Cored Wire industries.

Hascor aims to supply customers with quality products tailormade for their needs. It is among the few companies in this industry, offering a "one stop" supply source for every metal powder needed. Hascor produces powders under the ISO 9001-2008 certification approved by the quality department of Perry Johnson. It constantly strives to innovate under every situation and constraint, to offer customers innovative, "tailor made" solutions.

In spite of strong competition, Hascor stands out for numerous reasons, not the least of which is its unique and highly efficient furnace operations capable of returning and reprocessing 100% of raw materials and feed stock. With 24 furnaces, highly motivated and customer-based team, global operations, expertise, and its own in-house laboratory; Hascor sets the standard in the industry for integrated metals and materials solutions.

Strategic Alliances

In order to serve clients with the "One Stop" supply source strategy the company has established excellent strategic alliances with:

• H?gan?s Brazil, the largest producer of Iron Powder in South Africa, which Hascor represents in Central and South America. Hoganas Brazil is Hascor's exclusive agent for Brazil
• Sierra Leone Rutile, one of the largest Rutile deposit in the world. Hascor is the official exclusive authorised distributor for SRL in Central and South America
• Fluorspar Cordoba: Argentinean Fluorspar successfully marketed in Latin America, Europe, and Middle East, and
• TAM Ceramics: Potassium and Sodium Titanate producer, for whom Hascor markets their complete production output worldwide. TAM Ceramics has 100 years' experience in the production of these materials.

In order to assure homogeneous powder quality and consistency, Hascor has chosen to invest in separate production lines for each of the Ferro alloy powders it produces.

With this measure, the company avoids unnecessary risks of contamination and guarantees the purity and cleanliness of the product. The strategy is to supply any customer at any location worldwide no matter the size of its requirement. The Hascor motto is that it can supply any customer from 1 kg up to 100000 kg, any time, any place.

Sizes & Packing

Sizes available for the Welding & Hard Facing industry: 20 mesh, 40 mesh, 50 mesh, 60 mesh or 80 mesh. Any other size can be produced upon request. Sizes available for the Cored Wire industry: for the cored wire industry the company offers special sizes of 10 x 325 mesh or 16 x 325 mesh. Standard packing is of 1 mt big bag on pallet; also available in super sacks. Also available in drums of 250 kg or 500 kg, paper bags of 25 kg or 50 kg. With 15 offices all over the world, Hascor is a true multi cultural company with local management at each Hascor location. It is a company that truly believes in thinking globally and acting locally.

(Contact; Bhavik Devani, General Manager India, Hascor International Group. Email: bhd@hascor.com)