“We have a new product which we will launch later this year. It’s a camera system which runs underneath the casting table,” Ola Furu & August Riise from Hycast AS

AL Circle was delighted to welcome a delegation from Hycast AS last month and discuss how Hydro’s technology partner is taking aluminium casting to the next level globally. Ola Furu, Head of Project and Sales of Hycast AS, and August Riise, Senior Project Manager of Hycast, were in conversation with our Director of Operations, Soumyadip Chakraborty, which turned out to a deep insight into the market of aluminium casting. Mr Furu & Riise discussed the products and services and how Hycast incorporates sustainability into the technologies it provides. They also revealed the new technology they would be launching this year. To know about it all, continue reading the interview:

AL Circle: Please brief us about Hycast and the kinds of products it offers to the aluminium value chain.

Ola Furu: Hycast is a company that originated from Hydro R&D department more than 30 years back. The R&D department needed a company that could commercialise the technology. So, Hycast was created and started with billet casting equipment. We are 100% owned by Hydro and are a technology and development partner for Hydro. Since 2009 we have been selling the technology outside Hydro, and subsequently, grown quite rapidly. Today, we are one of the major players in casting equipment – billet & slab, for complete casting line, which is a launder and degassing casting system with high-level automation. We are located in Norway, Europe, and do business all across the globe.