Member Companies

Alucom

Alucom is the leading Bulgarian foundry for casting and machining of aluminium parts, using counter pressure, low pressure and high pressure die casting methods.

Alucom was established in 1973 for the production of parts of aluminum alloys using pressure die-casting machines. In 1997 the factory became property of Metal Technology Group.

Since 2002 the factory has been certified according to EN ISO 9001 : 2000 and since 2004 also according to ISO/TS 16949 : 2002.

It is also in the process of being certified according to ISO 14001.

Arma

Arma is foundry for shell castings and investment castings of steel, grey cast iron and nodular cast iron and for production of ball valves and PTFE (Teflon) parts.

The factory is established in 1971 for the production of steel castings and ball valves for industrial applications. Currently the production range includes: production of steel ball valves, steel and cast iron castings, tetrafluoroethylene coating of metal parts and tetrafluoroethylene products. Three casting methods are used for production of steel and cast iron castings - shell casting, investment (lost-wax) casting and sand casting.

Since June, 2006 Arma belongs to Metal Technology Group.

Centromet

Centromet is foundry for centrifugal steel and iron castings - tubes for chemical industry, cylinder liners for marine diesel engines, rolls for ceramic industry, furnace rolls, double-layer rolls, bi-metal parts. The production range includes parts for the chemical, metallurgic, mining and machine-building industries.

Centromet was established in 1977 as scientific-production enterprise and specializes in the production of metal castings by the method of centrifugal casting.

Retaining its original activities, the company was privatased in 1999 and became a member of Metal Technology Group. 

Metakom

Metakom is foundry for large-sized steel castings, grey cast iron and nodular cast iron castings, decorative castings. Metakom is able to produce both blank castings as well as fully-machined parts.

The Steel Casting Works in Pleven was created in 1965. It has a substantial experience and is specialized in production of steel castings.

Over the past 15 years the company has also successfully started and mastered the production of cast iron parts. Shaped castings are produced by use of stationary sand moulding process.

In 1999 the plant was privatized and has become a member company of Metal Technology Group.

Ossam

Ossam is sand casting foundry for grey cast iron castings and nodular cast iron castings. Ossam is able to produce both blank castings as well as fully-machined parts.

The foundry was created for casting malleable cast iron - a material with complex technology and high power consumption production.

Since 1985 it has become the biggest and the most modern plant for production of castings of ductile cast iron on the Balkan Peninsula.

After the privatization in 1997 Ossam became a member company of Metal Technology Group.

Vaptsarov

Vaptsarov is leading producer of various press machines,  hydro turbines, valves, gates and other hydro power equipment. The company is split into two main divisions:

• VAPRESS - mechanical eccentric presses, hydraulic presses, sheet-bending  presses, presses for briquetting of bio-mass
  
• VAP Hydro - hydro power equipment: turbines, valves, gates, pipes, hydro power plants
  

The company was established in 1925 as a small metal-working workshop. From 1950 to 1990, Vaptsarov manufactured and shipped more than 10 000 forging and press machines of various types as well as turbines and other related equipment for most of Bulgaria's hydro power plants, for a total installed capacity of 1220 MW.

In 1997 Vaptsarov once again became a privately owned company, member of Metal Technology Group.