About Drever

Drever is the SMS group brand when it comes to furnace technology for galvanizing lines, annealing lines, stainless steel lines and silicon steel lines. Since the founding more than 50 years ago, Drever International has recorded over 500 contracts for new equipment and for modernization of existing installations.

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Heating and cooling

Heating and cooling technology are essential in processing cold rolled strip to restore ductility and relieve internal stresses through annealing. Additionally, precise thermal control adjusts the microstructure, thereby optimizing mechanical properties such as strength, hardness, and toughness.

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Working for Drever

Would you like to work in a human-sized company which is part of an international group? Do you share our values? Then join us! You will work within a team of qualified technicians and experts on projects at the cutting edge of technology and you will have the opportunity to broaden the scope of your skills through knowledge sharing.

Suppliers

Drever International manufactures galvanizing furnaces and continuous annealing furnaces for the treatment of carbon steel, stainless steel and silicon steel strip for the metallurgical industry.

We are calling upon external companies on a regular basis to carry out certain parts of our projects.

Drever history

The origins of Drever go back to the inter-war period more precisely 1930. Drever Company was founded in Philadelphia, USA, by Horace Drever. Mr. Drever was one in a line of great engineers who developed modern metallurgical technologies and left their name to posterity.

1930

Founding of Drever Company in Philadelphia (USA) by Mr. Horace Drever

1930-1950

Development of technologies for heat treatment of continuous sheet metals

1950s

International expansion and opening of first European subsidiary in Birmingham, UK

1966

Founding of Drever International

1975

Development of Convecool technology

1980

Development of full radiant tube furnace (RTF) technology. This technology is still today at the forefront of manufacturing of high-end sheet steel for the automotive industry. 

1985

Supply of the first multi-purpose continuous annealing line to Kawasaki (KM-CAL)

2003

Release of MOSA, the on-line thermodyamic furnace mathematical model with self-learning technology. 

2003

Introduction of the patented hydrogen injection technology in the furnace cooling section to increase cooling capacities. 

2005

Drever installs the first ultra-fast cooling (UFC)

2006

SMS group acquires Drever international. In 2008, Drever becomes a 100% subsidiary. 

2007

The first PrOBOx® is implemented in an industrial line

2015

An austenite sensor is integrated in an industrial plant thanks to X-CAP technology

2021

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Contact

Fabio Ferrante (CEO)

Fabio Ferrante

CEO

+32 4 366 6262
Allée des Noistiers 15, B-4031 Angleur (Liège), Belgium
Nicola Agus (COO)

Nicola Agus

COO

+352 621 159 665
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Jean-Pierre Crutzen (Technical Director)

Jean-Pierre Crutzen

Technical Director

+32 (0) 485 88 52 75
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Amadeo Di Giovanni (R&D)

Amedeo Di Giovanni

Director R&D

+32 (0) 493 40 36 90
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Bruno Polidori (Supply Chain)

Bruno Polidori

Supply Chain Director

+32 (0) 495 29 33 85
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Arnaud Troulier (Operations)

Arnaud Troulier

Operation Director

+32 (0) 497 05 65 86
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Serge Vanderheyden (Technical Sales)

Serge Vanderheyden

Technical Sales Director

+32 (0) 485 88 52 77
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium
Christian Weyand (Commercial Director)

Christian Weyand

Commercial Director

+4915120329337
Drever International S.A.
Allée des Noistiers 15
B-4031 Angleur (Liège)
Belgium

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