{"id":1214,"date":"2018-10-25T07:19:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T05:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artcasting.be\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:58:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T09:58:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artcasting.be\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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History<\/em><\/h2>\n

Both workmanship and artistry have run through the veins of the Norga family for generations. What began a few generations back with artistic woodcarving for churches, has evolved via gravestone decorations in bronze into a specialist art foundry for contemporary visual art.[\/vc_column_text]

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1990<\/h3>
Johan Norga<\/strong> takes the helm. With the arrival of the third generation \u2018Bronsgieterij Norga\u2019 was rechristened \u2018Art Casting\u2019.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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1995<\/h3>
Art Casting was the first in Benelux to introduce the high-performance ceramic shell casting process.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2005<\/h3>
Move to larger premises in Oudenaarde (ca. 7000 m2).<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2013<\/h3>
Implementation of ERP software with production planning tool.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2015<\/h3>
Advisory Council established.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>
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2018<\/h3>
Construction of an additional 1200m\u00b2 production facility with internal working height of around 10m.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” el_id=”team” css=”.vc_custom_1538467675589{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our team<\/span><\/h2>\n

Where the mind, the heart and the hands come together<\/em><\/p>\n

The Art Casting team includes more than 45 people working across our different departments:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1538467804520{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″ el_class=”afdeling”][vc_single_image image=”664″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” el_class=”img-responsive”][vc_column_text el_class=”afd-naam”]<\/p>\n

Wax<\/h3>\n

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Spruing<\/h3>\n

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Shell<\/h3>\n

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Foundry<\/h3>\n

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Ceramic shell removal<\/h3>\n

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Metal chasing<\/h3>\n

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Patina<\/h3>\n

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Management<\/h3>\n

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