Cast­ing — Never end­ing value

The cast­ing pro­cess is used to make com­plex shapes by pour­ing mol­ten metal into a mould.

Cast­ing industry moves lives

Foundries sup­ply all sec­tors of the mod­ern world, includ­ing the auto­mot­ive, aerospace, power gen­er­a­tion, rail­way, pet­ro­chem­ical, med­ical, defence and marine.

The European Foundry Industry 2023

Annual stat­ist­ics and national reports by the com­mis­sion for eco­nom­ics & statistics

Image & Video Library

Select images and videos from the foundry industry, all free to use for edit­or­ial and edu­ca­tional purposes.

EFF — The European Foundry Association

Umbrella organ­isa­tion of the European foundry industry, estab­lished in 1953 as CAEF (Com­mit­tee of Asso­ci­ations of European Foundries). EFF deals with eco­nomic, tech­nical, legal, and social issues. Its mem­ber­ship includes the national foundry asso­ci­ations from 22 European countries.

News

European Foundry Industry Sentiment

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI), pub­lished monthly by European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, decreased by 1 point in July 2025, reach­ing a level of 96.6 points. This rep­res­ents a slight cor­rec­tion com­pared to recent months, and in par­tic­u­lar to the rel­at­ively high growth recor­ded in June of this year.

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