In Janu­ary 2025, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) increased to 91.3 index points, up from 89.0 in Decem­ber 2024. This rise sug­gests a mod­est improve­ment in the industry’s out­look, mov­ing closer to the neut­ral 100-point mark. This devel­op­ment is partly due to pos­it­ive expect­a­tions for the second half of 2025, as busi­nesses anti­cip­ate poten­tial growth and sta­bil­iz­a­tion in demand.

In Decem­ber 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) declined slightly, reach­ing 89.0 index points com­pared to 89.6 in Novem­ber. This marks a con­tinu­ation of the chal­len­ging envir­on­ment faced by the European foundry industry, as the sen­ti­ment remains sig­ni­fic­antly below the neut­ral 100-point threshold. The decrease reflects per­sist­ent uncer­tain­ties in the broader eco­nomic and indus­trial landscape.