The latest European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) pub­lished by the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion (EFF) points to a fur­ther weak­en­ing of busi­ness con­fid­ence across much of the European foundry industry in May 2026. While iron and steel foundries repor­ted deteri­or­at­ing busi­ness con­di­tions and lower expect­a­tions for the com­ing months, non-fer­­rous foundries con­tin­ued to demon­strate resi­li­ence and con­fid­ence in future mar­ket development.

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI), pub­lished monthly by European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion (EFF), con­tin­ues to oper­ate in a chal­len­ging eco­nomic envir­on­ment marked by uneven demand, weak indus­trial momentum, and grow­ing uncer­tainty about future mar­ket con­di­tions. Accord­ing to the latest data the sec­tor shows signs of sta­bil­iz­a­tion in some seg­ments, while con­fid­ence regard­ing the next six months remains fragile.