European Foundry Industry Sentiment

March 2025: 

European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) with a con­tinu­ous increase in March 2025

March 2025 was the next con­sec­ut­ive month in a row, that presen­ted an improve­ment of the European foundry industry’s situ­ation. The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI), con­duc­ted monthly by the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, shows signs of an eco­nomic recov­ery. Com­pared to the data from Feb­ru­ary 2025, the FISI increased from 93.4 to 94.6.

This increase shows an improve­ment in the industry’s out­look, com­ing 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 March 2025, the Busi­ness Cli­mate Indic­ator (BCI), an index pub­lished by European Com­mis­sion was at the level of  — 0.73 and accord­ing to the latest news, the euro zone’s GDP growth is expec­ted to increase by +1.4% in 2025.

Data shows a nor­mal­iz­a­tion of the situ­ation in the euro­zone’s man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor. The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI edged up to 48.7 in April 2025, the highest in 27 months, from 48.6 in March and sur­pass­ing fore­casts of 47.5, almost approach­ing the 50-point threshold that sep­ar­ates growth from con­trac­tion. Pur­chas­ing Man­agers’ Index (PMI) in the Euro area is an indic­ator of the eco­nomic health of the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor. It is based on such indic­at­ors as: new orders, invent­ory levels, pro­duc­tion, sup­plier deliv­er­ies and the employ­ment environment.

Observing the incom­ing res­ults of the influ­ence of the cur­rent geo­pol­it­ical actions on the European mar­kets — such as: tar­iffs imple­men­ted by USA, imple­ment­a­tion of CBAM, ongo­ing war close to the EU bor­ders – the European foundry industry con­tinu­ously indic­ates a strong will to recover and develop, adopt­ing to the cur­rent conditions.

The FISI – European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator – is the earli­est avail­able com­pos­ite indic­ator provid­ing inform­a­tion on the European foundry industry per­form­ance. It is pub­lished by CAEF the European Foundry Asso­ci­ation every month and is based on sur­vey responses of the European foundry industry. The CAEF mem­bers are asked to give their assess­ment of the cur­rent busi­ness situ­ation in the foundry sec­tor and their expect­a­tions for the next six months.

The BCI – Busi­ness Cli­mate Indic­ator – is an indic­ator pub­lished by the European Com­mis­sion. The BCI eval­u­ates devel­op­ment con­di­tions of the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor in the euro area every month and uses five bal­ances of opin­ion from industry sur­vey: pro­duc­tion trends, order books, export order books, stocks and pro­duc­tion expectations.

EFF Con­tact:

Wit­old Dobosz
Gen­eral Sec­ret­ariat
mail: info@eff-eu.org