European Foundry Industry Sentiment

May 2025: 

European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) improved in May 2025

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI), con­duc­ted monthly by the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, after hit­ting the first obstacle in April 2025, in May 2025 increased by 0,7 point and reached a level of 94.7 index points.The cur­rent situ­ation in fer­rous foundry industry has slightly improved. There was a neg­at­ive trend in non-fer­rous foundry industry in May 2025, how­ever the expect­a­tions for the second half of 2025 in both areas are pos­it­ive, which is a good sign.
In May 2025, the Busi­ness Cli­mate Indic­ator (BCI), an index pub­lished by European Com­mis­sion was at the level of ‑0,55, with the level of — 0.67 in April 2025.

The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI in June 2025 stays at a level of 49.4, just like in May 2025.
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.Looking at the industry’s pos­it­ive expect­a­tions for the second half of the year, it may seem that the slow­down in April 2025 was only tem­por­ary. While wait­ing for future sig­nals from European foundries, EFF is con­stantly mon­it­or­ing the situ­ation in the European foundry industry

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 EFF —  European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion every month and is based on sur­vey responses of the European foundry industry. The EFF 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