EFF Year­book 2020 published

Oct 11, 2021 | EU, General information

​Data of unique scope and depth show the impact of the Covid-19 pan­demic on European foundries. While the European pro­duc­tion of non-fer­rous metals decreased by 19.2 % over­all, the pro­duc­tion of iron, nod­u­lar iron and steel cast­ings decreased by 19.8 %...

Chiara Danieli is elec­ted EFF Pres­id­ent 2022

Oct 7, 2021 | EU, General information

​ On 24 and 25 Septem­ber 2021 the annual EFF Coun­cil meet­ing was held in Bil­bao (Spain). EFF mem­ber asso­ci­ations from sev­eral European coun­tries joined the event hos­ted by the Span­ish Foundry Asso­ci­ation FEAF, Fed­era­ción Española Asociaciones...

European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Oct 4, 2021 | EU

August 2021: Pos­it­ive expect­a­tions while facing the pressure In August the European Foundry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) increased again after the slight dampener in the pre­vi­ous month. The plus of 1.0 points brings the index to a value of 109.7. While the...

European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Aug 27, 2021 | EU

July 2021: Sum­mer slump or signs of a setback? In July the European Foundry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) dropped for the first time since exactly one year. The decrease of 0.8 points brings the index to a value of 108.7. Both the cur­rent situ­ation and the...

European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Jul 29, 2021 | EU

June 2021: Emer­ging from the crisis with a calm hand In June the European Foundry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) con­tin­ues its recov­ery for the sev­enth con­sec­ut­ive month. The increase of 1.3 points brings the index to a value of 109.6. The driv­ing force...

European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Jun 23, 2021 | EU

May 2021: Recov­ery con­tin­ues to be robust The European Foundry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) con­tin­ues its recov­ery for the sixth con­sec­ut­ive month. In May it closed at 108.3 index points, around 1.1 points above the pre­vi­ous month’s level. The pos­it­ive...