Jan 11, 2022 | EU, General information
The new year 2022 will be an important one for the European foundry industry. On the one hand, Covid-19 infection figures, supply bottlenecks and energy costs determine daily business and affect the important recovery of the manufacturing sector. On the...
Oct 28, 2021 | EU, General information
Prices for raw materials, energy and logistics have soared on a broad front while an increasing number of input factors is prone to run out of European stocks within the next weeks. Forwarding these unavoidable cost increases is however not taken for granted....
Oct 20, 2021 | EU, General information
The current global developments in the raw materials and energy markets represent a significant threat to European foundry industry continuity. Without immediate political action, the economic recovery and future of skilled industrial workforce is...
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 %...
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...
Jan 12, 2021 | EU, General information
At the end of 2020, shortly before the end of the post-Brexit transition period, negotiations between the UK and the EU have seen a new dynamic. As a result of complex negotiations, and after both parties had once again expressed their strong commitment to...
