Eff at the Iberian Foundry Con­gress: a shared vis­ion for Europe’s competitiveness

On 23 Octo­ber, the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion took part in the Iberian Foundry Con­gress, where sev­eral mem­bers of our board joined a lively European Asso­ci­ations Roundtable mod­er­ated by our Sec­ret­ary Gen­eral, Ain­hoa Ondarzabal.
The ses­sion brought together four lead­ing voices of the European foundry industry:

• Chiara Danieli, EFF Pres­id­ent and Gen­eral Man­ager of Groupe Bouhyer
• Fabio Zanardi, Pres­id­ent of Asso­fond and Chair­man of Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A.
• Wit­old Dobosz, Man­aging Dir­ector of the Pol­ish Foundry Cham­ber of Commerce
• Ignacio De la Peña, Pres­id­ent of FEAF, Fed­era­ción Española de Asociaciones de Fun­didores and CEO of GUIVISA

Together, they tackled a key ques­tion: how can Europe’s foundries stay com­pet­it­ive in a world where China is now a tech­no­lo­gical leader, not just a low-cost producer?
The dis­cus­sion high­lighted seven pil­lars of com­pet­it­ive­ness — price, pro­ductiv­ity, qual­ity, skills, innov­a­tion, cus­tomer ser­vice, and invest­ment capa­city — and reaf­firmed that Europe’s strength lies in innov­a­tion, qual­ity, sus­tain­ab­il­ity, and unity.
Our industry’s unique assets — tech­no­lo­gical excel­lence, skilled people, and com­mit­ment to sus­tain­ab­il­ity — make foundries essen­tial to Europe’s energy, mobil­ity, and infrastructure.

A big thank you to the Iberian Foundry Con­gress and all speak­ers for an inspir­ing exchange on the future of Europe’s foundry industry.