Shap­ing the future of Mobil­ity: EFF Auto­mot­ive Cast­ing Sec­tion unites in Düsseldorf

On 6 Novem­ber 2025 the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion (EFF) held its Auto­mot­ive Cast­ing Sec­tion meet­ing in Düs­sel­dorf, bring­ing together rep­res­ent­at­ives from lead­ing com­pan­ies and asso­ci­ations across Europe.
This dynamic group rep­res­ents around half of the continent’s total cast­ing out­put, con­firm­ing its stra­tegic import­ance within the European mobil­ity and metals value chains.

The meet­ing provided an oppor­tun­ity to exchange per­spect­ives on cur­rent mar­ket chal­lenges, policy devel­op­ments, and tech­no­lo­gical innov­a­tions shap­ing the auto­mot­ive cast­ing sec­tor. Dis­cus­sions also focused on ensur­ing that the role of foundries is fully recog­nised within European indus­trial policies, par­tic­u­larly under the EU Steel & Metals Action Plan and in the ongo­ing debate on the new Trade Defense Tool.

EFF Sec­ret­ary Gen­eral Ain­hoa Ond­ar­za­bal thanked all par­ti­cipants for their valu­able con­tri­bu­tions, under­lin­ing the import­ance of col­lab­or­a­tion and know­ledge-shar­ing in advan­cing the sector’s sus­tain­ab­il­ity and competitiveness.

The meet­ing reaf­firmed the shared com­mit­ment of European auto­mot­ive foundries to driv­ing the green and digital trans­itions, rein­for­cing their pos­i­tion as a corner­stone of Europe’s indus­trial ecosystem.