European Foundry Industry Sentiment

June 2025: 

European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) with a con­tinu­ous improve­ment in June 2025.

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI), con­duc­ted monthly by the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, showed a con­sec­ut­ive improve­ment in June 2025, reach­ing a decent level of 97.6 index points, increas­ing by 2.9 point since pre­vi­ous month.

Observing the cur­rent level of cast­ings’ pro­duc­tion and expect­a­tions for the upcom­ing months in EFF mem­ber coun­tries, there can be seen an improve­ment and an optim­ism in both fer­rous and non-fer­rous sec­tors — the feel­ings that have long been expec­ted by the European foundry industry.

At the same time, in June 2025, the Busi­ness Cli­mate Indic­ator (BCI), an index pub­lished by European Com­mis­sion dropped to the level of ‑0,78, with the pre­vi­ous score of — 0.55 in May 2025.

The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI in July 2025 reached a level of 49.8, increas­ing by 0.4 point from 49.4 in June 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.

Being in the middle of hol­i­day sea­son, EFF is con­stantly mon­it­or­ing the situ­ation in the European foundry industry, wait­ing for the next per­form­ance scores, which will show whether the recent pro­duc­tion increases will be maintained

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