European Foundry Industry Sentiment

July 2025: 

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI) recor­ded a slight decline in July 2025.

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI), pub­lished monthly by European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, decreased by 1 point in July 2025, reach­ing a level of  96.6 points. This rep­res­ents a slight cor­rec­tion com­pared to recent months, and in par­tic­u­lar to the rel­at­ively high growth recor­ded in June of this year.

Examin­ing the situ­ation in the European foundry mar­ket in July 2025, an improve­ment in the non-fer­rous metals mar­ket is noticeable.

In terms of expect­a­tions for the next six months, foundries are mod­er­ately optim­istic. The indices for fer­rous, steel, and non-fer­rous metals show neg­at­ive trends.

The Busi­ness Cli­mate Index (BCI), pub­lished by the European Com­mis­sion, reached ‑0.71 in July 2025, com­pared to the pre­vi­ous read­ing of ‑0.78 in June 2025.

The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI in August 2025 accel­er­ated and reached a level of 50.5, which means an increase by 0.7 point from 49.8 in July 2025.

In July 2025, the European eco­nomy was char­ac­ter­ized by an uneven recov­ery, with con­tin­ued growth in some EU coun­tries, while oth­ers exper­i­enced stag­na­tion. Infla­tion remained stable, and con­sump­tion and exports began to rebound, but industry con­tin­ued to struggle. European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion con­stantly mon­it­ors the situ­ation on the European foundry market.

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.

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.

EFF Con­tact:

Wit­old Dobosz
Gen­eral Sec­ret­ariat
mail: info@eff-eu.org