European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Septem­ber 2025: 

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI) with a slight decrease in Septem­ber 2025.

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI), pub­lished monthly by European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, decreased by 0.4 point in Septem­ber 2025, reach­ing a level of  94.7 points.

It is worth men­tion­ing that in Septem­ber 2025 there was a notice­able increase in the trend in the pro­duc­tion of cast iron, steel and non-fer­rous metal cast­ings, com­pared to the value of August 2025. How­ever, the gen­eral value of the indic­ator was influ­enced by the slightly pess­im­istic expect­a­tions of the sur­veyed foundries as to the fore­casts for the com­ing months

Trends in the pro­duc­tion of cast­ings are a lit­mus test of the gen­eral situ­ation of the industry in Europe. The reduc­tion in pro­duc­tion related to the decline in orders is notice­able in almost all EU coun­tries. Geo­pol­it­ical uncer­tainty, imple­men­ted tar­iffs on impor­ted raw mater­i­als, elec­tri­city prices are factors that have a huge impact on the cur­rent pic­ture of the European foundry industry.

Tak­ing into account other mac­roe­co­nomic indic­at­ors, it should be men­tioned that the Busi­ness Cli­mate Index (BCI), pub­lished by the European Com­mis­sion, reached a level of ‑0.73 in Septem­ber 2025, com­pared to the pre­vi­ous read­ing of ‑0.72 in August 2025.

The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI in Septem­ber 2025 decreased by 0.7 point from the level of 50.5 in August 2025 and reached a level of 49.8 point. .

The European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, which brings together 23 national foundry asso­ci­ations and foundry cham­bers of com­merce from 22 European coun­tries, mon­it­ors the situ­ation of the industry on an ongo­ing basis.

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