European Foundry Industry Sentiment

Janu­ary 2026: 

The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI) with a slight neg­at­ive cor­rec­tion in Janu­ary 2026

The European foundry industry has begun a new year of 2026 with a slight cor­rec­tion of the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Index (FISI), pub­lished monthly by European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, which decreased by 0.3 point in Janu­ary 2026 and reached a level of 95.5 points.

In the coun­tries par­ti­cip­at­ing in the monthly sur­vey, the situ­ation on the cast iron mar­ket is stable. On the other hand, there is a neg­at­ive assess­ment of the situ­ation in the area of non­fer­rous metal cast­ings at the main EU pro­du­cer, which mainly affected the value of the FISI
indic­ator. Nev­er­the­less, the fore­casts for the com­ing months look optimistic.

The Busi­ness Cli­mate Index (BCI), pub­lished by the European Com­mis­sion, reached ‑0.38 in Janu­ary 2026, com­pared to the pre­vi­ous read­ing of ‑0.56 in Decem­ber 2025.

The Euro­zone Man­u­fac­tur­ing PMI in Janu­ary 2026 reached a level of 49.5 which was an increase by 0.7 point from the value of 48.8 in Decem­ber 2025.

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