EFF Break­ing News

Feb­ru­ary 2025 was the second month in a row, which dis­played del­ic­ate signs that the situ­ation of the European foundry industry is begin­ning to improve. The European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI), con­duc­ted monthly by the European Foundry Fed­er­a­tion, shows signs of a slight eco­nomic recov­ery. Com­pared to the data from Janu­ary 2025, the FISI increased from 91.3 to 93.4.

In Janu­ary 2025, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) increased to 91.3 index points, up from 89.0 in Decem­ber 2024. This rise sug­gests a mod­est improve­ment in the industry’s out­look, mov­ing closer to the neut­ral 100-point mark. This devel­op­ment is partly due to pos­it­ive expect­a­tions for the second half of 2025, as busi­nesses anti­cip­ate poten­tial growth and sta­bil­iz­a­tion in demand.

In Decem­ber 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) declined slightly, reach­ing 89.0 index points com­pared to 89.6 in Novem­ber. This marks a con­tinu­ation of the chal­len­ging envir­on­ment faced by the European foundry industry, as the sen­ti­ment remains sig­ni­fic­antly below the neut­ral 100-point threshold. The decrease reflects per­sist­ent uncer­tain­ties in the broader eco­nomic and indus­trial landscape.

In Novem­ber 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) edged down slightly, mov­ing from 90.0 in Novem­ber to 89.6. This decline under­scores the ongo­ing chal­lenges within the foundry sec­tor, exacer­bated by eco­nomic and geo­pol­it­ical turbulence.

In Octo­ber 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) exper­i­enced a sig­ni­fic­ant drop, fall­ing to 90.0 index points from 93.8 in Septem­ber. This decline marks one of the sharpest monthly down­turns of the year, under­scor­ing the worsen­ing chal­lenges faced by the foundry sector.

In Septem­ber 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) saw a fur­ther decrease, slip­ping to 93.8 index points. This rep­res­ents a drop of 1.0 points com­pared to the pre­vi­ous month’s read­ing of 94.8, con­tinu­ing the gradual down­ward trend observed in recent months.

In August 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) exper­i­enced a slight decline, fall­ing to 94.8 index points. This rep­res­ents a decrease of 0.7 points com­pared to the pre­vi­ous month, where the index stood at 95.5.

In July 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) saw a slight upward move­ment, rising to 95.5 index points. This rep­res­ents an increase of 1.0 point com­pared to the pre­vi­ous month, where the index stood at 94.5.

In June 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) exper­i­enced a slight decrease to 94.5 index points. This devel­op­ment reflects the third con­sec­ut­ive decrease for the FISI, with the index exper­i­en­cing a down­ward move­ment of 0.2 points, set­tling at 94.5 com­pared to 94.7 in the pre­vi­ous month.

In May 2024, the European Foundry Industry Sen­ti­ment Indic­ator (FISI) exper­i­enced a minor decrease to 94.7 index points. This devel­op­ment reflects the second con­sec­ut­ive decrease for the FISI, the index exper­i­ences a down­ward move­ment of 0.4 points, set­tling at 94.7 com­pared to 95.1 in the pre­vi­ous month.