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The European foundry industry at a glance

The iron, steel and mal­le­able foundries of the EFF mem­ber states pro­duce approx­im­ately 9 M tons of cast­ings in 2024. The pro­duc­tion weight decreased by 13.2 % yoy. The six coun­tries that dom­in­ate the industry in terms of weight, namely Ger­many, Türkiye, France, Italy, Spain and Poland, account for 81.6 % of the pro­duc­tion of fer­rous metal castings.

Non-fer­rous metal foundries in the EFF mem­ber states booked a pro­duc­tion decrease of 4.2 % and a pro­duc­tion of round­about 3.6 M tons. In the coun­tries that dom­in­ate the pro­duc­tion of non-fer­rous metal cast­ings, namely Italy, Ger­many and Türkiye, the out­put account for 64.9 % of the total volume.

The share of cast iron with lamel­lar graph­ite in the out­put total of iron and steel cast­ings is 49.2%. The share of ductile cast iron is  43.7%. The steel sec­tor logs a share of 7.1%.

The pro­duc­tion of cast­ings made of non-fer­rous metal alloys is dom­in­ated by light metals. The share is 87.5%.

Foundry industry in Europe by numbers