December 2020: European foundries close the crisis year with a cautiously positive signal After the European Foundry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) took a break in the recovery process in the previous month, it increased moderately again at the end of the...
At the end of 2020, shortly before the end of the post-Brexit transition period, negotiations between the UK and the EU have seen a new dynamic. As a result of complex negotiations, and after both parties had once again expressed their strong commitment to...
November 2020: So far no further collapse despite exploding numbers of Covid-19 cases In November, the European Foundry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) remains at the previous month’s level. The minimal decline of 0.1 index points to the level of 99.6 is...
Data on European foundries of unique scope and depth help to classify the current crisis and reveal the challenges of the overall structural change in the industry. The current year is marked by the Covid-19 pandemic in all economic and social aspects in...
September 2020: Negative trend of the past months stopped After the European Foundry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) has shown a negative sign in each of the past 6 months, this trend stopped in September. However, the psychologically important change of...
Dr Roberto Ariotti, chairman of the Italian Foundry Association since 2013, was elected president of the Executive Committee at the council meeting of CAEF. He succeeds Mr Luis Filipe Villas-Boas, who had held the position for the last four years....
