The following sectors of the general-engineering industry are particularly casting-intensive:
- drivetrain technology
- textile machinery
- sewing and clothing machines
- building & industrial fittings
- rubber and plastic processing machines
- woodworking and wood processing machines
- printing machines
- paper-making and dressing machines
- machine tools
- compressors and vacuum pumps
- building machinery
- building material machinery
- food processing and packaging machines
- agricultural engineering
- smelting and rolling-mill equipment
- foundry machines
- pumps & valves and hydraulic equipment