A Global Industry

The European Foundry Industry at a Glance

The iron, steel and mal­le­able foundries of the CAEF mem­ber states pro­duce approx­im­ately 9.1 M tons of cast­ings in 2020. The pro­duc­tion weight decreased by 19.8 % yoy. The six coun­tries that dom­in­ate the industry in terms of weight, namely Ger­many, Tur­key, France, Italy, Spain and Poland, account for 79.8 % of the pro­duc­tion of fer­rous metal castings.

Non-fer­rous metal foundries in the CAEF mem­ber states booked a pro­duc­tion decrease of 19.1 % and a pro­duc­tion of round­about 3.3 M tons. In the coun­tries that dom­in­ate the pro­duc­tion of non-fer­rous metal cast­ings, namely Ger­many and Italy, the out­put account for 43.2 % of the total volume.

The share of cast iron with lamel­lar graph­ite in the out­put total of iron and steel cast­ings is 48.5 %. Cor­res­pond­ingly, the share of ductile cast iron is slightly higher (43.9 %). The steel sec­tor logs a share of 7.5 %.

The pro­duc­tion of cast­ings made of non-fer­rous metal alloys is dom­in­ated by light metals. The share is 87.7 %.

World Foundry Industry 

+112.7 M tons metal cast­ings pro­duced glob­ally
16.8 M tons of world pro­duc­tion cas­ted in CAEF
Note that light metals are included

Foundry Industry In Europe By Numbers