April 2020: The coronavirus crisis affects the European foundries more negatively than the mood may indicate While the coronavirus spread around Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic affected the health care and the socio-economic systems of the European countries to...
March 2020: First impacts of COVID-19 Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, expectations indicated an end to the industrial slowdown. But in March the European Foundry Industry Sentiment Indicator decreased. The assessment of the current...
November 2019: Ongoing downward trend The European Foundry Industry Sentiment fell slightly in November. The European foundries are still not satisfied with their current business situation. Their expectations for the next six months are muted in...
October 2019: Are perspectives bottoming out? The European Foundry Industry Sentiment fell slightly in October. The European foundries´ assessment of the current business situation was somewhat worse than in the previous month. By contrast, the...
September 2019: Business climate still under pressure The business climate in the European foundry industry drops slightly in September. Foundries were once again less satisfied with their ongoing business, and their expectations for the next six months...
August 2019: A stable economic environment is required The European foundry industry sentiment did not improve in August. Both, the assessment of the current situation and expectations for the coming six months have deteriorated slightly. By contrast,...
