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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....
Dr Fynn-Willem Lohe was elected Interim Secretary General at the CAEF Council meeting. He succeeds Mr Heiko Lickfett, who has served as Secretary General since early 2019 and steps back for health reasons. Dr Fynn-Willem Lohe has been working for the...
While production in the first half of 2020 decreased by an unweighted average of around 32% compared with the same period last year, the average drop in orders across Europe is 39%. Capacity utilisation is therefore currently at a relatively low level of...
August 2020: European foundries continue to face no positive outlook after the Covid-19 outbreak After a sharp drop and its lowest level in May, the Business Climate Indicator for the euro area recovered for the third time in a row in August. However, the...
