December 2021: European foundries are ending the second of the pandemic with mixed feelings After recent signs of a comprehensive slowdown, steel, iron and non-ferrous metal foundries assessed the current situation in December as significantly better...
The new year 2022 will be an important one for the European foundry industry. On the one hand, Covid-19 infection figures, supply bottlenecks and energy costs determine daily business and affect the important recovery of the manufacturing sector. On the...
November 2021: Throwback at the end of the year While the assessment of the current business situation for non-ferrous metal foundries has been declining in stages since June, the situation for iron foundries has so far remained stable at a high level...
October 2021: Threat of Setback In October, the European Foundry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) dropped significantly. The decrease of 1.0 index points was the largest month-on-month drop since April 2020 when the first wave of Covid-19 infections hit Europe. The...
Prices for raw materials, energy and logistics have soared on a broad front while an increasing number of input factors is prone to run out of European stocks within the next weeks. Forwarding these unavoidable cost increases is however not taken for granted....
September 2021: Facing challenges on many fronts In September, the European Foundry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) roughly maintained its previous month’s level. The marginal decrease of 0.1 points brings the index to a value of 109.6. A slightly improved...
