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Reasons to join

 

- The Fédération Forge Fonderie gathers companies in your industry, represents them and stands up for their interests and rights regardless of their size, production technologies, alloys or markets.

 

- Making membership in the Fédération Forge Fonderie allows to be delivered, through a one-window access, fast and reliable answers to your issues and needs, provided by professionals recognized for their experience and knowledge of the specifics of your business activity.

 

- As a member of the Fédération Forge Fonderie, you are directly involved in defining the policies and strategies for your profession in order to defend the rights and common interests of its members and promote its jobs and careers.

- Your membership will also allow you to

 

  • stay up to date in real time about developments in the general or specific regulatory framework of your business, their impacts, the changes to existing practices that must ensue
  • raise the profile of your company through the Fédération’s companies directory (online and print versions), its websites, its presence on social networks, and other collective communication vectors that enhance the overall image of your profession and its wealth of know-how and experience
  • have access to the calls for tenders issued by client sectors, which they can make available through the Fédération to its members
  • participate in Technical Missions reserved for members, that will allow you to visit other companies within your profession, in France and abroad (for instance in Japan, India, South Korea…)
  • receive for free La Revue Forge Fonderie, authoritative and leading French publication for everyone interested in forging, metalcasting, mold and prototype industries

 

Becoming a member of your professional organization means

Taking your rightful place within the profession and playing an active role in its bodies and fora

Reinforcing its bargaining power

In dealings with public and private-sector bodies at local, national, European and global levels

Supporting the idea that your business is a strong one, mobilized to keep a bright future in our country

Suppliers to our industries, you have the opportunity to join us under an associated member status. If you wish to find out more about this partnership option and its benefits, please feel free to contact us

How to join ?

If you wish to better understand our role and what we can bring to your business, we kindly invite you to contact us.
Since 1 January 2013, in order to enjoy the competencies and actions that have been pooled into the Fédération Forge Fonderie, each company has to become a member of the Union that represents its profession: Association Française de Forge for forging, Les Fondeurs de France for casting, Moule & Prototype for mold- and prototype making. These unions are the constituent partners of the Fédération Forge Fonderie.

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January 5 2026

EFF Annual Report – Europe’s Key Players

Available for download here 

The 2024 annual report of the European Foundry Federation (EFF) provides a comprehensive overview of the European foundry industry in a particularly challenging economic context. The year 2024 was marked by a widespread slowdown in industrial activity across Europe, affecting both ferrous and non-ferrous foundries. Total foundry production declined significantly due to a drop in demand from key customer sectors – automotive, construction, mechanical engineering, and industrial equipment – combined with high energy costs, increased regulatory pressure, and stronger international competition.

Ferrous foundries were the most affected, while the non-ferrous segment showed greater resilience, although it too experienced a decline. The report also highlights the social and structural consequences of this situation: workforce reductions, site closures, and ongoing investment pressures.

Despite these challenges, the foundry industry remains a strategic link in European industrial value chains, essential for the energy transition, infrastructure, mobility, and industrial sovereignty. Through this directory and statistical analysis, the EFF reaffirms its role as a reference for sector knowledge and its commitment to a competitive, resilient, and sustainable European foundry industry.

ForgeFonderie France fully aligns with this dynamic as an active member of the European federation.

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The Fédération Forge Fonderie is the French professional organization of metal shaping industries through forging, casting, metal additive manufacturing and related machining.

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