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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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News

March 3 2026

The European Foundry Industry Sentiment Index (FISI) in January 2026

The European foundry industry has begun a new year of 2026 with a slight correction of the
European Foundry Industry Sentiment Index (FISI), published monthly by European Foundry
Federation, which decreased by 0.3 point in January 2026 and reached a level of 95.5 points.
In the countries participating in the monthly survey, the situation on the cast iron market is
stable. On the other hand, there is a negative assessment of the situation in the area of nonferrous
metal castings at the main EU producer, which mainly affected the value of the FISI
indicator. Nevertheless, the forecasts for the coming months look optimistic.

The Business Climate Index (BCI), published by the European Commission, reached -0.38 in
January 2026, compared to the previous reading of -0.56 in December 2025.
The Eurozone Manufacturing PMI in January 2026 reached a level of 49.5 which was an
increase by 0.7 point from the value of 48.8 in December 2025.
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The FISI – European Foundry Industry Sentiment Indicator – is the earliest available composite indicator
providing information on the European foundry industry performance. It is published by EFF every month and is
based on survey responses of the European foundry industry. The EFF members are asked to give their
assessment of the current business situation in the foundry sector and their expectations for the next six months.
The BCI – Business Climate Indicator – is an indicator published by the European Commission. The BCI
evaluates development conditions of the manufacturing sector in the euro area every month and uses five balances
of opinion from industry survey: production trends, order books, export order books, stocks and production
expectations.
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) - in the Euro area is an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing
sector. It is based on such indicators as: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the
employment environment.
Additional information at eff-eu.org/.
Background information on EFF:
EFF is the umbrella organisation of the national European foundry associations. The organisation, founded in 1953,
has 22 European member states and works to promote the economical, technical, legal and social interests of the
European foundry industry. At the same time, EFF implements activities which aim at developing national foundry
industries and co-ordinating their shared international interests. The General Secretariat is situated in Düsseldorf
since 1997.
EFF represents 4 400 European foundries. Nearly 260 000 employees are generating a turnover of 39 billion Euro.
European foundries are recruiting 20 000 workers and engineers per year. The main customer industries are e.g.
the automotive, the general engineering and the building industries as well as the electrical engineering industry.
No industrial sector exists without using casted components.

Additional information at eff-eu.org