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Thanks to our extensive network of professionals, we make competences and contacts available for active use by our member companies, in order to support them in growing and developing their business.

economics and statistics

• To gather and analyse economical and statistical data related to forging, casting, mold-making and prototyping activities, at national and international levels

• To deliver truthful performance analysis and forecasts, by production technology, by alloy category, by market segment…

• To build and maintain quantitative databases allowing for a regular follow-up or key indicators to our profession; to complete dashboards for the working groups put in place by the Federation and its members

• To address our company members’ requests for documentation on foreign macroeconomic data

groups, energy and row materials

• To lead working groups dedicated to technologies, markets

• To define and initiate collective research projects to be carried out with forging and casting technical centers

• To relay information and actions implemented by the European organization for forging, casting, molds and prototyping

• To participate as a full partner in collective actions related to energy and raw materials

Employment and training

• To assist our member companies in the implementation of their recruitment policy by giving more visibility to their job offers, encouraging job placement for young graduates and animating a working group dedicated to human resources management

• To ensure a balance between qualification requirements and training programs through permanent dialogue with and between various training institutions

• To help our member companies to implement the collaboration agreements signed with the Ministry of National Education

technical coordination

• Deliver technical advice to our member companies on issues related to their activity: seek for suppliers, technical surveys and reports, technological alternatives…

• To relay customer sectors’ requests for quotation to our company members

• To lead thematic commissions on maintenance, production, security… at production sites

• To monitor regulatory and technological changes

• To take part in national and European research projects, to lead collective actions for energy and process efficiency progress

• To coordinate specialists and academic staff’s contributions to La Revue Forge Fonderie, relying on an extensive network of researchers from France and Europe

communication, events

• To ensure and enhance the public visibility of our profession and members, also with client sectors

• To make available various communication supports in order to project a consistent and positive image of our jobs and careers, and highlight the major contribution of our members’ activity to various industries

• To assist and represent our members at key tradeshows to their activity

• To design and publish the Revue Forge Fonderie

legal and tax

• To train our member companies and raise their awareness about essential legal reflexes for them to secure their business activity

• To assist them in the study and defence of their rights and interests

• To inform them of the latest regulatory, judicial and policy changes which can impact their business activities

• To represent them before public authorities and client sectors (by leading commissions) on tax, legal and contractual issues

• To pilot updates and changes in all standard-form contracts used by European foundries and forging companies

Digitalization « forging and casting X.0 »

• To lead a think tank for and with our members and partners on the challenges and impacts of digitalisation on forging, casting and prototyping industries; to explain the strategic stakes of these changes during working sessions, sites visits, conferences

• To allow our member companies executives to enhance their strategic vision while taking fully into account these impacts of digitalization

Environment, health and security

• To promote the interests of the profession by taking a direct part in drafting the new regulatory texts through working groups led by the French Ministry of Environment

• To guide our members through the implementation of new regulatory changes in their production sites, thanks to our industrial expertise

• To pass on to our members useful and relevant information related to EHS issues: new regulatory contents, new industry guides, best practice exchanges, participation in themed events (guest speakers, sites visits…)

• To lead an efficient network of professionals in EHS so that it can benefit to our members, in particular through the Environment Commission that consists in EHS managers who share their work on thematic issues

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June 28 2025

European Foundry Industry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) improved in May 2025

European Foundry Industry Sentiment Indicator (FISI) hits the first obstacle in April 2025
After three months of slow but consecutive increase, in April 2025 The European Foundry Industry Sentiment Indicator (FISI), conducted monthly by the European Foundry Federation, hits the first obstacle. Compared to the data from March 2025, the FISI decreased from 94.6 to 94.0.
While the current situation in both ferrous and non-ferrous foundry industry is slightly better than a month before, the negative expectations for the second half of 2025 contributed to achieving this level of indicator.
In Apil 2025, the Business Climate Indicator (BCI), an index published by European Commission was at the level of -0,67, with the level of - 0.73 in March 2025

Eurozone Manufacturing PMI in June 2025 stays at a level of 49.4, just like in May 2025.
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.
Looking at the industry's positive expectations for the second half of the year, it may seem that the slowdown in April 2025 was only temporary. While waiting for future signals from European foundries, EFF is constantly monitoring the situation in the European foundry industry.
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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.
Please find the chart enclosed or combined with 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.
Further information at eff-eu.org/ and LinkedIn EFF.
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