The current state and trends of the foundry industry in the world

The foundry production of the world has maintained an upward trend for many years. Even during the economic crisis, global production of castings increased by more than 30 percent, including castings from iron, steel and aluminum alloys.

The world's leading manufacturer of castings is consistently China, with a production share of 44 percent. The second place in the ranking of the largest manufacturers is occupied by the United States with a share of more than 10 percent in the world production of castings. India is the third largest producer of castings in the world and currently accounts for almost 10 percent of the world market.

Based on an analysis of current data, most of the Moore countries reported increases in production in recent years, with China accounting for the bulk of the growth in global production, increasing output by 3.8 percent. Among the world's top economies, growth was also recorded by India (2.2 percent), Germany (1.2 percent), Russia (2.4 percent), South Korea (2.7 percent), Italy (2.7 percent) and significantly Turkey. (13.4 percent), which is currently among the ten leading manufacturers of castings in the world.

There are 1,200 foundry enterprises operating in Russia. The volume of production of castings in the country, according to available data for 2014, recorded an increase of 2.4 percent and amounted to 4.2 million tons. Foundry products are primarily intended for the automotive industry (57 percent), followed by the chemical and oil industries (14 percent), mechanical engineering (10 percent) and construction (9 percent). In Russia, 70 percent of the production of castings from iron, steel (18 percent) and non-ferrous metal alloys (11 percent).

When analyzing the change in the proportion of various types of materials in the production of castings worldwide, there is a decrease in the range of gray iron, while there is an increase in the proportion of aluminum alloys. This is due to a large share of the production of castings for the automotive industry.