EASTERN EUROPE


A strong exporter, Poland produced 1 million tons of castings in 2008. One of its growth markets is


construction, where the number of ductile iron applications continue to increase.


Poland—Approximately 40% of the


iron casting production in Poland is ex- ported. Gray iron shipments are forecast at 300,000 tons in 2010 before returning to 500,000 tons by 2016. Ductile iron ship- ments are expected to rise from 108,000 tons in 2010 to 180,000 tons in 2016. Czech Republic—Czech Republic metalcasting facilities are exporting more than 50% of their shipments of iron castings and 60% of aluminum shipments, which are forecast to in- crease from 66,000 tons in 2010 to 120,000 tons in 2016. Gray iron casting shipments are forecast to grow from 145,000 tons in 2010 to 295,000 tons in 2016. Ductile iron shipments are expected to increase from 33,000 tons to 62,000 tons in 2016. Hungary—While aluminum cast-


Fig. 3. Aluminum production in Russia is expected to double through 2016.


Table 3. Forecast of Eastern Europe’s Gray and Ductile Iron Production (Thousand Metric Tons) Country


2007 GI DI


Czech Republic Hungary Poland


Romania


270 51 49 20


GI=Gray Iron; DI=Ductile Iron


Table 4.Forecast of Eastern Europe’s Aluminum Casting Shipments (Thousand Metric Tons) 2007 216 104 97 35


Poland


Czech Republic Hungary Romania


34


2008 237 115 90 34


2009 140 70 60 20


2010 138 66 58 18


2011 150 76 67 25


2016 240 120 100 40


2008 GI DI


253 52 31 16


47 5 2009 GI DI


150 34 31 13


32 4 2010 GI DI


145 33 30 12


30 4 2016 GI DI


295 62 58 35


453 169 514 167 310 110 300 108 500 180 58 7


70 20


ing production has greatly increased in recent years in Hungary, gray and ductile iron have declined drastically. Romania—Though the market for


castings for the steel industry has mark- edly decreased in the past few years, the iron casting industry in Romania has rebounded and is expected to be strong in the future. Automotive and pipe appli- cations are expected to bring ductile iron tonnage back up to around 20,000 tons. Russia—Annual casting output in


Russia has fallen from 13 million tons to near 5 million tons. Gray iron shipments are expected to drop to 2 million tons in 2010 before rebounding to 3.5 million tons in 2016. Ductile iron is forecast to grow from 1 million tons to 2.1 million tons between 2010 and 2016. Aluminum production also looks to double, from 480,000 to 1 million tons, during the same time frame (Fig. 3).


MODERN CASTING / March 2010


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