ECONOMIC REBOUNDS


With few exceptions, casting


production dipped in 2009 across the board. T e current casting data from 2010 shows countries making slight production increases, but production is still not back to pre-2008 levels. T e top two producers, China and India, are the exception. Germany, regain- ing its position at number fi ve after its drop to six last year, showed 23% growth, although the country is still not above 2008 levels. In a year that included a devastating earthquake, Japan saw 8.5% growth. Prior to 2012, Japan’s production had been decreasing since its peak in 2006. Some countries have been unfazed


by the economy. Countries above their 2008 production numbers include China, Hungary, India, Korea, Portu- gal and Turkey. China, India, Korea and Portugal showed growth in 2009, when every other nation experienced a decreased in casting production from the previous year. 


WORLD


PRODUCTION BY METAL


Gray iron continues to be the largest contributing material to global production, at 44.1 million of the 91.4 million-ton total. Steel and nonferrous materials each showed a 1% decrease from last year, while ductile and gray iron both showed a 1% increase.


NEW TO THE LIST Pakistan is included on the census list for the first time. Producing


360,000 metric tons, Pakistan falls midrange among the other sur- veyed countries. Seventy percent of the country’s casting production is gray iron for use in the sugar mill, automotive, agriculture, cement and chemical industries. However, with a total of 2,050 operating facilities in the country, its tonnage per plant is just 175. 


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