Metalcasting Plants by Nation & Trends Country Austria Belgium
- - 11
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 Brazil
Canada China
Croatia
Czech Republic Denmark Finland France
Germany Hungary India Italy
Japan*
South Korea Mexico** Norway Pakistan Poland
Portugal Romania Russia Serbia*
Slovakia** Slovenia
South Africa Spain
Sweden
Switzerland* Thailand* Turkey Ukraine U.K. U.S.
TOTAL *2013 data **2011 data
Casting Shipments (value in ‘000s of U.S. dollars) Country Austria Brazil China
Gray Iron 508,482
Finland
Ductile Iron Malleable Iron -
3,392,723 1,665,132
France 3,043,260A Germany 5,410,522A Hungary India Italy
- -
2,713,600A Japan
Norway Portugal Spain
Turkey Ukraine U.S.
A) All ferrous Jan/Feb 2016 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | 27
83,183 - - - - -
- -
- - - - - -
Steel -
95,985 - - - - -
85,929
516 42
5 4
194 30
15,000 5,000 27 85 8
5
34 -
12 88
254 26 -
149 817 528 175 6
1,460 180 30 42 -
12 12 11
47 46 26 18
280 493 270 221
634 7
36 -
14 -
25 75
146 167 3
40 36 7
37 -
8 7 3
46 30 11 4
40 68
280 -
355 21,532 6,717
6 6
630 111
6,000 27 66 7
16
298 341 88 -
913
1,193 242 339 7
100 230 31
60 -
18
32 50 77 52 62 50
260 358 290 205 989
13,154
42 22 16
Iron Steel Nonferrous ‘14 Total -
1,340 183
26,000 59
185 15
35
422 595 128
4,500 1,087 2,085 916 681 16
1,600 446 68
139
1,200 38 51
64
170 128 99 72
580 919
840 426
1,978 47,145
‘09 Total 72 31 11
1,331 185
26,000 42
180 17
36
459 602 190
4,600 1,121
1,697 873 693 22 -
430 92
169
1,350 38 -
27
256 142 118 65
476
1,246 1,070 450
2,130 47,069
‘04 Total 53 27 -
1,315 150
12,000 44
186 21
36
521 641 166
4,200 1,106 1,708 798
1,787 21 -
454 80
268
1,900 -
2 53
256 158 145 60 73
888 960 550
2,480 34,090
At fi rst glance, the total number of metalcasting facilities worldwide appears to have fl uctuated wildly over the course of the last 10 years. At 47,145 for 2014, that total repre- sents an increase of nearly 13,000 or 38.3% since 2004.
But much of the up-and-down can be pinned to China’s rate of growth over the past decade. The world’s largest producer of castings saw its number of metalcasting facilities grow exponentially, from 12,000 to 30,000 in 2013. But recent consolidation and slower growth in the Chinese market caused that number to dip slightly in 2014, settling in at 26,000, which still accounts for 55% of all the world’s casting operations. The North American market has
continued its slight decrease, with the U.S. dropping below 2,000 for the fi rst time in the history of the World Census. Other established metalcasting nations, including much of Europe, also saw their total facilities decline modestly. Slicing the data another way, in-
stead focusing on 2014’s total versus that of fi ve years ago, the global metalcasting industry has held steady in the wake of the economic recession of 2009. Total production (see the chart on pg. 26) has ex- ceeded post-recession levels, while the total number of casting facilities has increased by 1,104 since 2009. Increases in effi ciency mean
existing operations are producing more tonnage per site, though the casting industry may continue to contract in total number of facilities.
All Nonferrous 994,000
Total 1,417,911 1,353,683 1,979,169 8,390,707
23,900,000 13,600,000 640,000 9,500,000 35,284,000 82,924,000 35,854
300,951
2,868,000 5,911,260 4,544,771 9,955,294 - -
630,000 18,000,000 4,410,000 7,123,600
3,824,000 4,197,000 177,000 63,200 54,784
1,512,620
89,800 128,169 -
- - -
950,000 1,150,000 50,000 960,000 336,000
99,000
1,166,000 10,002,000 19,366,000 32,700 53,061
57,600 258,274
243,300 494,289
429,300 808,000 2,749,920 500,000 2,230,000 4,880,000 1,653,000 2,384,500 5,432,500
4,447,150 6,119,880 154,200 7,953,600 12,114,810 30,789,640 TOTAL 50,307,713 27,369,164 1,120,200 22,737,329 77,027,054 198,609,372
The combined total of this year’s
production value by nation is $198.6 billion, an increase of almost exactly $1 billion last year. But when factor- ing in the addition of India—and its $18 billion in total production value—the 2014 total proves to be a signifi cantly lower fi gure than 2013. The growing global recession had
plenty to do with this drop in overall value, with China’s total shipments decreasing by more than $6.7 bil- lion. Brazil experienced a diffi cult year with its total value dropping $3.2 billion when comparing 2013 to 2014. Germany, France, Spain and a majority of European countries saw total shipment values drop. The U.S., meanwhile, saw a slight bump in total value, gaining $486 million in comparison to 2013.
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