The main casting developing countries as per the
worldwide census of casting production are China, USA, Japan, Russia,
Germany, India, France, Italy, Mexico and Brazil. Apart from them, the
other countries with annual production over one million tons comprises
Korea, Spain and Taiwan, closely followed by Turkey and Canada. Large
number of factories are also functioning in Poland and Ukraine.


Over last 10 years, there is a major fall in the production of
castings in Great Britain. The top ten manufacturers together account
for over 80% of the total fabrication of castings as well as the number
of factories all across the world. Since last decade, in most of the
countries, the number of foundries have lowered where as the production
has raised. All over the globe, the average productivity is about 2000
tonnes per year. The highest productivity is found to be of German
foundries that is an average of 6800 tonnes per year.