Overview: Reports
The opportunities and challenges of the global foundry industry until 2030
09.07.2024
Based on the current casting forecast by IKB, an increase in tonnage of the global foundry industry can be expected by the end of the 2020s. However, significant regional differences in growth rates are anticipated. High uncertainties are particularly posed by geopolitical developments in Eastern Europe and Asia.
Megacasting at Handtmann : A path is made by walking it
05.07.2024
Albert Handtmann Metallgusswerk GmbH & Co. KG has secured a leading position in the casting of large structural and body components with the acquisition of Carat 610 megacasting machine from Bühler AG.
Electromobility with acceptance difficulties – where does the mobility transition stand, and how open to technology is Europe tackling the issues?
04.07.2024
Thomas Fritsch, Editor-in-Chief of Foundry-Planet with Dr. Monika Griefahn, Chairwoman of the eFuel Alliance, six weeks before the European elections
Everything Giga or Mega? There is no “right” or “wrong”!
10.05.2024
A background study with BMW on the development and use of large castings in body structures
The signs are good for India's foundry industry
01.03.2024
IFEX 2024 and the 72nd IFC set new standardsSMM Maritime Industry Report: An Industry between uncertainty and new beginnings
24.10.2023
The organisers of SMM have conducted the third survey to gauge the mood and trends in the maritime sector for their Maritime Industry Report 2023 (MIR). The responses indicate that the industry’s main areas of investment include decarbonisation and building new tankers and naval vessels.
Sustainable lime burning technology for steel plants
24.10.2023
Maerz Ofenbau AG is developing a new generation of lime kilns to achieve global climate goals. The kilns’ operating mode can be flexibly adapted to the environmental requirements – they can be operated both conventionally and in oxyfuel mode.
Oxygen impulse technology: from experiment to large-scale industrial use
10.10.2023
thyssenkrupp AT.PRO tec GmbH is well known for the development of the sequence impulse process. When used on cupola furnaces, it considerably increased their cost-effectiveness in the past.
Pathways towards green steel with customised solutions
26.09.2023
The technologies for achieving climate-neutral steelmaking are available right now - ready to be implemented in thousands of existing and future plants. How, what, when, and where that can happen depends on several factors, says SMS group.
The Digimelter for sustainable, competitive, green steelmaking
29.08.2023
A technological breakthrough in electric steelmaking, with lower power and electrode consumption thanks to the Q-One power feeder, for zero impact on the power grid and the possibility to use renewable energies.