Foundry Solution Under One Roof

There are approximately 5000 foundries in India, which are largely in the MSME sector, with a handful of major players, located in various foundry clusters. The average productivity per unit is 2173 TPA. Each cluster is known for a particular speciality in terms of the range of products manufactured. For example, the Coimbatore cluster is famous for pump-sets castings, the Kolhapur and the Belgaum clusters for automotive castings and the Rajkot cluster for diesel engine castings, Howrah cluster for sanitary castings, etc. The major foundry clusters in India are located at Batala, Jalandhar and Ludhiana in Punjab; Rajkot and Ahmedabad in Gujarat; Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana; Howrah in West Bengal; Agra in UP; Pune, Kolhapur and Solapur in Maharashtra; Belgaum in Karnataka; Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamilnadu; and Hyderabad in Telengana. Some of these clusters have been formed under IIUS – Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme of the Union Ministry for Commerce & Industry.
The Indian foundry industry manufacturers metal cast components for applications in Auto, Tractor, Railways, Machine tools, Sanitary, Pipe Fittings, Defence, Aerospace, Earth Moving, Textile, Cement, Electrical, Power machinery, Pumps / Valves, Wind turbile generators etc. Foundry Industry has a turnover of approx. USD 19 billion with export approx. USD 3.1 billion. However, Grey iron castings have the major share i.e. approx 68% of total castings produced. There are approx 4500 units out of which 90% can be classified as MSMEs. Approx 1500 units are having International Quality Accreditation. Several large foundries are modern & globally competitive. Many foundries use cupolas using LAM Coke. However, these are gradually shifting to Induction Melting. There is growing awareness about environment & many foundries are switching over to induction furnaces & some units in Agra are changing over to cokeless cupolas.

General Economic Scenario

Govt. focusing on “MAKE IN INDIA”, “EASE OF DOING BUSINESS”, infrastructure & easing FDI norms to promote investments in manufacturing & new initiatives & cooperations in skill development.

Forecasts of growth by leading institutions :- India to become fastest growing economy >7.5% YoY as per forecasts of leading International Institutions.

Major Foundry Clusters:-

Each cluster is known for its products. The major foundry clusters are located in Batala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Agra, Pune, Kolhapur, Sholapur, Rajkot, Mumbai, Ahemdabad, Belgaum, Coimbatore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Howrah, Kolkata, Indore, Chennai, Ahemdabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon etc Typically, each foundry cluster is known for catering to some specific end-use markets. For example, the Coimbatore cluster is famous for pump-sets castings, the Kolhapur and the Belgaum clusters for automotive castings and the Rajkot cluster for diesel engine castings, Howrah cluster for sanitary castings etc.

Manpower:

The total Manpower in Foundry Sector is approx. 500,000 Directly & 150,00,00 indirectly. The foundry sector is highly labour intensive & currently generates employment for 2 Millions directly & indirectly mainly from socially & economically weaker sections of society. It has potential to generate additional employment of 2 Million in next 10 years.

Global Scenerio:

As per 55th World casting Census published by Modern Castings USA in December 2021, Total Global Casting Production 105.50 million metric tonnes, a decrease of 3.25% as compared to the previous year. China, India and the US hold the top three spots. Countries around the World felt the effect of Govt. Mandated work stoppages and restrictions due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Nearly every country reported a significant drop in production in 2020 compared to 2019,

Role in Manufacturing Sector :

The new manufacturing policy envisages the increase in the share of manufacturing in the GDP to 25% from current 15% & to create 100 Million additional jobs in next 10 years. Since all engineering & other sectors use metal castings in their manufacturing, the role of foundry industry to support manufacturing is very vital. It is not possible to achieve the above goal without the sustainable corresponding growth of the foundry sector