On June 18th, GIFA 2015, Dusseldorf, the launch of the Selection of Global Top Foundry Enterprises has been jointly announced by China Foundry Association, American Foundry Society and FOUNDRY-PLANET.
During the International Foundry Forum (IFF) held in September, 2014, Venice, the Selection of Global Top Foundry Enterprises has been put forward by Mr. Zhang Libo, the Standing Vice President of China Foundry Association and one of the three publishers of Global Casting Magazine (GCM), and this suggestion got positive response from the other two GCM’s publishers, American Foundry Society and FOUNDRY-PLANET. They together proposed to select 30 top foundry companies in the world with the worldwide influences of GCM. These enterprises will be recommended according to product categories, based on the annual average output and turnover in the latest 3 years. The aim of this Selection is to set examples and to promote the sustainable development of the world foundry industry. The results will be expected to announce to the world in May, 2016, during Metal China 2016 & the first Global Foundry Forum (GFF) in Beijing.