33rd Census of World Casting Production--1998.Two-thirds of this year's respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. , including six of the world's top 10 metalcasting-producing nations, reported a growth in shipments last year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. modern casting's 33rd Census of World Casting Production, it appears that the world's top metal-casting-producing nations (except for those in Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ), enjoyed another good shipment year in 1998. Overall, 19 of the 30 responding nations (three more than last year) reported casting shipment gains over 1997 totals. Six of the world's largest casting producers reported gains this year. High-production nations such as India India, officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c. and Russia Russia, officially the Russian Federation, Rus. Rossiya, republic (2005 est. pop. 143,420,000), 6,591,100 sq mi (17,070,949 sq km). (both top- top- pref. Variant of topo-. 10 nations) failed to respond to the survey, as did Argentina Argentina (ärjəntē`nə, Span. ärhāntē`nä), officially Argentine Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 39,538,000), 1,072,157 sq mi (2,776,889 sq km), S South America. , Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. , Austria Austria (ô`strēə), Ger. Österreich [eastern march], officially Republic of Austria, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 8,185,000), 32,374 sq mi (83,849 sq km), central Europe. , Belarus Belarus or Byelarus (both: byĕ'lər  s`), formerly Belorussia, officially Republic of Belarus, republic (2005 pop. 9,799,000), c. , Egypt Egypt (ē`jĭpt), Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic of Egypt, republic (2005 est. pop. 77,506,000), 386,659 sq mi (1,001,449 sq km), NE Africa and SW Asia. and Slovakia Slovakia (slōvă`kēə, slōvä`kēə) or the Slovak Republic, Slovak Slovensko (slô`vĕnskô), republic (2005 est. pop. Each remains listed, however, by
the latest collected shipment information. Iran was dropped because it
had not submitted data since 1995. Census data is provided for 38
nations.Due to the absence of India and Russia, the U.K. and Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. have entered the top 10 since the census was updated for the 1999 AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System CastExpo/GIFA Guide to Exhibits & Technology Showcase. Following is how each industry fared in 1998: 1. U.S.--Shipments grew for the second straight year in 98 to 14.69 million short tons (13.22 million metric), a growth rate of 2.37%. Shipments are nearly identical to levels of 5 years ago. 2. China--Last year's 8% drop to 10.19 million tons marked China's fourth decline in the last 5 years. Except for ductile iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1943 by Keith Millis[1]. While most varieties of cast iron are brittle, ductile iron is much more ductile, as the name implies. pipe foundries and a few plants exporting to the U.S. and Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , nearly
all foundries have suffered output declines. Shipments are down 12.32%
since '94.3. Japan--Afterstable or minor growth in each of the previous4years, Japan's shipments dropped 12.13% in '98 to 6.22 million tons. Shipments are down 7.67% since '94. 4. Germany--With 4.44 million tons shipped in '98 (8% increase), Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). notched its second consecutive year of growth and the fourth growth year out of the last 5. Shipments are 16% higher than '94. 5. France--France saw a second consecutive year of growth in '98 with a 6.37% increase to 2.58 million tons, With 14% growth over the last 5 years, '98 shipments are France's highest in the last 20 years, and exports topped 1 million tons for the first time. 6. Italy--A second straight year of growth was seen in '98, with a 3.87% increase to 2.33 million tons. Total shipments are 48% higher than 5 years ago. 7. United Kingdom--U.K. shipments increased 32% to 1.92 million tons in '98. Last year marked the sixth consecutive growth year for U.K. foundries, and a 51% increase over '94 levels. 8. Brazil--Brazil's 1.57 million tons was a 0.34% loss from the nation's last-reported data in '96. 1998 shipments were 5.72% greater than 5 years ago. 9. Korea--Shipments dropped 2.05% to 1.52 million tons in '98, the second straight decline year after 4 consecutive years of growth. Shipments are 1.42% below '94 levels. 10. Mexico--Mexico's shipments grew 17.41% lastyearto 1.44 million tons, resulting in an 111% increase over the last 5 years. In addition to the 6 top-10 nation gains, 13 other countries reported gains. These include: Norway (33.33%), Croatia (18.02%), Netherlands (15.62%), Hungary (10.28%), Switzerland (9.27%), Canada (6.94%), Sweden (6.35%), Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. (6.28%), Slovenia (5.43%), Portugal (3.75%), Finland (2.69%), Turkey (1.92%) and Denmark (1.23%). Meanwhile, decreases were recorded for Belgium (-13.58%), Poland (-11.41%),Romania (-9.89%), Ukraine (-6.96%) and Spain (-5.20%), bringing the total number of reporting nations showing losses to 9. Shipment data is typically submitted by each nation's Metal casting Metal casting A metal-forming process whereby molten metal is poured into a cavity or mold and, when cooled, solidifies and takes on the characteristic shape of the mold. trade association. Comments about participation in the annual census should be directed to: Census of World Casting Production, modern casting, 505 State Street, Des Plaines, Illinois “Des Plaines” redirects here. For the river, see Des Plaines River. Des Plaines (pronounced IPA [dɛsˈpleɪnz]) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. USA 60016-8399
Number of Operating Foundries By Nation--1998
(from countries participating in 33rd
Census of World Casting Production)
COUNTRY IRON STEEL NONFERROUS TOTAL
Argentina [**] 160 10 190 360
Austria [*] 21 8 33 62
Belarus [*] 44 22 61 127
Belgium 70 11 55 136
Brazil 1034 [2,3]
Canada 80 24 95 199
China [**] 5997 2708 2292 10997
Croatia 31 3 22 56
Denmark 11 0 10 21
Egypt [**] 62 6 8 76 [4]
Finland 15 5 15 35
France 169 [1] 304 473
Germany 265 59 408 732
Hungary 30 [1] 41 71
India [*] 6000 [2] 6000
Iran [**][6] 90 18 37 145
Italy 280 30 100 [****] 410
Japan 580 101 637 [***] 1318
Korea 401 101 220 722
Mexico 102 27 145 274
Netherlands 29 [5] [5] 29
Norway 15 4 20 39
Poland 246 43 308 597
Portugal 51 11 63 125
Romania 172 39 121 332
Slovakia [*] 19 6 9 34
Slovenia 13 3 16 32
South Africa 150 [1] 40 190
Spain 183 38 96 317
Sweden 37 13 85 135
Switzerland 23 0 45 68
Turkey 882 60 110 1052
Ukraine 615 125 304 1044
United Kingdom 371 245 554 1170
U.S. 700 400 1850 2950
TOTAL 17914 4120 8294 30328
(*.)1997 data (**.)1996 data (***.)1995 data (****.)1994 data (1.)includes steel foundries. (2.)all foundries (3.)97 data included 517 iron, 74 steel and 406 nonferrous-997 total (4.)includes public foundries: 5 iron, 4 steel and 3 nonferrous non·fer·rous adj. 1. Not composed of or containing iron. 2. Of or relating to metals other than iron. nonferrous Adjective 1. (5.)unknown (6.)includes diecasters
33rd Census of World Casting Production--1998 (in metric tons)
Country Gray Ductile Malleable
Iron Iron Iron
Argentina [**] 95,000 30,000 5,000
Australia 14 [**] 328,000 135,000
Austria [*] 62,429 94,903 [1]
Belarus [*] 198,700 10,900
Belgium 81,846 15,661 33,415 [7]
Brazil 976,000 329,000 29,000
Canada 702,100 [4]
China 6,305,380 1,431,238 293,488
Croatia 28,823 6,745 200
CzechRepublic 348,360 26,610 11,610
Denmark 54,000 32,000
Egypt [**] 226,280 [4]
Finland 59,927 44,476 [7]
France 1,057,117 1,036,578 12,381
Germany 2,170,606 1,254,217 49,584
Hungary 60,259 13,358 504
lndia [*] 2,595,500 198,400 95,500
Italy 1,080,771 337,213 3,350
Japan 2,663,704 1,965,505 [16] 107,736
Korea 850,000 438,500 [11] 44,100
Mexico 628,848 43,584 7,200
Netherlands 61,600 78,000 4,050
Norway 27,490 33,913
Poland 460,000 [7] 81,000 24,650
Portugal 50,270 27,612 4,567
Romania 234,900 21,200 5,900
Russia [*] 3,300,000 [4]
Slovenia 42,930 6,000 5,000
South Africa 187,000 [22] 63,000 1,250
Slovakia [*] 38,683 3,836
Spain 316,000 298,000 21,000
Sweden 192,300 54,700 [1]
Switzerland 54,306 68,460
Taiwan 660,766 173,655 12,462
Turkey 695,000 123,000 12,000
Ukraine 628,828 28,000 23,000
United Kingdom 877,600 716,100 27,400
US [14,21] 5,456,700 [20] 3,771,000 204,300
TOTAL 33,860,023 12,987,528 1,042,933
Country Steel Copper- Aluminum Mag-
Base neisum
Argentina [**] 11,000 4,800 10,500
Australia 14 [**] 81,000 [15]
Austria [*] 12,625 11,955 [2] 71,001 [3]
Belarus [*] 53,700 4,700 12,900
Belgium 13,463 607 23,556
Brazil 93,000 20,000 102,000 7,000
Canada 163,800 11,100 63,800
China 1,304,801 95,112 686,481 [3]
Croatia 1,356 1,296 8,117
CzechRepublic 106,420 106,420 41,280 [3]
Denmark 1,655 2,000
Egypt [**] 10,500 393 83,108
Finland 18,859 4,703 5,268 [3]
France 144,229 24,592 272,637 [3]
Germany 188,522 86,574 607,501 12,060
Hungary 7,025 2,563 20,335
lndia [*] 475,000 21,500 [10]
Italy 77,088 126,800 598,500 7,700
Japan 286,495 85,525 1,071,070 [17] 75
Korea 131,500 18,000 35,800
Mexico 103,572 124,764 423,048
Netherlands 1,000 17,800 [*]
Norway 3,906 3,293 15,206 143
Poland 62,200 21,000 50,700
Portugal 16,160 1,587 14,250
Romania 67,300 9,000 16,600
Russia [*] 900,000 300,000 [8]
Slovenia 19,870 2,400 5,500 120
South Africa 103,000 [19] 3,000 26,000
Slovakia [*] 8,241 14,555 3,268
Spain 71,000 13,000 108,000 1,600
Sweden 17,400 10,600 36,200 1,500
Switzerland 2,842 17,506
Taiwan 64,125 49,079 249,449
Turkey 101,000 600 28,050
Ukraine 223,921 9,007 16,515
United Kingdom 96,800 16,200 169,300 1,400
US [14,21] 1,434,600 295,200 1,619,100 54,000
TOTAL 6,393,547 1,076,502 6,934,846 85,598
Country Zinc Other TOTAL
Nonferrous
Argentina [**] 1,100 157,400
Australia 14 [**] 544,000
Austria [*] 252,913
Belarus [*] 600 281,500
Belgium 1,101 38 169,687
Brazil 12,000 1,570,000
Canada 2,100 [5] 942,900
China 77,506 10,194,006
Croatia 583 3,146 [6] 50,266
CzechRepublic 3,500 [7] 537,780
Denmark 89,655
Egypt [**] 320,281
Finland 502 2 133,736
France 38,060 [8] 2,909 [13] 2,588,953
Germany 74,570 5,058 [9] 4,448,692
Hungary 1,704 150,748
lndia [*] 3,385,900
Italy 97,800 1,500 2,330,722
Japan 36,007 7,479 [16] 6,223,596
Korea 4,800 [12] 1,522,700
Mexico 110,640 1,441,656
Netherlands 162,450
Norway 3,543 87,494
Poland 5,300 3,000 [3] 707,850
Portugal 1,600 106 116,152
Romania 1,500 356,400
Russia [*] 4,500,000
Slovenia 2,500 400 84,720
South Africa 2,500 385,750
Slovakia [*] 68,583
Spain 19,000 900 848,500
Sweden 4,000 316,700
Switzerland 1,916 145,030
Taiwan 1,209,606
Turkey 50 959,700
Ukraine 929,271
United Kingdom 19,500 1,924,300
US [14,21] 344,700 44,100 13,223,700 [15]
TOTAL 858,282 79,038 63,318,297
(*.)1997 tonnage
(**.)1996 tonnage
BOLD highest shipments
(1.)includes malleable iron (Metal.) iron sufficiently pure or soft to be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent malleable. (2.)includes zinc zinc, metallic chemical element; symbol Zn; at. no. 30; at. wt. 65.38; m.p. 419.58°C;; b.p. 907°C;; sp. gr. 7.133 at 25°C;; valence +2. Zinc is a lustrous bluish-white metal. It is found in Group 12 of the periodic table. , lead and tin castings (3.)includes magnesium magnesium (măgnē`zēəm, –zhəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Mg; at. no. 12; at. wt. 24.305; m.p. about 648.8°C;; b.p. about 1,090°C;; sp. gr. 1.738 at 20°C;; valence +2. castings (4.)also includes ductile ductile /duc·tile/ (duk´til) susceptible of being drawn out without breaking. duc·tile adj. Easily molded or shaped. ductile susceptible of being drawn out without breaking. and malleable iron (5.)includes magnesium, zinc and other (6.)includes 50 tons investment cast and 3096 tons of lead (7.)includes alloyed al·loy n. 1. A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper. cast irons (8.)includes other nonferrous (9.)includes 4,667 tons lead, 311 tons tin and 80 tons nickel nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.69; m.p. about 1,453°C;; b.p. about 2,732°C;; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25°C;; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. (10.)all nonferrous castings (11.)includes 179,000 tons cast pipe (12.)includes magnesium and zinc castings (13.)includes lead and tin (14.)based on estimates from Stratecasts, Inc. (15.)does not include ferrous ferrous (fĕr`əs), iron in the +2 valence state. Containing or having to do with iron. The difference between ferrous and ferric is the number of valence electrons they contain (ferrous contains two and ferric contains three), which and nonferrous investment castings investment casting Precision casting for forming metal shapes with minutely precise details. Casting bronze or precious metals typically involves several steps, including forming a mold around the sculptured form; detaching the mold (in two or more sections); coating its (16.)includes 675,511 tons of cast iron pipe (17.)includes 698,084 tons of aluminum die castings die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. (18.)includes precision castings composed of 69% steel, 8% aluminum, 6% iron, other (19.)consists of 689,000 alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. steels and 35,000 carbon steels (20.)includes compacted graphite graphite (grăf`īt), an allotropic form of carbon, known also as plumbago and black lead. It is dark gray or black, crystalline (often in the form of slippery scales), greasy, and soft, with a metallic luster. iron (21.)This year's figures are reported in metric tons. Total reported short tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. is 14,693,000. (22.)includes 20,000 tons of alloyed iron and 200 tons of compacted graphite iron |
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