40th Census of World Casting Production--2005: twenty-one out of 30 reporting nations indicated that 2005 casting shipments were up from previous years.Worldwide casting shipments continued to increase in 2005, despite a slight drop in the total number of metalcasting facilities, 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. the 36 nations participating in MODERN CASTING's 40th Annual Census census, periodic official count of the number of persons and their condition and of the resources of a country. In ancient times, among the Jews and Romans, such enumeration was mainly for taxation and conscription purposes. of World Casting Production. Total global 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. showed a 7.5% increase, based on the most recent data available for all participants. Nine of the world's top-ten casting producers improved their totals for the year. Participants This year's list of participants shows no changes from 2004, which included the addition of Lithuania Lithuania (lĭth  ā`nēə), Lithuanian Lietuva, officially Republic of Lithuania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,597,000), 25,174 sq mi (65,201 sq km), N central Europe. and Slovakia Slovakia (slōvă`kēə, slōvä`kēə) or the Slovak Republic, Slovak Slovensko (slô`vĕnskô), republic (2005 est. pop. , and includes data
from 36 countries worldwide.Several countries (Belgium Belgium (bĕl`jəm), Du. België, Fr. La Belgique, officially Kingdom of Belgium, constitutional kingdom (2005 est. pop. 10,364,000), 11,781 sq mi (30,513 sq km), NW Europe. , Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , Netherlands Netherlands (nĕth`ərləndz), Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 16,407,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,344 sq km), NW Europe. , Slovenia Slovenia (slōvē`nēə), Slovene Slovenija, officially Republic of Slovenia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,011,000), 7,817 sq mi (20,246 sq km). and Ukraine Ukraine (y `krān, ykrān`), Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. ) failed to report 2005 tonnage, but they remain listed according
to their most recently reported data. 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). , a top- top-pref. Variant of topo-. 10 producer, provided shipping information for the first time since 2000, returning it to the list of world production leaders. World Production Leaders Following is a nation-by-nation summary of the top-10 reporting metalcasting producers' metric tonnage in 2005: 1. China--China continues to make shipping gains on the rest of the world. However, as the country showed an improvement of 8.9%, its rate of advancement A gift of money or property made by a person while alive to his or her child or other legally recognized heir, the value of which the person intends to be deducted from the child's or heir's eventual share in the estate after the giver's death. has slowed considerably; China boosted its shipments by 23.6% in 2004. Nevertheless, the world's strongest casting power has more than doubled its 2000. 2. U.S.--The U.S. has rebounded from lean times and fattened its shipping totals for three consecutive years, showing a 4.7% gain in 2005. The country is on pace to regain the near-peak levels of 2000 in the coming year, as it is now within 250,000 tons (Transparent Optical Networking Services) A marketing term for providing dark fiber to a customer. The customer is responsible for generating the transmission signal and interpreting it at the other end. See dark fiber. of those heights. 3. Russia--Russia has been long absent from the annual census, but burst back into the top ten with a 23% shipment boost since 2000. 4. Japan--Japan fell one spot in 2005 despite a 4.2% gain, owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de the reemergence Re`e`mer´gence n. 1. Act of reëmerging. of Russia. 5. India--India posted the fastest growing shipping rate of the top-10 reporting nations, increasing their production by more than 32%. 6. Germany--Germany showed only modest gains in 2005 (2.5%), but the country maintains the most highly productive facilities in the top-10, churning Firing one group of employees and hiring another. As companies move into newer, high-tech ventures, they often eliminate employees with older skills while bringing on new people who have computer programming, networking and Web experience. out 8,108 tons per plant last year. 7. Brazil--After jumping more than 25% in 2004, Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. saw another increase of 4.9% in 2005. Market share is focused primarily on automobiles No invention has so transformed the landscape of the United States as the automobile, and no other country has so thoroughly adopted the automobile as its favorite means of transportation. , trucks and agricultural machine parts. 8. Italy--While the country increased total shipments 4.1% in 2005, Russia's reported aluminum figures supplanted Italy Italy (ĭt`əlē), Ital. Italia, officially Italian Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 58,103,000), 116,303 sq mi (301,225 sq km), S Europe. as the fourth greatest producer of parts in the world. 9. France--Reflecting the loss of 16 metalcasting facilities, as well as a per plant decrease of nearly 100 tons, France saw its productivity drop 5%. 10. Korea--Predominately producing gray and 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. cast components, Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. stayed the course in 2005 with a slight increase of 2.3%. Who's who's 1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. Hot, Who's Not Every year, there are notable winners and losers outside of the world's top-10 casting producers. For those who are pouring pour v. poured, pour·ing, pours v.tr. 1. To make (a liquid or granular solid) stream or flow, as from a container. 2. a lot of metal, things are hot, for those who aren't aren't Contraction of are not. See Usage Note at ain't. aren't are not aren't be , they are not. Hot Slovakia made the greatest gains of any participating country, reporting more than 80,000 tons in 2005 that were unaccounted for An inclusive term (not a casualty status) applicable to personnel whose person or remains are not recovered or otherwise accounted for following hostile action. Commonly used when referring to personnel who are killed in action and whose bodies are not recovered. in 2004. The country also gained 49 primarily nonferrous non·fer·rous adj. 1. Not composed of or containing iron. 2. Of or relating to metals other than iron. nonferrous Adjective 1. metalcasting facilities. Just more than 50% of Slovakia's production last year was in gray iron, and aluminum castings made up another 25%. Thailand Thailand (tī`lănd, –lənd), Thai Prathet Thai [land of the free], officially Kingdom of Thailand, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 65,444,000), 198,455 sq mi (514,000 sq km), Southeast Asia. , Turkey, Portugal Portugal (pôr`chəgəl), officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,566,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including the Madeira Islands and the Azores in the and Norway Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. also reported shipment gains of more than 10%. Not Losing more than one fifth of their casting shipments were Romania Romania (rōmān`ēə, –yə) or Rumania (r –), republic (v), 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km), SE Europe. (25.5%) and Lithuania (-22.0%). A cutback cut·back n. 1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" New York Times. 2. of 104 metalcasting facilities might account for that downgrade Downgrade A negative change in the rating of a security. Notes: For example, an analyst may downgrade a stock from strong buy to buy, or a bond rating agency may downgrade a bond from AAA to AA. in Romania, but Lithuania reported a new iron, steel and nonferrous facility on the year. Switzerland Switzerland (swĭt`sərlənd), Fr. Suisse, Ger. Schweiz, Ital. Svizzera, officially Swiss Confederation, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 7,489,000), 15,941 sq mi (41,287 sq km), central Europe. also reported a significant decline in shipments (-14.6%).
Number of Operating Metalcasting Facilities By Nation-2005
COUNTRY IRON STEEL NONFERROUS TOTAL
Austria 12 4 29 45
Belgium 18 9 9 36
Brazil 467 139 658 1,264
Canada * 60 24 66 150
China 17,000 4,700 4,300 26,000
Croatia 16 5 23 44
Czech Rep. 106 32 56 194
Denmark 10 0 11 21
Finland 16 6 15 37
France 115 38 352 505
Germany 212 53 365 630
Great Britain 218 46 216 480
Hungary 41 27 143 211
India -- -- -- 4,500
Italy 180 27 870 1,077
Japan 457 78 1,173 1,708
Korea 499 140 208 847
Lithuania 8 3 5 16
Mexico 380 10 250 640
Netherlands * (A) 16 0 5 21
Norway 7 3 11 21
Poland 173 (B) 36 (B) 245 (C) 454
Portugal 50 10 38 98
Romania 58 41 65 164
Russia * (A) -- -- -- 1,900
Slovenia ** 16 4 33 53
Slovakia 12 7 (D) 32 51
South Africa 95 42 119 256
Spain 67 35 57 159
Sweden 36 15 84 135
Switzerland 19 0 32 51
Taiwan* 520 45 350 915
Thailand 230 26 220 476
Turkey 857 73 361 1,291
Ukraine ** 400 233 437 960
U. S. 619 262 1,499 2,380
* 2004 data ** 2002 data (Note: "-" indicates unreported data.)
(A) Includes only members of AVNeG
(B) Includes about 24 metalcasting facilities making both
iron and steel
(C) Includes about 40 metalcasting facilities working
with both ferrous and nonferrous metals
(D) Includes investment casting facilities
40th Census of World Casting Production--2005 (metric tons)
Country Gray Ductile Malleable
Iron Iron Iron
Austria 47,500 131,000 17,500
Belgium 70,700 * 15,600 (A) * --
Brazil 2,460,000 (AB) -- --
Canada 483,000 * (AB) -- --
China 12,303,963 5,838,753 514,129
Croatia 25,306 16,252 50
Czech Republic 269,493 49,524 5,435
Denmark 46,932 40,333 0
Finland 47,817 60,123 0
France 896,500 957,700 1,400
Germany 2,469,058 1,487,234 52,713
Great Britain 531,000 362,000 12,000
Hungary 35,307 32,200 10
India 4,116,000 618,000 56,000
Italy 923,700 512,200 8,400
Japan 2,782,509 1,919,435 57,851
Korea 960,100 565,200 46,500
Lithuania 14,300 200 --
Mexico 600,000 270,000 2,000
Netherlands * 63,100 78,241 6,209
Norway 16,348 49,207 0
Poland 420,700 112,500 21,740
Portugal 27,285 69,792 0
Romania 81,578 10,500 926
Russia 3,480,000 720,000 280,000
Slovenia * 75,900 27,800 (A) --
Slovakia 41,520 8,760 --
South Africa 160,000 65,000 10,000
Spain 491,600 551,600 17,400
Sweden 171,700 (A) 83,300 --
Switzerland 26,400 40,400 --
Taiwan 827,932 220,413 --
Thailand 170,000 70,000 30,000
Turkey 567,000 327,000 8,000
Ukraine ** 626,610 40,000 10,000
U. S. 4,457,905 4,241,088 75,296
Totals 40,788,763 19,591,355 1,233,559
Country Steel Copper- Aluminum
Base
Austria 18,000 5,459 103,347
Belgium 42,100 -- 19,428 (C)
Brazil 293,891 -- 240,457 (E)
Canada 117,600 * 18,585 * 324,973
China 3,224,374 416,097 1,886,000 (C)
Croatia 2,219 1,120 15,038
Czech Republic 109,680 1,724 80,252
Denmark 0 1,126 4,000
Finland 18,532 3,999 6,565
France 113,700 26,264 318,445 (C)
Germany 200,409 84,386 727,139
Great Britain 112,000 15,000 206,000 (C)
Hungary 5,385 2,110 75,720
India 805,000 0 516,000
Italy 73,324 16,800 857,500
Japan 276,589 97,794 1,477,349 (C)
Korea 149,600 23,200 144,300
Lithuania 30 5 56
Mexico 75,000 180,000 660,000
Netherlands * 438 -- --
Norway 3,723 4,667 22,926
Poland 59,560 6,300 174,300
Portugal 12,096 8,700 20,250
Romania 37,900 2,700 20,000
Russia 1,200,000 160,000 920,000
Slovenia * 22,700 6,727 (D) 30,183
Slovakia 4,300 2,160 26,260
South Africa 136,000 14,900 56,000
Spain 83,200 7,886 139,312 (C)
Sweden 23,400 11,200 44,400
Switzerland -- 2,689 17,785
Taiwan 73,619 41,959 250,366
Thailand 30,000 28,600 100,000
Turkey 125,000 16,000 66,500
Ukraine ** 266,060 11,000 20,500
U. S. 1,287,295 292,113 2,080,174
Totals 9,002,724 1,511,270 11,718,025
Country Mag. Zinc Other
Nonferrous
Austria 6,580 12,997 --
Belgium -- -- --
Brazil -- -- --
Canada -- -- --
China -- 237,889 --
Croatia 0 502 1,300
Czech Republic - 2,656 279
Denmark 0 1 5,022
Finland 0 434 0
France - 25,066 3,461
Germany 27,283 56,439 3,346
Great Britain -- 21,000 2,000
Hungary 3,050 3,050 0
India 0 0 0
Italy 12,000 70,000 67,600
Japan -- 36,216 8,102
Korea 10,300 (D) -- 0
Lithuania -- -- --
Mexico 500 350 --
Netherlands * -- -- --
Norway 0 0 --
Poland 30 8,600 770
Portugal 150 900 120
Romania 10 700 5
Russia 70,000 20,000 50,000
Slovenia * -- -- --
Slovakia -- 1,800 5
South Africa 0 2,600 0
Spain -- 16,051 433
Sweden 1,700 5,900 --
Switzerland -- 1,616 --
Taiwan 6,427 69,316 4,418
Thailand -- 16,900 --
Turkey 500 12,700 --
Ukraine ** -- -- --
U. S. 100,697 312,978 48,987
Totals 239,227 936,661 195,848
Country TOTAL
Austria 342,383
Belgium 124,507 *
Brazil 2,968,600
Canada 863,373 *
China 24,421,205
Croatia 61,787
Czech Republic 519,043
Denmark 97,414
Finland 137,470
France 2,342,536
Germany 5,108,007
Great Britain 1,261,000
Hungary 156,832
India 6,111,000
Italy 2,541,524
Japan 6,655,845
Korea 1,899,200
Lithuania 14,591
Mexico 1,787,850
Netherlands * 147,988 (F)
Norway 96,871
Poland 804,500
Portugal 139,293
Romania 154,319
Russia 7,620,000 (G)
Slovenia * 163,310
Slovakia 84,805
South Africa 444,500
Spain 1,307,482
Sweden 341,600
Switzerland 88,890
Taiwan 1,494,450
Thailand 445,500
Turkey 1,122,700
Ukraine ** 974,170
U. S. 12,896,533
Totals 85,741,078
* 2004 tonnage ** 2002 tonnage (Note: "-" indicates unreported data.)
(A) Includes malleable iron
(B) Includes ductile iron
(C) Includes magnesium
(D) Includes zinc
(E) Includes all nonferrous
(F) Includes only ferrous
(G) Includes 720,000 tons of special iron
Productivity Per Metalcasting Site
Germany 8,108
U.S. 5,419
France 4,639
Russia 4,010
Japan 3,897
Italy 2,360
Brazil 2,348
Korea 2,242
India 1,358
China 939
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Gray Iron-2005
China 12.30
U.S. 4.46
India 4.12
Russia 3.48
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Ductile Iron-2005
China 5.84
U.S. 4.46
Japan 1.92
Germany 1.49
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Cast Steel-2005
China 3.22
U.S. 1.29
Russia 1.20
India 0.81
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Cast Aluminum-2005
U.S. 2.10
China 1.89
Japan 1.48
Russia 0.92
Note: Table made from bar graph.
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