A Splendid Foundry Year of 2019

By Zhang Libo, Publisher/President, China Foundry Association According to the latest world casting census by Modern Casting in Dec. 2018, the world casting production grew by 5.3% in 2017. The world foundry industry is continuing with its growing trend in 2019. A series of professional and high-level foundry events will be staged one by one this year, showing the vitality and innovation of foundry industry in every region of the world. At the beginning of 2019, IFEX was held from Jan 16-18 in India. In March 13-16, Shanghai, sponsored by China Foundry Association, the 17th China International Foundry Expo (METAL CHINA 2019) together with the 13th China International Die Casting Industry Exhibition will display the latest development of Chinese foundry industry and the Chinese foundrymen are expecting the world participation; On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the triennial CASTEXPO will be held in the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta; and GIFA will again attract the atte