Russian foundry industry vm consult

Russian Foundry IndustryAt the times of USSR most of foundries was the part of bigvertically integrated holdings. That’s why there was no realcompetition in this industry and after collapse of Soviet UnionRussian market was successfully attacked by foreign producersand the share of local producers constantly decreases.Main problems of Russian foundries are:  Old equipment (80 % of equipment is used for more than 20 years);  Bad quality management;  Small productivity;  Lack of qualified workers.As a result, from 1980-th local production reduced on more than 3 times. Now there are 1 650foundry companies in Russia which have produced around 8 million tons отливок per year(according to exper4ts estimations).Target industries for foundry production in Russia are: machine-tool construction, powermachine building, automotive industry, shipbuilding and some other sectors of mechanicalengineering.Current situation in machine-tool construction in Russia is difficult. Last years production ofmachine-tools felt dramatically and many of producers become bankrupt. At 2008 less than10 000 machine-tools were produced.Although Russian government is going to start active support of this industry and as a resultincrease the production more than 4 times! In next 2 years 25 000 units of machine-tools andwoodworking machines, 10 000 units of forge-and-press. That will increase demand on foundryproducts: there will be required 580 000 tons of cast-iron and steel coasts.Power machine building in Russia is still quite strong, especially turbines production. Localproducers can’t satisfy demand on some complex foundry products. For example it’s impossibleto buy locally produced blade discs in Russia.Russian automotive sector is booming. Nearly all strong car producers has opened plants inRussia and they are required 300 000 tons of high quality foundry products. Local capacitiescan’t satisfy this demand.Industrial production is the main driver of foundry industry. In Russia we see the rising trend ofindustrial production and can expect the growth of foundry market (mostly by imported productsor foreign producers in Russia). VM Consult – “Your first step onto a new market”www.consultvm.com

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Russian foundry industry vm consult

by Viacheslav Makovich on Jan 16, 2012

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