With this step, Messe Düsseldorf is underlining its international growth strategy and further expanding its role as a leading platform for the global metallurgy and foundry industries. India is the world’s third-largest casting producer and, with an annual GDP growth rate of around 6 to 7 percent (source: WFO Global Foundry Report 2024), boasts the highest economic growth among major industrial nations. This drives a growing demand for modern investments in foundry equipment, automation and environmental technologies. In addition, Coimbatore is considered one of India’s leading production centres with more than 600 foundries and numerous component manufacturers. These are ideal conditions for international companies in the metallurgy sector to enter a rapidly developing market, particularly in aluminium casting and light metals, which are in high demand in the automotive and energy industries.
Inter Foundry positions itself as a central international platform for the foundry industry with a special focus on South Asia. Every two years, it brings together the entire value chain – from foundries and suppliers to pioneers in automation, digitalisation and material innovations. At the same time, Inter DieCast, the trade fair for die casting technologies, complements the portfolio, forming a powerful trade fair duo that represents the entire foundry and die casting industries, including the aluminium sector.
