With its 455 foundries, Poland was the 16th producer of castings in the world and the 8th in Europe in 2017. Casting production accounted for 1 036 500 tons. Polish foundries, about 40% of which are SMEs, produce castings mainly for automotive industry, construction industry and machine industry, making it the 5th aluminium castings producer in Europe. Foundry industry in Poland is export-oriented, with…