Around 300 foundry units in West Bengal, where 95 per cent of them are run by MSMEs, provide employment to one lakh people, according to the industry body. KOLKATA: The ailing foundry industry is ...

Despite increasing demand, foundries across the country are in the process of reducing production activities following an unprecedented hike in raw material prices. Three important centres for the ...

An innovative new training programme, which improves the competitiveness of the foundry sector, has been completed and is looking to recruit its next cohort. The Certificate in Cast Iron Production, ...

When it comes to choice of metals that can be melted in the home foundry, it’s a little like [Henry Ford]’s famous quip: you can melt any metal you want, as long as it’s aluminum. Not that there’s ...

The difference between wrought and cast iron is straightforward: Cast iron has been melted, poured into a mold and allowed to cool. Wrought iron has been heated and worked with tools. (FYI, the term ...

America's biggest cast iron cookware maker is introducing a new lighter gourmet line of skillets and ovens to expand its cookware market for the future by adopting its original name from the past.

Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) The ailing foundry industry is facing a double whammy as units are witnessing a sharp rise in raw material costs and declining exports due to the Russian-Ukraine crisis, an ...