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 ...

They have been the backbone of the engineering and electrical companies in Gujarat since decades and were doing brisk business till a year ago. But the foundry sector has been floundering in the state ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...