NEW ORDERS, SHIPMENTS SHOW FORGING HAS MUCH ROOM FOR GROWTH

摘要

The final results are in for the past year's activity in closed-die, open-die, and seamless rolled-ring forgings sales, and the future looks brighter than the past. Forgers participating in the 2014 FORGING Business Outlook Survey were split in their assessment of the past year's operating conditions. The latest report of forging shipments during 2013 reconfirms that assessment. The Forging Industry Association released the results of its U.S., Canadian, and Mexican members' 2013 shipments document what was a no-more-than-modest result for producers of impression-die forgings and seamless rolled rings, and a truly poor outcome for open-die forgers. Analysis of current conditions are more encouraging, and forecasts suggest there are growth opportunities, but the record for 2013 is one that gives forging producers much room for improvement. According to FIA's figures, total shipments for North American custom impression-die (i.e., closed-die) forging sector came to $7,313,261,000 in 2013, a decline of 0.3% from the adjusted total for 2012, $7,336,853,000. New orders for impression-die forging orders increased during 2013, up 7% to $7,123,978,000 from 2012's result, $6,670,024,000.