Sustainable development in small and medium-size foundries of the Czech Republic by means of control of processes and selection of environment-friendly technologies

摘要

The authors describe the development of casting production in the Czech Republic during several last years and data extrapolation for the following period, i.e. before joining the Czech Republic to EU. The paper is focused on ferrous and non-ferrous metals. It comments on the situation in Germany and in the world, and looks for acceptable solutions for achieving sustainable development of small and medium-size foundries of the Czech Republic by means of selection of environment-friendly technologies and by higher efficiency of work of management.