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http://dx.doi.org/10.7777/jkfs.2021.41.2.144

Survey of Current Status of Casting Industry in Korea  

Cho, Minsu (Kwangwoon University)
Lee, Jisuk (Korea National Ppuri Industry Center)
Lee, Sanghwan (Research Center of Industrial Root Technology of Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
Lee, Sangmok (Research Center of Industrial Root Technology of Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
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Journal of Korea Foundry Society / v.41, no.2, 2021 , pp. 144-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Based on the analysis of the current state of the world's foundry industry, we looked at the international competitiveness of Korea's foundry industry for the past 20 years. Korea's total foundry production is 2.52 million tons, and the production per company (so-called productivity) is 2,831 tons, which is the eighth largest in the world and down one position for the case of total foundry production, while productivity remains its position compared to three years ago. Korea is the only one of the top 10 foundry to see a decline in production. Similar to the global situation, Korean products consist of 38% of grey csat iron, 31% of ductile cast iron, 15% of aluminum, and 9% of cast steel. In order to obtain statistics on Korea's foundry industry, the survey conducted a service project for approximately nine months from April 2020. Various statistical surveys and sample in-depth surveys by the Korean standard industry class were evaluated for various contents of the domestic casting industry. We also looked at the number of companies, the distribution by region, the number of workers and the percentage of foreigners, and the distribution of each job, as well as the R&D investment status according to the size of the enterprise. Together, sales, exports, sales and various profit ratios were analyzed to measure the earning power of foundry industry. In addition, the classification by grouping the foundry industry according to the process utilized by focusing on each company, and to determine the sales, exports, and yield status for each process was also investigated on the basis. Based on these data, the domestic foundry industry has presented a variety of offers for the following issues for sustainable growth; global ranking, marginal corporate restructuring, training of domestic technical people, differentiated support policies by company size and process.
Keywords
Foundry industry; Statistical surveys; Status analysis; Process and Policy;
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