Indian aluminum die casting industry on a growth path

The Hindu reported that India’s die casting industry had grown from strength to strength over the years and constituted around one third of the total metal casting segment at present. According to Mr CR Pradhan CMD of National Aluminium Company “It ranks amongst the highest volume, mass production items manufactured by the metal working industry. Its unmatched versatility had been instrumental in finding applications ranging from the toy industry to the automotive industry.” Mr Pradhan said that “Alu India 2008’ on aluminium die casting organized by the Aluminium Association of India at the Chennai Trade Centre recently last.” He added that most cast automotive components, because of their mass production nature were produced through the die casting route. In fact in North America 51% of die cast components were consumed by the auto sector. With most auto majors having set up shop in India there was immense scope for a quantum leap in growth for the industry. ---from steelguru