Investment casting industry output value in the world was estimated based on the data from the international seminar on investment casting

Tokyo 2013.The investment casting output value in the world at 2012reached up to 11.6billions dollars

increased by 2%compared to 2011.The high valueadded castings were dominant in the investment casting industry at the North American

and its output value is the 41% of the total world investment casting output value

far away higher than that of the other region.The investment casting output value from the island is the 23% of the total world output value

higher than that of the Europe.From the view point of the investment castings structure

the major high-added value castings come from the north American and Europe

while investment castings produced from the China was mainly composed of general commercial castings.