Global PDC Industry Report

Jaya Hind Industries expands Chennai die-casting facility with ₹200 crore investment

Adding HPDC machines ranging from 1,400 to 4,400 tonnes clamping force. Planned capacity ~20,000 tonnes/year covering ICE parts, EV components, and large structural castings.

Uno Minda board approves ₹210 crore aluminium die-casting plant in Maharashtra

New greenfield aluminium die-casting facility in Sambhaji Nagar for EV two- and four-wheeler components. Phase 1 commercial production targeted Q2 FY27.

Taural India commissions second aluminium sand-casting facility in Supa, Maharashtra

INR 5 billion investment across 30+ acres with capacity to grow to ~1,500 tonnes and over 1,200 direct jobs planned. Inaugurated by Maharashtra's Chief Minister.

Hindustan Zinc partners with CMR Green Technologies for zinc alloy manufacturing at Zinc Park, Rajasthan

Low-emission zinc alloy facility targeting automotive, die-casting, infrastructure and consumer-goods applications. Second major partnership at the Zinc Park.

PGI Auto Components invests $53M+ in automated HPDC plant in Rayong, Thailand

New 37,000 sqm facility at WHA Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate 1. Estimated annual production value of $100M serving North American and global OEMs.

Panasonic Motor Thailand's $135M investment includes precision die-casting systems

Die casting is one line item within a broader motor-manufacturing investment.

Horse Powertrain invests €45M in Spain's first tilting gravity die casting facility

Valladolid plant expansion for cylinder-head casting.

GF Casting Solutions' Altenmarkt site expected to add second 6,100T gigacasting machine in 2026/27

Volvo installs two 9,000T Giga Presses at Slovakia plant for next-gen EVs

Production start targeted 2026.

Kimura Group opens new Advanced Aluminum HQ Plant in Shizuoka

Low-pressure sand casting, V-Process vacuum molding, T6 heat treatment for thin-wall structural parts down to 2mm.

Toyota to install 9,000T Giga Press at Aichi factory; Lexus LF-ZC to use gigacastings in 2026

Aims to cut assembly time ~50% by consolidating ~175 stamped parts into castings.

Ryobi's Japan-first 6,500T machine advances prototype work at Kikugawa Plant

2025-installed machine positioned as capability demonstration rather than mass production.

GM invests $150M+ in Saginaw Metal Casting Operations for next-gen V-8 engine blocks

Production targeted for 2027.

Ford retools historic Louisville Assembly Plant for "unicasting" EV production

Active 2026 construction and retool phase for a program first disclosed in 2025.

Linamar repurposes unused Welland, Ontario gigacasting plant into a battery-materials facility

Notable pivot away from its original giga-press ambitions, via alliance with Regen Resources Recovery Corp.

Dongfeng Motor's gigacasting plant nears mass production in Wuhan — 16,000T press

Houses a world-largest 16,000-tonne press. June 2026 mass-production target.

CITIC Dicastal's Jinhua "Southern Base" nears production — 10,000T island for Leapmotor

Bojun Technology expands gigacasting/magnesium capacity via LK Machinery deal

Changan's Chenzhi subsidiary commissions 5,000T magnesium thixomolding line, reaches trial-sample milestone

Jiangsu Mingmei Magnesium opens new factory, doubles thixomolding fleet to 24 machines

Chongqing Magnesium Technology adds new die-casting and thixomolding capacity

Nemak completes ~$336M acquisition of GF Casting Solutions' automotive business

Closed Feb 12, 2026. Adds plants in Austria, China, Germany, Romania and the US. Follow-on: Nemak will close the former GF Herzogenburg, Austria plant within 12 months. The clearest signal of active consolidation in the European PDC supplier base this year — likely to reverberate through OEM sourcing decisions.

CIE Automotive India board approves merger with aluminium-casting subsidiary CIE Aluminium Casting India

Consolidates aluminium-casting operations; awaits NCLT approval.

LEO III Fund (advised by DUBAG) completes acquisition of ItalPresseGauss from Altor

New ownership to pursue growth focused on Europe and the US.

Shibaura Machine to acquire 80% stake in Germany's LWB Steinl GmbH

Centred on injection molding, but signals Japanese machine-builder consolidation strategy relevant to the equipment base serving PDC.

ADC Aerospace acquires Hyatt Die Cast & Engineering Corporation

Combines two of the largest aerospace/defense-focused turnkey die-casting businesses.

NALCO launches IA91 aluminium alloy ingot for high-performance gravity/low-pressure die casting

Hindustan Zinc and Silox India partner to scale EcoZen low-carbon zinc adoption

Hindustan Zinc expands BIS-certified zinc die-casting alloy portfolio with HZDA 5

Handtmann expands Biberach megacasting operations beyond battery trays to tailgates and body ends

UBE Machinery presents Dsupport-Eye image-diagnostics tool at Japan Die Casting Association meeting

XPeng GX and NIO ES9 unveiled at Beijing Auto Show 2026 with new gigacasting-equipped body structures

Chery/Huawei claims "Electromagnetic Thermal Control" gigacasting process

Claims involve a proprietary process for thermally managing gigacastings during solidification. Limited technical transparency from the OEM.

Haitian launches 2026 Factory Open Week with Global Application Center at Ningbo HQ

Coincides with the company's 60th anniversary, showcasing ultra-large and ultra-precision die casting machines for auto lightweighting and battery pack applications.

YIZUMI showcases AI-powered LEAP Series die-casting machines at SEA Diecasting 2026, Thailand

StrikoWestofen unveils ProDos4 dosing control and energy-smart furnace lineup at EUROGUSS 2026

Idra Group teases "Neo" next-generation Giga Press platform, timed to its 80th anniversary

A significant generational platform shift signalled for the market leader in gigacasting machinery.

FRECH introduces GDKnext cold-chamber machine technology plus 2026 Experience Center seminar series

Italpresse Gauss reportedly builds giant die casting machine for a German carmaker

Single source; date unverified.

Exco Technologies reports growing HPDC tooling demand and rising interest in 3D-printed giga-press tooling

Also closed its Querétaro, Mexico Large Mould facility.

Duoli Technology places major mega-casting machine order with Bühler (Carat 920/720)

Haitian Metal signs magnesium thixomolding equipment deal with Hongchuang Light Alloys

Yizumi wins 12-machine order for magnesium production from Wuchan Zhongda Group

Bole Intelligent Machinery to deliver its largest-ever 7,500T magnesium thixomolding machine

Haitian Group marks 60th anniversary with new Global Application Center in Ningbo

Rising demand for ultra-large and ultra-precision die casting machines for auto lightweighting and battery packs.

KMUTT and regional universities highlighted for R&D/talent collaboration at SEA Diecasting 2026

Conference framed around industry-academia collaboration on regional talent gaps and R&D in gigacasting, EV manufacturing, lightweight structures, automation and simulation.

ICTMP 2026 tribology conference in Bangkok to address die/tool wear and surface engineering

11th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering, co-organized by several Thai universities. Covers tool and die wear and coatings research directly relevant to die casting tool life. Upcoming July 22–24, 2026.

Aalen Foundry Colloquium 2026 brings together die casting industry and academia

Held May 7–8, 2026 at Aalen University with ~180 participants and 16 exhibitors. Covered digital process-chain development, tooling concepts and gigacasting/microspraying, with contributions from BMW, Volkswagen, Handtmann and BTC GmbH. Hosted the European Die Casting Competition 2026 awards.

Fraunhofer presents die casting research projects at EUROGUSS 2026

Fraunhofer IST presented research on thin-film temperature sensors and tool coatings for aluminium/magnesium die casting plus the FusionCASTING and FutureCarProduction sustainability projects. Fraunhofer IPM presented a fluorescence laser scanner for measuring release-agent application in die casting.

German study applies machine learning to predict defects in magnesium HPDC

Researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer trained SVM, Random Forest and AutoML models on nearly 8,000 magnesium cold-chamber HPDC cycles to predict five defect classes. Random Forest performed best, especially for rare soldering-point defects.

ORNL and Cummins win DOE award for HPDC and metalworking innovation

Oak Ridge National Laboratory received a Team Award at DOE's 2026 Transportation Technologies Office Annual Merit Review for advances in high-performance steel alloys, HPDC and metalworking for medium/heavy-duty truck powertrains.

Purdue University joins METAL workforce-training network covering casting

METAL program, led by IACMI and funded by a Department of War industrial-base sustainment program, partnered with Purdue's School of Materials Engineering and Polytechnic Institute to deliver curriculum and in-person "smart foundry" bootcamps covering casting, forging and plate rolling. Joins Ohio State and Michigan Tech in the network.

Beijing Institute of Technology review synthesizes gigacasting body-structure design advances for NEVs

Synthesizes advances in gigacasting alloy formulation, process optimization and thermal management, arguing hybrid casting/stamping strategies can outperform pure approaches on weight versus performance trade-offs.

ML framework designs new non-heat-treatable die casting alloy in five months

Researchers at Central South University developed an iterative ML alloy-screening framework that designed and industrially validated a new non-heat-treatable die casting alloy in about five months, versus a traditional 5–10 year development cycle. Applied to a full-scale automotive rear-floor gigacasting.

Tsinghua review surveys fluidity mechanisms in HPDC aluminum alloys

Covers shot phases, composition and solidification effects, with growing emphasis on machine-learning-based fluidity prediction.

NUAA study links vacuum level to defect control in large thin-walled integrated die castings for EVs

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics used simulation and experiments on an AlSi10MnMg alloy to show vacuum level strongly affects entrained-air and gas defects in ultra-thin 2mm-wall integrated gigacastings, with a sharp defect drop below 20 mbar vacuum.

Higher dynamic casting pressure cuts porosity and raises strength in large aluminum die castings

Researchers from Changan subsidiary Chenzhi Science and Technology used vacuum-assisted HPDC at three dynamic pressures with X-ray CT and tensile testing, showing higher dynamic pressure significantly reduces porosity and raises yield strength.