Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point Reporter Yu Minxing
On August 15, the 7th Shandong International Foundry Industry Exhibition grandly kicked off in Qingdao World Expo City. The exhibition is themed “Global Perspective, Accurate Positioning”. It is guided by the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and sponsored by the Shandong Foundry Association. It aims to build a high-standard exchange and cooperation hub for the global foundry industry, help enterprises to upgrade their technological transformation and intelligent transformation, and promote the industry to develop towards high-end and diversified leapfrog development.
The exhibits on site are full of highlights, becoming a vivid epitome of the transformation of the casting industry: high-temperature alloy castings have become the darling of low-altitude economy with their advantages of high strength and lightweight; the intelligent detection system for casting defects realizes millisecond recognition, and fully automatic casting compression molding equipment increases the production efficiency of automotive aluminum alloy wheels by 40%, demonstrating the intelligent driving force; degradable sand-shaped castings and water-based paint casting pipe fittings reduce pollution from the source, interpreting the mainstream trend of green casting; high-pressure casting motor shells in the new energy field have won the favor of automobile companies with precision technology, showing the breakthrough of casting technology in the high-end manufacturing field.
During the same period of the exhibition, the “Caocai Supermarket” officially started operation. With the significant advantages of complete categories, excellent quality and lower prices than the market level, it has created a convenient and efficient “one-stop” procurement channel for buyers, effectively reducing corporate procurement costs.
The supporting activities during the same period are rich and diverse. The current economic situation analysis forum, the 2025 China (Qingdao) New Energy Vehicle Lightweight Components Industry Chain Cooperation and Innovation Forum and other activities were held one after another. Government, enterprise, academic and research representatives conducted in-depth discussions on hot and difficult points such as technological innovation, industrial chain collaboration, and material application, and presented suggestions for industry development. In addition, the ductile iron production technology and the third special training course on casting and smelting provides support for the industry's talent training, and the casting procurement conference builds an efficient trading bridge for both supply and demand parties to promote precise docking. In addition, the exhibition site will select and award plaques for many Shandong high-quality casting model areas represented by Dongying Precision Casting and Laizhou Brake Disk. By setting industry benchmarks, playing a demonstration and leading role, promoting the quality and upgrading of regional casting industries, and forming a development pattern of “point-to-surface”.
This foundry exhibition not only builds an important platform for technological exchanges and trade cooperation for the industry, but also focuses on the direction of intelligent, green and high-end development, guides enterprises to accurately grasp the opportunities of transformation, promote collaborative innovation in the industrial chain, injects new impetus into the high-quality development of China's foundry industry, and also helps Shandong to build an internationally competitive casting industry cluster, contributing “Shandong's strength” to the sustainable development of the global foundry industry.