To meet its members' true needs, CTIF bases its work on an annual research programme. Castings are the end products of the foundryman's trade. They face keen competition from products in which materials are shaped by other techniques.
Standardization is essential to open trade and as such is naturally a factor in business strategies.
It helps manufacturers and customers speak the same language. The technical skills of CTIF 's experts complement the operational strengths of the BNIF . CTIF also contributes extensively to European standardization work through various CEN Technical Committees. The model-making pole at the service of the foundry Computerization of the foundry design office is the vitally necessary step for optimized design of moulding tooling. The CTIF, in close collaboration with the industrialists of the profession, is carrying out permanent work on the solidification, the filling and more recently on the thermo-mechanical aspects of casting.