在竞争能力方面,大不列颠的铸造工业在以后的几年内必须大幅度提高。一个由大不列颠工业部发起、由行业联合会 BFA 承担,以实现这个目标为目的的“铸造2000”首创活动正在开展,一份内容丰富的报告罗列了这个行业最严重的弱点:投资水平低下,“最佳实践”的方向不明,环境问题相当多以及缺少销售努力。另外,职工的教育水平低,革新能力差,以及 In terms of competitiveness, the foundry industry of Great Britain must be greatly improved in the next few years. A pioneering activity initiated by the Industry Ministry of Great Britain and undertaken by the industry federation BFA to achieve this goal, the “Foundry 2000” initiative is underway. An informative report lists the industry’s most serious weaknesses: low levels of investment. “ The direction of ”best practice" is not clear, there are a lot of environmental issues and there is a lack of sales efforts. In addition, employees have low levels of education, poor innovation, and