Casting is a metal product industry that belongs to the mechanical industry.
Casting is a metal forming process that involves pouring molten metal into a mold, solidifying and cooling to form specific shaped parts or blanks. The casting industry provides various cast metal components for industries such as automobiles, internal combustion engines, agricultural machinery, machine tools, mining and heavy machinery, and is the fundamental industry of equipment manufacturing. In the classification of national economic industries, casting is classified under the category of metal products industry.