News #Steel Castings

In early 2026, Shandong Weifang Junlong Machinery secured a large Southeast Asian auto parts order via customized precision castings, expanding overseas footprint. Aided by Weifang’s policies, it overcame foreign trade hurdles. Focusing on stainless and alloy steel castings, it targets a 30% YoY foreign trade order growth in 2026, deepening in emerging markets with upgrades.

Weifang Junlong Machinery Co., Ltd. has boosted its annual output of precision castings and machined parts to 20,000 tons via three fully automated production lines. Two adopt silica sol + sodium silicate composite process, and one uses silica sol process. The lines enhance efficiency and product consistency, ensuring stable supply for agriculture machinery and auto sectors, and solidifying its precision casting position.

The auto parts industry gains tech and market wins, with precision casting upgrades

This news highlights the multi-dimensional breakthroughs in China's precision casting industry, focusing on technological innovation and green intelligent transformation. It covers key practices of enterprises in Hunan, Hubei, and Guangdong, including automated production lines, unmanned factories, HFC process application, and digital joint development models. These innovations boost efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and strengthen the independent controllability of core components, driving the industry towards high-quality development and enhancing its global competitiveness in high-end fields.

This article explains the key differences between steel castings and iron castings, helping design and procurement teams select proper casting materials according to load, temperature and welding requirements to extend component service life and improve equipment safety.