Tyler Plummer

In 2025, China's fleet of Gigacasting presses ran at about 19% utilization 🏭🇨🇳 There are more than 100 installed machines above 6,000 tons in China, more than anywhere else in the world. Most of them are waiting for parts to cast. The exception shows how uneven the market is. Guangdong Hongtu says its presses above 6,000 tons already run at 80% capacity, with yield above 94%, largely on work for Xpeng. Even there, its 16,000-ton island runs below average because the customer orders it serves keep changing. That is why a Chinese press order tells you very little. China has the widest gap of any region between ordered and installed machines, and most orders sit with suppliers, not in OEM plants. A new press often adds to the idle capacity rather than to production. industryarsenal.com/products… 🇨🇳📄The China Gigacasting Market Report goes through this plant by plant. It covers what is installed against what was announced, how much the presses actually run, which OEM programmes are producing at scale, and a bottom-up forecast to 2030. The Gigacasting Database holds the raw records underneath it. Each row is one aluminum machine from 6,000 tons or magnesium thixomolding machine from 5,000 tons, with who ordered it, who installed it, which plant it sits in, and which part or vehicle it belongs to. For Hongtu alone, it lists machines of 6,000, 7,000, 9,000, 12,000 and 16,000 tons. The annual subscription includes; 📊The Database industryarsenal.com/database 📄The China report industryarsenal.com/products… 📄The Western Forecast to 2035 industryarsenal.com/products… Each report is also sold on its own. 📊 The Gigacasting Database and the China report: industryarsenal.com/upgrade For inquiries, send me a DM or write to [email protected]