What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental and industrial permitting authorities (IED/IPPC permits), company registries, pressure-vessel and boiler inspectorates | Per facility per permit | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS, labour force surveys), sector unions and employer associations, individual firms' HR systems | Annual headcount and wages by NACE class and region; per-employee internally | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators and inspectorates (OSHA, national labour inspectorates), workers' compensation insurers, operators' EHS… | Per incident; annual injury rates per establishment or per NACE class | public |
| waste & emissions | Operators, environmental regulators (E-PRTR / national pollutant registers, permits), EU ETS registry for large forging furnaces | Annual per facility per pollutant; waste transfer per consignment | public |
| pricing | Steel/alloy bar and metal powder producers, price reporting agencies (Fastmarkets, Argus, SteelBenchmarker, LME for base metals), forging… | Per grade/spec, weekly or monthly index; per-quote for job pricing | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Freight forwarders and carriers, customs authorities (HS codes for forgings and metal powders), trade-data vendors (Panjiva, ImportGenius… | Per shipment / bill of lading; monthly aggregates by HS code and country | purchasable |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, Handelsregister/Bundesanzeiger), listed forging groups' investor reporting, credit bureaus (Bureau van… | Annual (some quarterly) per legal entity | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Forgers, service centres and steel/powder distributors, tier-1 automotive customers' supplier portals | Per SKU/part number per plant, daily or weekly | partnership |
| energy consumption | Plant operators (billing and submetering), electricity and gas suppliers, energy regulators via EU ETS / energy-audit reporting, national… | Per site half-hourly metering internally; annual per-site or sector aggregates… | partnership |
| production output | Forging plants and sintering operations (MES/ERP systems), national statistical offices (PRODCOM), industry associations (Euroforge, EPMA… | Per work order / press-line shift internally; monthly or annual tonnage by… | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Forging and PM part makers (ERP order books), their automotive/aerospace/oil-and-gas customers, distributors | Per purchase order / per delivery line | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Plant operators; press and hammer OEMs (Schuler, SMS group, Ajax-CECO), furnace and induction heater vendors, sintering furnace suppliers… | Per stroke/per press cycle; per furnace, sub-second to minute time series | exclusive |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Forging shops' production planning (press-line capacity booking), customers' capacity-reservation agreements | Per press line per shift/week, capacity booked vs available | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant maintenance functions (CMMS), press and furnace OEM service organisations, die/tooling shops | Per asset (press, hammer, die set) per work order; die life in strokes | exclusive |
| quality & compliance testing | Forgers' metallurgical labs, third-party test houses and NDT service providers, certification bodies (IATF 16949, AS9100, NADCAP, PED)… | Per heat/lot/part serial — mill certificates, hardness, ultrasonic/MPI results | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.