The foundry owners sought the Centre's intervention to control the rising prices of raw materials. Speaking to journalists on Monday, A Sivashanmuga Kumar, president of Coimbatore Tiny and Small Foundry Owners Association (Cosmafan) said, “Most of the foundries are badly affected during the lockdown period and after a long struggle, it is only now we have started to increase the production. The raise in raw materials price has come as another blow to us.” Pointing out that the prices of the raw materials have been increasing around the same time since the last four years, he said, this year, along with the main raw materials allied components' prices have also increased by 116%.