Shipments of cutting tools totaled $250.1 million in October, up 12.7% from September 2025 and 14.7% from October 2024. Year-to-date shipments trended positively for the first time this year, totaling $2.13 billion, up 0.6% from the same period in 2024.


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AMT uses data-driven insights to help manufacturers answer critical market questions, from policy impacts to automation trends, enabling smarter decisions in a rapidly shifting industry.


AMT captured 12 international creative awards for its marketing and original video content. Honors included one Marketing Genius Award from Trade Show Executive magazine for IMTS, eight NYX Video Awards for IMTS+, and three NYX Marcom Awards.


Kyzen’s 100th award. Stratasys’ AM milestone with Airbus. Partnerships and alliances from Siemens, Intrinsic, Mastercam, Muratec USA, and Blaser Swisslube. Spinner opens a new tech center. WiMEF empowers the next generation of frontline professionals.


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After ploughing through an extended drought of official statistics because of the government shutdown, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point for the third consecutive meeting, landing at a target range of 3.5% to 3.75%.
New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $538.9 million in October 2025.


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