While the MT industry and economy at large still struggle to recover to pre-pandemic levels, there are a few things all business leaders can do to protect their future. Despite ongoing uncertainty, manufacturing leaders are largely optimistic...

The market for manufacturing technology is blooming as we head into the spring of 2021 with projections of significant double-digit growth. Still, there are risks to that rosy scenario.

At the end of May 2020, analysts were talking disaster. The market for manufacturing technology was going into a tailspin. Companies were addressing canceled orders and sales calls, looking at employee furloughs, and striving to keep credit lines open...

Cary Wood, chief executive of Grede Holdings LLC, saw business plunge 90% earlier this year as the auto plants and heavy equipment producers that use his metal parts shut down, followed by a bumpy recovery. But he’s upbeat these days and, in the last...

In addition to being an engine of economic power and a source of innovation that benefits the entire nation, manufacturing is critical to national security. Innovative new technologies and processes in manufacturing increase productivity, enable new...

In the last days of October, AMT’s annual MTForecast event was delivered virtually for the first time in its 48-year history. The format may have been different, but the value was as great as ever, even if the news was bittersweet...

U.S. machine tool exports valued $118.41 million in August, up 25.8% from July’s total of $94.12 million. Exports for year-to-date 2020 totaled $917.75 million, a decrease of 28.0% when compared to the same period for 2019. Monthly machine tool imports...

The increase in the WEI for the week of October 31 was due to a decrease in initial unemployment insurance claims and increases in tax withholding and rail traffic (relative to the same time last year), which more than offset decreases in electricity...

Last month, manufacturing executives from around the country attended the virtual MTForecast conference which brought together nationally recognized economists and industry analysts – as well as machine tool forecasts and industry outlooks for...

Consumers were asked whether the economic policies debated by the presidential candidates would benefit or harm prospects for future growth in the overall economy. The September 2020 survey repeated questions on trade policies, immigration, and taxing...