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2 weeks ago | 
amtonline.org | Kevin Bowers |Travis Egan |Christopher Chidzik
READ FULL PRESS RELEASEMcLean, Va. (May 22, 2025) — Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $207.1 million in March 2025. Orders increased 4.3% from February 2025 but were down 4.2% from March 2024. Year-to-date shipments totaled $605.6 million, a drop of 5.9% from the same period in 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
amtonline.org | Stephen LaMarca |Christopher Chidzik |Catherine Ross
The definitive source for updates on major promotions, new appointments, facility inaugurations, and other noteworthy developments within the manufacturing technology community. Stay informed and join us in recognizing the achievements of your fellow AMT members.
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3 weeks ago | 
industrialsupplymagazine.com | Christopher Chidzik
Even with a massive increase of private investment in equipment in the first quarter of 2025, orders of manufacturing technology fell by 5.7% from the previous quarter. However, the decline was not significant enough to derail the upward momentum of the industry that began with IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show in September 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
amtonline.org | Harry Moser |Christopher Chidzik
McLean, Va. (May 12, 2025) — New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $515.8 million in March 2025, the highest monthly value since March 2023. March 2025 orders increased 33.8% from February 2025 and were up 20.5% from March 2024. Through the first quarter of the year, orders totaled $1.26 billion, a 12.4% increase over the first quarter of 2024.
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1 month ago | 
amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Kristin Bartschi |Christopher Chidzik
Today, the Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5% for the third meeting in a row, citing increasing uncertainty in the economic outlook and a rising risk of higher unemployment and inflation. McLean, Va. (May 7, 2025) — Today, the Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5% for the third meeting in a row.
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1 month ago | 
amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Bonnie Gurney |Kristin Bartschi
Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released their first estimate of GDP for the first quarter of 2025. According to the estimate, GDP contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate. Mclean, Va. (April 30, 2025) — Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released their first estimate of GDP for the first quarter of 2025. According to the estimate, GDP contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate.
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1 month ago | 
amtonline.org | Bonnie Gurney |Christopher Chidzik |Benjamin Moses |Catherine Ross
The definitive source for updates on major promotions, new appointments, facility inaugurations, and other noteworthy developments within the manufacturing technology community. Stay informed and join us in recognizing the achievements of your fellow members. Festo Celebrates Its Centenary – 100 Years in Motion!Esslingen, Germany — Festo is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.
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1 month ago | 
amtonline.org | Bonnie Gurney |Christopher Chidzik
New orders of metalworking machinery totaled $389.9 million in February 2025, a 9.9% increase from January and a 12.5% increase from January 2025. McLean, Va. (April 14, 2025) – New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $389.9 million in February 2025, a 9.9% increase from January and a 12.5% increase from January 2025.
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1 month ago | 
amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Bonnie Gurney |Conchi Aranguren
READ FULL PRESS RELEASEMcLean, Va. (April 16, 2025) — Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report compiled in a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $198.6 million in February 2025. Orders decreased 0.7% from January 2025 and were down 9.2% from February 2024. Year-to-date shipments totaled $398.4 million, a drop of 6.7% from the same period in 2024.
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2 months ago | 
amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Catherine Ross |Benjamin Moses |Stephen LaMarca
I love manufacturing, and I love firearms manufacturing. And what better way is there to celebrate that love than at this past January's Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show 2025 in Las Vegas? Additive manufacturing (AM) is now firmly established in suppressor mass production, even playing nice with subtractive methods in a hybrid manufacturing process.
