The Association For Manufacturing Technology

The fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0, is set to bring significant transformations across all sectors of business. As a key player in the manufacturing technology sector, AMT is dedicated to assisting manufacturers by providing essential insights into technological advancements, creating effective business strategies, promoting a modern workforce, and fostering innovative ecosystems that encourage fresh ideas and solutions. By focusing on these aspects, AMT enhances the growth of its members as they navigate new trends and business practices, while also supporting the overall advancement of the manufacturing technology field.

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AMT Tech Report: Issue #358

1 week ago | amtonline.org | Stephen LaMarca |Catherine Ross |Bonnie Gurney

“Never confuse a love of sailing with a love of boats.” – No known attribution, but a great saying that speaks to the differences between romantic quality and classic quality. This is a published version of the AMT Tech Report newsletter. You can sign up to get the Tech Report in your inbox here. 1.
Fed Holds Rates Steady, Foreseeing Inflation, Tight Labor Markets

1 week ago | amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Kristin Bartschi

McLean, Va. (June 18, 2025) — The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5% for the fourth meeting in a row. In its announcement, Fed Chair Jerome Powell cited the need to keep policy rates modestly restrictive to address a meaningful amount of inflation projected over the coming months.
Working The Network: Meet Mike DiFranco, AMT’s New Vice President of Sales

1 week ago | amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Achilles Arbex |Stephen LaMarca |Kathy Keyes

Think networking doesn’t work? Allow us to introduce a virtual virtuoso—Mike DiFranco, AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology’s new Vice President of Sales. For a lot of people, networking can be . . . work. But for Mike, building connections come naturally— and it’s a strength he’s brought tp every step of his career. Working the Room Mike’s penchant for making connections became clear early on.
Machinery Orders Continue Upswing Despite Typical April Decline

2 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Kevin Bowers |Gary Vasilash |Christopher Chidzik

DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASEMcLean, Va. (June 9, 2025) — New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled $444.9 million in April 2025. This marked a 12.7% decline from March 2025 and a nearly 40% increase from April 2024. Machinery orders in 2025 placed through April totaled $1.69 billion, a 17.8% increase over the first four months of 2024.
April 2025 US Cutting Tool Orders Total $212.8M, Up 2.7% From March

2 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Christopher Chidzik |Kevin Bowers |Gary Vasilash

READ FULL PRESS RELEASEMcLean, Va. (June 18, 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 $212.8 million in April 2025. Orders increased 2.7% from March 2025 but were down 2.8% from April 2024. Year-to-date shipments totaled $818.3 million, a drop of 5.1% from the same period in 2024.
Manufacturing Technology’s Resilience to Economic Headwinds

3 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Gary Vasilash |Travis Egan |Stephen LaMarca |Christopher Chidzik

Even in times of deteriorating economic conditions, there is still demand for manufacturing technology. In the midst of the recession caused by the 2008 financial crisis, orders for metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, totaled around $95 million in January 2009, the lowest level recorded. Although orders grew scarcer, businesses continued to invest in manufacturing technology.
Being ‘the Only One’

3 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Stephen LaMarca |Cathy Ma |Douglas Woods

Palo Alto, California, is where the Grateful Dead was formed in 1965. Palo Alto has also been the birthplace of creative, innovative companies you are no doubt familiar with: Google, Hewlett-Packard, Facebook, Tesla, and PayPal. And, like these other outfits, the Grateful Dead has weathered many changes and reinvented itself over the years. Such was the case in 1995, when its lead performer, Jerry Garcia, died. That could have been the end – and that wouldn’t have been a bad run, either.
Lessons From a Career Well Executed

3 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Stephen LaMarca |Kevin Bowers |Benjamin Moses |Gary Vasilash

Peter Eelman, the chief experience officer of AMT, is retiring after almost 30 years. Peter has, quite literally, spent the entirety of his 45-year career working on IMTS. On his first day at his first job, he was tasked with figuring out how to consolidate his company’s five divisions into one major booth for their display at IMTS 1980. Unbeknownst to him, that first step into the professional world would shape his career for nearly half a century.
Off the Cuff: How Heritage Textile Tech Still Shapes the Future

3 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Kevin Bowers |Stephen LaMarca

We celebrate all kinds of manufacturing at AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, from the most cutting-edge smart automation to the humble, time-honored shuttle loom. And believe it or not, few things thread the needle between tradition and tech quite like denim. Yes, denim. You may know Toyota as one of the world’s top automakers, but did you know the company’s origin story begins with fabric – not fuel? Toyota’s founder, Sakichi Toyoda, was a textile machinery inventor.
AMT Tech Report: Issue #356

3 weeks ago | amtonline.org | Catherine Ross |Stephen LaMarca

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings This is a published version of the AMT Tech Report newsletter. You can sign up to get the Tech Report in your inbox here. 1. Just Fit, Detect, and ChillMIT Ph.D. student Sarah Alnegheimish built Orion, an open-source anomaly detection tool that’s so simple even dilettantes can use it. Forget training from scratch – this thing leverages pretrained models and keeps everything easy: fit, detect, done.