Editor's Note: As a modern and complex production tool, machine tools are one of the most important tools in the development of human productivity. The "advancedness" of machine tools determines human productivity and labor productivity. The world economy is booming, capital is abundant, investment in fixed assets is increasing, and research and development funding for machine tools is increasing. In 2010, the global machine tool industry showed a prosperous development.

The cumulative consumption of machine tools in the United States in 2010 was 3.236 billion US dollars
The American Manufacturing Technology Association (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA) have released the latest statistics on US machine tool consumption. From January to December 2010, the cumulative consumption of machine tools in the United States was $3.236 billion, an increase of 85.3% from $1.746 billion in the same period in 2009. Among them, in December, the number of machine tool orders in the United States was 2,317 units, an increase of 17.4% from the 1973 units in the previous month, and an increase of 72.1% from 1,346 units in December 2009; the total US machine tool consumption was 447 million US dollars, compared with the previous month. The $317 million increased by 40.9%, an increase of 104.8% from the $218 million in December 2009.

AMT Chairman Douglas K. Woods pointed out: "After the International Manufacturing Technology Exhibition (IMTS), machine tool sales continued to grow for four consecutive months, and finally achieved steady growth at the end of the year, which is the first time in the history of US machine tool consumption statistics. In 2010, US machine tool orders grew strongly, up 85% year-on-year, and the monthly increase in December was 40.9%, higher than the previous months. With the steady orders and the increase in the quotation level, we are optimistic to predict 2011. The annual industry performance will have a good performance."

Japan's machine tool orders increased by 137.6% year-on-year in 2010

From January to December 2010, the cumulative machine tool order in Japan was 978.284 billion yen, a substantial increase of 137.6% over the same period in 2009. Among them, Japanese machine tools accumulated domestic orders of 307.476 billion yen, an increase of 92.6%; cumulative overseas orders were 670.808 billion yen, a substantial increase of 166%.

From January 2008 to December 2010, the trend of Japanese machine tool orders shows that the financial crisis has caused the Japanese machine tool orders to fall sharply. However, with the gradual recovery of the global economy, the overseas machine tool orders have rebounded faster than the Japanese domestic orders. The growth rate of the overseas machine tools is now close to the pre-crisis level. In recent months, the rapid growth trend of domestic machine tool orders in Japan has tended to be flat, and the order volume has been repeated, indicating that there are still many uncertain factors in the future development. In 2010, Japanese machine tool orders rebounded sharply, but there is still a big gap in 2008, especially in the Japanese domestic market. Domestic orders for the whole year are only about half of the same period in 2008.

Korean machine tool orders increased by 82.58% year-on-year in 2010

From January to December 2010, South Korea’s cumulative new machine tool orders reached 349.515 billion won, an increase of 82.58% over the same period in 2009 of 1,912.17 billion won. Among them, in December 2010, South Korea's new machine tool orders were 309.827 billion won, a slight decrease of 4.5% from last month's 324.426 billion won, but an increase of 35.44% from December 2009's 228.705 billion won. In December, South Korea's new machine tool orders fell slightly, and the annual order growth rate showed a trend of high and low.

Production of Italian machine tools increased by 3.3% in 2010

In 2010, the Italian industry produced about 4.23 billion euros, an increase of 3.3% over the same period in 2009. Compared to the year-on-year decline of 30% in 2009, the recovery in 2010 only recovered less than 1/10 of the production loss.

In 2010, Italian machine tool exports amounted to 2.605 billion euros, an increase of only 3.1% year-on-year. According to the UCIMU research department, in the first nine months of 2010, Italy's products exported to China have surpassed Germany, making it the largest export market for the Italian machine tool industry. In addition, the US market ranked third, followed by France, India, Russia, Iran, Brazil, Spain and Poland.

 

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