Gardner’s Capital Spending Survey is the largest, most comprehensive survey detailing future spending in the durable goods manufacturing industries. The 2015 survey forecast spending on metalcutting to be $8.822 Billion, an increase of 37% compared to the latest estimate for 2014. The forecast indicates that machine tool sales will be at their highest level in more than a decade. The trend reports show by machine type and by industry the market segments that will be hot in 2015.