Projecting spending on capital equipment, software, and more in the metalworking, plastics processing, and additive manufacturing industries.
The Capital Spending Survey and Report series is your window into long-term manufacturing spending trends, projections for the next year, and breakouts by item, end market, facility size, and geography.
The 2021 Metalworking Capital Spending Survey from Gardner Intelligence shows overall purchasing declines but increased investment in higher-end machine tools such as turn-mill machines and five-axis machining centers.
“Helps me to be in a position to make some decisive decisions and recommendations in my business. As a player in the machine tool building industry, please accept my sincere gratitude and appreciation for your painstaking efforts to administer the survey as well as to connect the dots for us in a manner that is both informative and meaningful.”
– PRESIDENT & CEO, MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURER
Get to know the state of the US metalworking market as projected for 2024. This summary includes an overall picture of the metalworking market in addition to projected spending for different types of machine tools, tooling, workholding, additive manufacturing equipment, and industrial robots.
Get a deep dive into the state of the US metalworking market as projected for 2024. This report contains an overall picture of the market for machine tools, tooling, workholding, software, inspection, robots and additive, in addition to projected spending for different types of machine tools across industries, plant sizes, and geographic regions.
The Capital Spending Survey is conducted by Gardner Intelligence every July, usually resulting in a new set of reports available in October.
Gardner intelligence creates two Capital Spending Surveys – a metalworking survey and a plastics processing survey. A paper version of one of those surveys is packaged with July issues of Gardner Business Media’s Modern Machine Shop and Plastics Technology publications. It is delivered to a select group of approximately 65,000 total subscribers, primarily in company management positions. Invitations are also sent via email. The survey asks respondents to provide dollar amounts of anticipated spending on specific items for the next calendar year and includes additional questions covering the motivations for spending and firmographic information. Respondents have until July 31 to return the paper survey or complete it online. Responses are then tabulated and projected across the metalworking, plastics processing and additive manufacturing industries based on facility size.
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The Capital Spending Survey is the leading tool for understanding projected spending on capital equipment in the Metalworking, Plastics Processing, and Additive Manufacturing industries.
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