Healthy Aerospace Market Driving Orders for Metalworking Machinery
May 15, 2025Comments
New orders of metalworking machinery in March, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology, reached its 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 increased 12.4% over Q1 2024 but fell 5.7% from the previous quarter.
Orders from contract machine shops, after driving growth in the machinery market over the past several months, underperformed the overall market in March. And aerospace manufacturers increased their orders in March to the highest monthly value on record and the most units ordered since December 2023.
The first quarter of 2025 showed strong signs that demand for manufacturing technology has begun to recover, say AMT officials, after two years of mild decline.
See also: Association for Manufacturing Technology
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