S&P Global Mobility Light-Vehicle Forecast: A Cautious Recovery

View this email online. Technologies | News | Articles | Infocenter | Newsletters | Events | About Us | Suppliers | Advertise January 11, 2023 S&P Global Mobility Light-Vehicle Forecast: A Cautious Recovery “The longer the supply squeeze lasts, the more potential there is for lost or destroyed demand.” So goes the year-end forecast from S&P Global Mobility, which predicts that global new light-vehicle sales will reach nearly 83.6 million units in 2023, a 5.6-percent increase year-over-year. Sponsored It’s 2023. Can You Afford to Waste Energy? Your compressed air system is often one of your costliest utilities. Our Air Demand Analysis will reveal opportunities to significantly reduce your energy consumption while improving air quality and pressure stability throughout your facility. Answer the questions… you can’t afford not to. Reshoring and FDI Set New Quarterly Record, on Track for a Record-Breaking 350K Jobs in 2022 Q3 2022 data provided by the Reshoring Initiative indicates that reshoring plus FDI (foreign direct investment) job announcements were at the highest rate ever recorded, about 15 percent above Q1 2022, the previous record. Q4 2022 looks strong enough to reach a 2022 total of 350,000+ jobs. Sponsored Looking to Offload Structural Stampings? Tooling Tech group offers stamping production services and has six presses ranging in size from 500 tons to 2,750 tons. Our equipment can process a wide range of materials including DR steel, HR steel, galvanized, stainless, aluminum, and advanced high-strength steels (AHSS). Let us become your strategic partner for optimal metal stamping services. Your Last Chance for Metal Stamping Technology Conference in Nashville at Special Rate The Metal Stamping Technology Conference, produced by PMA and MetalForming magazine, returns to Nashville, TN, on January 24-25. This signature event will feature keynote presentations, breakout educational sessions, exhibits and a networking reception for more than 200 attendees and sponsors. Sessions cover emerging, evolving and maturing technologies and industry trends that are impactful to metal stamping, die design and die build companies. Register by January 13 to receive a special rate. Manufacturing Technology Orders: Year-to-Date Value Dips Below 2021 New orders of manufacturing technology in November 2022 were down 4.5 percent from October 2022 and down nearly 32 percent from November 2021, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Year-to-date orders dropped below 2021 for the first time in 2022, dipping 3.7 percent below the total through November 2021. WATCH: FABTECH Four on the Floor, Featuring Key Tech. Providers     MetalForming editorial director Brad Kuvin and senior editor Lou Kren discuss technology innovations with key industry suppliers at FABTECH Atlanta 2022. Free Jan. 18 Webinar: Qualification Process When Using Sustainable Metal Powders for AM Sustainability and recycling have been grabbing headlines not only in conventional manufacturing but also in additive manufacturing (AM). During a free 6K webinar hosted by 3D Metal Printing and powered by MetalForming, on January 18, learn from Dr. Behrang Poorganji, vice president of materials technology at Morf3D, the specific requirements that metal-AM players, including OEMs, are looking for to satisfy demanding applications and sustainability initiatives. Hot Off the Press Canadian Stamper Orders Automatic Feed CTL Line German Robotics Company Coming to Georgia Seyi Hires Cruz as Project Manager for Mexico Wieland Acquires Heyco Metals, National Bronze Manufacturing 120-Yr.-Old John Bouchard & Sons Receives Woman Business Enterprise Certification From the December Issue of MetalForming Servo-Press Capabilities Promote Prompt Prototyping Weiss-Aug’s medical-device and pharmaceutical-industry customers look to the firm to develop new methods to help speed their time to market. And, at the same time, the firm must stamp parts to machined tolerances. Aiding it in its mission to quicken its pace of prototyping and product development: a pair of 60-ton servomechanical presses. MetalForming Presents Its 2022 Women of Excellence in Metal Forming and Fabricating MetalForming magazine, in conjunction with the Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), has announced its 2022 Women of Excellence honorees, recognizing 35 outstanding women in the metal forming and fabricating industries New Products Cleveland-Cliffs Introduces Motor-Max Non-Oriented Electrical Steels Long-Lasting Nonwoven Flap Discs Deliver Quick Cutting, Fine Finishes Upcoming Issues January/February 2023 Annual Industry Outlook Servo Technology Laser Cutting Resistance Welding Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Software for Manufacturing SPECIAL: All-Automotive Issue Automotive/EV Stamping and Fabricating Stamping of AHSS and Aluminum Alloys Preview: Great Designs in Steel Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Stamping Presses March Automation—Cobot Case Histories Press Controls/Sensing PMA Chair Article CNC Punching/Tooling Robotics/Cobots Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Robotics/Automation

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