Industry Statistics

USMTO - U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders

USMTO is a joint program run by AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology and The American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA) to provide the most up-to-date statistics in the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian machine tool market. Read the latest USMTO Press Release on AMTonline.org.

Advanced Workholding Technology Market Data Report

Fourth Quarter 2010 Workholding Shipments Up 6.8 Percent from Third Quarter 2010
At $62.8 million for fourth quarter 2010, shipments of workholding equipment were up 32.8 percent from fourth quarter 2009 according to the Advanced Workholding Technology (AWT) Group of AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Workholding equipment shipments within the U.S. by the 37 companies participating in the AWT statistical report totaled $52.7 million while exports amounted to $10.1 million. Read full Workholding Press Release on AMTonline.org.

Laser Market Data Survey

Year End 2010 Industrial Lasers Up 37 Percent from 2009
Shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems in 2010 are reported at $356.2 million, according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Unit sales jumped 44.9 percent for a total of 1,210 units. CO2 lasers accounted for 88.5 percent of the value of shipments, which is virtually unchanged since 2009. Unit sales of CO2 lasers made up 70.2 percent of shipments. The report compiled from 19 manufacturers and distributors also shows the number of lasers configured as full systemßs accounted for the same share of shipments as in 2008 after a spike in 2009. The value of orders configured as full systems was $309.2 million. Read full Laser Press Release on AMTonline.org.

U.S. Foreign Trade Summary of the Manufacturing Technology Industry

The Foreign Trade Summary is an abridged report on the U.S. machine tool market for the purpose of evaluating monthly and yearly changes in the export and import of machine tools by the United States. View the latest Foreign Trade Summary Report on AMTonline.org.