International machine tool market in the first half of the year

US orders declined in the first half of 2013 In June 2013, the U.S. metal processing machine orders amounted to US$430 million, a decrease of 5.8% from the previous quarter and a year-on-year decrease of 5.7%. The order volume was 2229 units, a decrease of 119 units from the previous quarter; among them, metal cutting machine tool orders The amount of USD 390 million was 1.8% lower than the previous period, and was down 3.9% year-on-year. The order volume was 2094 units, which was a decrease of 76 units from the previous period; the order amount of forming machine tools was 34.4 million USD, which was 36.0% lower than the previous period and 22.7% year-on-year. The order quantity was 135 units. Reduce 43 units.

In the first half of 2013, the U.S. metal processing machine tool orders were $25.4 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.7%. Among them, orders for metal-cutting machine tools were 2.29 billion U.S. dollars, down 5.9% year-on-year; orders for forming machine tools were 250 million U.S. dollars, down 3.7% year-on-year.

Douglas Woods, president of the American Manufacturing Technology Association, said that the decline in summer manufacturing technology orders is a common phenomenon, which has been the case for six consecutive years for nine years. However, the level of orders remained at a relatively high level. Manufacturing continued to drive economic growth. Durable goods orders reached a record high of 240 million U.S. dollars in June, and the PMI index also reached 55%. It is expected that manufacturing technology orders will remain stable by the end of the year.

In the first half of 2013, the Italian new machine tool index fell by 6%

According to the BusinessWeek report, in the second quarter of 2013, the Italian machine tool industry improved and orders increased by 0.7% year-on-year. In the first quarter, orders declined by nearly 10%.

Luigi Galdabini, president of the Italian Machinery Industry Association’s UCIMU, said that despite the decrease in demand in the Italian domestic market, there is a large demand for machinery investment, mainly due to lack of funds.

Due to weak domestic demand, the Italian machine tool industry has been declining for two consecutive years. Domestic orders fell by 21.2% in the second quarter, while foreign orders increased by 6.2%.

In the first half of 2013, the UCIMU new orders index fell by 6%, domestic orders decreased by 29.6% year-on-year, and foreign orders decreased by 1%.

Galdabini believes that this is mainly due to the reduction of domestic demand for Italian machine tool manufacturers and the decline in foreign demand. At present, the lack of investment in production technology is a real problem faced by the Italian economy as a whole and it threatens all levels of the production chain.

The Italian machine tool industry is currently demanding the conquest of financial officials to provide domestic manufacturers with powerful capital investment provisions and to clarify the rules for promoting credit.

Japanese Machine Tool Orders Needed to Reduce External Demand Increased During the first half of 2013, the total orders of eight major machine tool manufacturers in Japan were 219.43 billion yen, a decrease of 17.1% year-on-year. The eight machine tool manufacturers include Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., OKUMA, Makino Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Osaka Kogyo OKK, Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd., Jinshang Jietete, Toyota Mechanic, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

In the first half of the year, the eight machine tool manufacturers needed orders for 74.22 billion yen, a decrease of 21.1% year-on-year, and foreign demand orders for 145.21 billion yen, a decrease of 15.0% year-on-year. The proportion of foreign demand increased by 1.7 percentage points to 66.2%.

Experts analyzed that the deceleration in China's economy, the decline in smartphones and Thailand's flood recovery, were the main reasons for the reduction of orders. However, due to the recovery of overseas economies and the fall in the yen exchange rate, the total amount of orders increased by 1.6% in the first half of 2013 compared with the second half of 2012 (July-December) and is expected to continue to grow slowly in the second half of this year.

Orders plummeted German machine tool industry hopes the Asian market <br> <br> German Machine Tool Builders Association, a recent survey shows that in 2013 a quarter of the German machine tool orders fell 19 percent year on year, of which domestic orders fell 21% in Germany, Foreign orders fell by 18%. Schäfer, chairman of the German Machine Tool Association, said that the demand for machine tools has lost its momentum. Economic uncertainties have affected the willingness of German SMEs to invest. German domestic machine orders for gold cutting fell by 26%, and the automotive industry saw the same level as last year when it took shape machines. Schräfer expects the situation to improve in the second half of the year and the output value will increase by 1%. The hope is mainly from the Asian market, especially the largest market for German machine tools - the rapid development of China's economy. North American operations are also growing steadily. The modernization of domestic industrial demand in Germany has increased the importance of the Russian market. The demand for international auto industry, aviation and machinery manufacturing for strategic investment in market share is also increasing, and investment is expected to increase substantially in 2013.

In addition, the main stimulus for the German machine tool industry still comes from Asia. Although China's previous orders for machine tools plummeted by 30%, according to recent indicators, its orders for machine tools have picked up again. In January 2013, the purchasing managers' index rose to 52 points from the lowest point in August 2012. Industrial production also achieved double-digit growth again.