ANN ARBOR, MI—Coordinate measuring machine (CMM) sales revenue was down 20% in 2002 compared to 2001, and 22% fewer units were shipped, according to the Metrology Automation Association (MAA). Data from members of MAA show CMM sales for the year were $135.4 million, with 1,243 units shipped.
“This industry, like most others for capital equipment, is struggling in the wake of a stagnant economy,” says Brian Huse, MAA’s managing director. “It’s hard to say how or when the industry may return to the $200 million mark, where it was in 1999 and 2000, but one thing is sure—the landscape will have changed.”