Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $258.9 million in April 2026.
Schindler marks this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, on June 23, by celebrating the growing number of women entering and advancing in technical fields.
U.S. industrial production increased slightly in May 2026 compared to April 2025 levels according to the latest report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
JAI announced the expansion of its Wave Series with the introduction of the Wave WAA-1300-GE-TEC, a new single-sensor area scan camera that combines visible and short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging capabilities in one solution.
The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) announced that its Model-Based Characteristics v1.0 (MBC 1.0), Persistent Identification and Related Digital Practices standard, designated as DMSC MBC v1.0 – 2026, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard (ANS), marking a significant milestone in the advancement of model-based engineering and digital manufacturing.
Manufacturers are reporting increased raw material costs as the top business challenge facing them, jumping 25.6 percentage points from 57.5% in the first quarter to 83.1% in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Manufacturers’ Q2 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey.
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