Keyword: International

Machine orders decline despite stronger year-on-year growth

The EU Commission defends the 15 percent "Tariff Deal" with the USA. However, more and more products are subject to the significantly higher steel and aluminum tariffs. The VDMA urgently calls on the EU Commission to advocate for improvements.

Machine orders in the USA are increasing with growing automation. The aerospace industry is booming.

Comau has completed the acquisition of Automha S.p.A. ('Automha'). Thus, Comau has acquired full ownership of the company and its global subsidiaries.

Order intake in the US machinery sector slows down in May but retains growth compared to the previous year.

With a ceremonial event, Zeller+Gmelin officially opened its new production site in Huzhou, China, on May 8, 2025.

Machine orders in the US in 2025 increased by 17.8% compared to the first four months of 2024.

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the USA decreased by an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025 (January, February, and March), reports the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

In January, mechanical engineering also recorded a slight decline in orders. Foreign orders had a stabilizing effect, while the order volume in the domestic market is a cause for concern.

Orders for manufacturing technology amounted to a total of $357.3 million in January 2025, which is 29.8% less than in December, but 5.7% more than in January 2024. While the order value was 16.2% higher than in an average January, the ordered units were the lowest in a January since 2016.