AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology

AMT Meetups is heading to Milwaukee next week, 6/2, and we hope to see you there! Join us for cocktails and make connections across the manufacturing industry. Have a question for AMT? Our experts will be on-site to help you and connect you to resources or answers you might be looking for your business.

Register for the event: https://bit.ly/4nZVp0y

Now at a new date and time, this upcoming webinar explores a collaboration between Intrinsic, Trinity Automation, and Radian. In a manufacturing landscape shifting toward high-mix, low-volume production, traditional rigid automation often falls short. This session, moderated by AMT's Ryan Kelly, details how these three organizations have converged to bridge the gap between advanced AI and shop-floor reality, creating a new standard for flexible manufacturing.

Register for the webinar: https://bit.ly/49tvEj8

After a significant pullback in economic output at the end of 2025, gross domestic product (GDP) rebounded nearly back to trend growth in the first quarter of 2026, according to the first estimate published today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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GDP Rebounds as Manufacturing Technology Orders Grow Mclean, Va. (February 20, 2026) — After a significant pullback in economic output at the end of 2025, gross domestic product (GDP) rebounded nearly back to trend growth in the first quarter of 2026, according to the first estimate published today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, totaled $225.1 million in February 2026, increasing 2% from January 2026 and 12.8% from February 2025. Year-to-date shipments are up 11.3% from the same period in 2025.

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February 2026 US Cutting Tool Shipments Totaled $225.1M, Up 12.8% From February 2025 McLean, Va. (April 14, 2026) — 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 $225.1 million in February 2026. Orders increased 2% from January...