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Into the third quarter, the machine tool industry has shown all the signs of recovery. Overall, for the fourth quarter of this year, the industry is optimistic about the operation of the enterprise more, because of China’s automobile, engineering machinery, railway, wind power development of new energy industries machine tool market has created a strong demand environment. However, we look forward to most is not numerical growth, but would like to see industrial layout is reasonable, rational and prosperous market developments.

    

    Recently, from the China Machine Tool Industry Association Marketing Department was informed that the first three quarters of industrial output value of China’s machine tool industry grew steadily in the third quarter rose to double-digit monthly growth rate. At the same time, the whole industry began to decline in the profit narrowed, and enterprise deficits have narrowed, but the sharp downturn in import and export situation has not improved, the decline in exports is particularly serious.

    

    Association marketing officer said that the country benefited from a package of economic stimulus plan, beginning in March machine tool industry indicators stabilized, business confidence in the market increased. 9 months of the previous statistics, machine tool industry sales rate of 97.2% year on year increase of 0.6 percentage points.

    

    The source believes that the current aggregate demand has not yet fully recovered, but a number of key sectors of the continuing strong demand for machine tools. Machine tool is expected in 2009 industry-wide growth rate would reach about 10%, metal cutting machine tool industry flat or up slightly. Metalworking machine tool imports the whole year will reach 6.1 billion U.S. dollars, exports will drop to 14 billion U.S. dollars.

    

    Industry growth rate stabilized up

    It is understood that the first two quarters of industrial output value of machine tool industry has been the monthly growth rate of around 5%, while the 7,8,9 a higher growth rate for three months to drive a ~ in September to reach 9.1% cumulative growth, development trends good.

    

    According to the National Bureau of Statistics data show that 1 ~ September machine tool industries and enterprises in total industrial output value of 272.62 billion yuan to complete, an increase of 9.1%; September monthly industrial output value grew 18.2%. One privately-held companies and other types of businesses to achieve a higher growth rate, respectively 19.0% and 17.7%; collectively owned enterprises from a negative growth, achieving a slight increase of 1.1%; state-owned enterprises has been slowing down is higher than in the first half , in order to -6.7%; Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign-controlled enterprises in the first half compared to the better, but still double-digit decline in velocity, respectively -13.7% and -16.9%.

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    Sub-sectors of view, machine tool industry, the total industry output accounted for a quarter of the metal cutting machine tool industry-starting in April this year for 5 consecutive months of negative growth in total industrial output value up, basically maintained at 2% drop . Since September, the industry growth rate of monthly industrial output value reached 12.0%, growth of 8.5% growth rate is relatively large, pull a ~ September growth rate of total industrial output value and the year-ago quarter.

    

    According to China’s Machine Tool Industry Association’s 125 key enterprises contact metal cutting machine tools of statistical data, except in March and September, the monthly growth in industrial output was negative. Since March, metal cutting machine tool industry, mainly in the monthly industrial output value of 4.5 billion to 50 Bn fluctuations in August to exceed 50 billion, have significantly increased in the first few months of this year, but still stable, somewhat in September down, given the low base last year, year on year in September a more visible growth.

    

    Although the metal cutting industry, a ~ August sales revenue growth of more than 1 to May increased by 0.9 percentage points, an increase of 6.7%. But the decline in product sales revenue has more than 1 to May increased by 1.4 percentage points. Clearly, the machine tool industry in general to the good development, but the metal cutting machine tool industry is not stable.

    

    Some adjustment of product structure

    The financial crisis on demand for all types of machines vary in effect, ordinary, low-grade CNC machine tool demand has shrunk dramatically, large heavy and steady demand for high-end CNC machine tools.

    

    According to association statistics, in 2009 1 ~ 9 months, NC metal processing machine tool output rate was 53.6%, up 6.0 percentage points. Production of metal cutting machine tools and CNC machine tool production in the same period were lower than the 30.6% and 13.8%, the average unit price has improved over last year, respectively 34% and 21%. From the second half of last year, in September this year, machine average unit price growth accelerating, especially in the first half of this year, a year ago increased by an average of more than 10 percentage points.

    

    In addition, the third quarter of this year, imports of machine tool parts and components reached the peak of the last four quarters. From this we can see that the need of domestic machine tools equipped with imported components is increasing.

    

    Import machine structure is also to keep the high-end and large-scale changes in unit price from the import of machine tools can be seen that trend. 1 to September of this year, average unit price of imported machine tools 8.9 million, increase of 11% over the same period last year.

    

    China’s monthly imports of machine tool products in June this year, reaching a maximum value of 990 million U.S. dollars, after July, in August a two-month decline in September climbing again, reaching 940 million U.S. dollars, down 16.4%, growth of 31.5 %, the second this year more than 900 million U.S. dollars of imports of the month.

    

    The depth of decline in exports

    By the financial crisis, the international machine tool market continues to slump. In the first 9 months, the world’s major machine tool producing countries and regions are sharp decline in the consumer market.

    According to association statistics, 1 in September China’s machine tool exports of 3.39 billion U.S. dollars, up 37.9% decrease; of these metal processing machine tool export 1.03 billion, down 36.3%. Contrast to industry-wide exports, monthly chain showing a slight upward trend, which, in September this year, exports reached the highest monthly value of 460 million U.S. dollars.

    

    Statistics also show that the current unit price continued to decline in China’s export machine, with an average unit price fell by 25%. In particular the combination of machine tools, CNC horizontal lathe, CNC gear cutting machine tools, bench drill, polishing machine, planer, broaching, sawing, forming bending machines, punching machines, mechanical presses and other types of machine tools drop is relatively large. Association, concerned that most of these products are low value-added, has the traditional advantage of export products, the unit price decline is likely to increase the state tax credits and the recent so the reasons for enterprises to reduce costs, it may be enterprises to seize the international market active behavior of a share of price cuts.

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There are several things in our houses that are made of metal; almost all of our appliances in the kitchen are made of this, just like the refrigerator, stove and toaster are all made by the metalworking machines. In the industries of metal works, they have been playing an important role for the majority production of the different consumer’s products that are used on their daily lives.

The Sub-sectors – American metal working field is consisting of 2 sub-sectors, which are the industrial tooling sector and the machine tooling sector. Sectors for industrial tooling include approximately 7,000 organizations which initially manufacture tooling, dies along with industrial molds. While the sectors for machine tooling comprises more or less 550 companies which commonly produces the machinery. Lots of the companies were smaller and can do the customized parts.

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NC or the Numerical Control – this numerically controlled equipments are composed of electronic controller along with the machine tools that runs to mostly metalworking machines. These days, NC machines are developed into the computer numerical control or CNC, in which the computer will act as controllers. These controllers are guiding the machine parts to different positions that are detailed to the instructions like drilling holes moving drill bits to the metal pieces.

CNC tools were usually used for the computer running systems in manufacturing. Though it is a type of automatic machining, CNC machine apparatus have to run correctly to achieve the best possible benefit.

Operators – trained operators are cautiously watching the equipment or the CNC machine to avoid the incidence that can cause damage tools or any other parts. Operator’s responsibilities were based to the position also with the type of equipment used. The certain CNC tools automatically look over to make adjustment to the operations of the machine.

Lathes – this type of machine cuts, shape and drill the metals. It spins some block of materials around the selected axis of revolution to complete the job required. Lathes make the items such as crankshafts and candlestick holders.

Fabrication – it is defined as construction of the machines and any other equipments that involves shaping, cutting and bringing together the components that were produced by raw materials. Fabrication and machine shops are sometimes overlapping with their tasks. Fabrication shops are usually focused to the metal preparation, assembly and welding, while machine shops are more concentrated to the metal working machining.

2010 “World machine tool production and consumption survey” shows that the overall global metal processing manufacturing industry out of recession. Over the past two years, the growth of production fluctuations. In 2009, the world’s 28 major countries and regions in the output value production was down 32%. In 2010, the major producing countries and regions, economic recovery, the global machine tool manufacturing industry output value reached 66.3 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 21%. The “World machine tool production and consumption survey” includes a manufacturing industry and has statistics of 28 countries and regions, the production is cover 95% of world output and consumption.

According to the European Machine Tool Industry Council (CECIMO) statistics, in 2010, CECIMO production in the Member States Total 166 million euros, compared with the same period in 2009 declined slightly by 1%. In this regard, CECIMO Economic Committee Chairman Frank Brinken that with the release of production orders, industrial output in 2011 is expected to double-digit growth, the European market will enter a stable and sustainable growth phase, 2013 will likely reach a new peak.

CECIMO Member States in 2010 exports of tools 12.3 billion euros, accounting for total output value of 3 / 4. As for consumption, compared with 2009 and 2008, apparent consumption in Europe has been declining for two consecutive years. In addition, in 2010, the European machine tool production about the world’s total output of 1/3, while in 2009 their share was 43%, showing that the European machine tool market has shown a significant decline, the European machine tool industry is facing tremendous challenges. In this regard, CECIMO urged the EU to further open markets in Asia, anti-competitive conduct will not help restore the European market share.

By the international financial crisis in 2009, China, Brazil, Russia, India’s exports of metalworking machine has fallen sharply. Into 2010, due to the Asian region and emerging economies over Europe and the United States took the lead out of the woods, market structure of China’s machine exports also will change significantly. Plastic mold and metal according to the International Association of Permanent Secretary for Industry Supply Luo Baihui that the Chinese machine exports to the BRIC countries, the sharp rebound in Brazil, Russia, India’s exports are the top 10. First half of 2010, China’s exports of metalworking machine in India surpassed the United States, 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 7.4% of total exports of machine; on Brazil, Russia, exports increased more than 80% were, respectively, on top In the sixth and fourteenth up to the third and eighth. ASEAN regional markets continue to be optimistic, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia to China Dengjun the top 15 export markets, exports surpassed 2008 levels. Especially in CNC machine tool exports to Myanmar in recent years the rapid growth of exports in 2009 increased up to 6 times more than in 2010, has doubled.

China for many years been the world’s largest machine tool consumer and importer. Plastic mold and metal according to the International Association of Permanent Secretary for Industry Supply Luo Baihui, the global consumption of 10 machines each, nearly 5 in China. With the vigorous development of China’s manufacturing industry, the demand for production equipment soared. In 2002, China became the world’s largest consumer and maintain so far. Large amount of China’s machine imports, from 2002 to 2005 China imported machine consumption in the average of 62%. 2006-2010, part of China’s domestic enterprises and foreign enterprises to gradually expand the market share in China. In 2009, China became the world’s largest producer of machine tools. China’s machine tool industry in 2010 to maintain the rapid growth in the share of world output and 35%; China’s consumption up 43% year, accounting for 28 major producing countries and regions, 48% of the total consumption. In 2010, China’s exports grew 31%, with exports amounting to 1.85 billion, ranking sixth. However, the Chinese exports accounted for only 9% of its GDP, which indicates that China’s domestic market demand is quite strong.

According to China Association of Machine Tool Industry Statistics, 2010, China, Japan, Germany among the world’s top three machine production. Japan’s machine industry has experienced a serious recession in 2009, fully rebound, the second largest producer of machine to return to the position. German manufacturing output continued to decline in 2010, but still ranked third. U.S. machine manufacturing output has continued to decline, has dropped the world’s eighth, is located in Italy, South Korea, Switzerland and other countries later.10 years ago, the United States is the world’s largest machine tool consumer, consumption is much higher than the second place was Germany, but the U.S. machine consumption has been declining since 2010, spending 2.75 billion, down 15%. In the exports, Japan, Germany, Italy ranked 3 2010, its exports account for production are in the 66% ratio. In 2010, the global consumption in the top five were China, Germany, Japan, Korea and Italy. Among them, Korea and Japan have achieved double-digit growth year on year. Differences in per capita consumption large, Switzerland remains the world per capita consumption of metalworking than any other country. In the mean time, product of china are low add value products, such as roll forming machines, or some area refer to roll forming areas, because of the ratio of quality of price, it indeed work well. But it is still a long way to through, not just for roll former but the whole machine tool industry.

There are plenty of items found around the house which are made of metal, like the stove and toaster; these are made by means of metalworking machines. The industries on metalworking have been playing a significant responsibility in the manufacture of Metal Working Machine we are using in our everyday existence. As proven by the International Trade Administration, the metalworking industries in the U.S.A. consist of 2 sub-sectors; the industrial tooling and the machine tooling sectors. The industrial tooling sectors include approximately 7,000 business groups that principally manufacture industrial molds, dies and tooling devices. The machine tooling sectors include around 550 companies which produce mainly machinery. Several of these companies make tailored parts and they are smaller. Equipments that are numerically controlled (NC) that include an electronic controller and also machine tools, run majority of metalworking machines. Currently, most NC machines are controlled numerically by computers, wherein the computers work as controllers. The controller leads the tool parts of the machine by means of the dissimilar positions detailed in the directions, like moving the borer to the particular metal pieces as well as drilling holes. The computer-run manufacturing schemes make use of the computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools frequently. Even though the machining is mechanical, the CNC machine tools should be run accurately to achieve the best possible benefit. In view of the fact that CNC machine tools are costly, trained operators cautiously watch the machine to avoid conditions that destroy the cutting tools or some other parts. The coverage of the responsibilities of the operators are based in the situation and equipment utilized. Definite CNC machine tools mechanically watch and do some adjustments to machine operations. If everything is set properly, the operator has to watch only as the machine runs. In other works, the operators must have more roles, like loading as well as unloading and changing programming or tools. The operators might also have to calculate the finishing part for purposes of inspection; however, this task is done by CNC machines. There are plenty of Metal Working Machine. Lathe is a machine wherein a piece of material is held and turned while being shaped by a tool. It also drills, cuts and sands. It rotates a block of material about a selected axis of revolution in order to finish the required work. The operator puts a material in 1 or 2 lathe centers, having one or equally moving in parallel plane. Lathes can make items such as metal candlestick receptacles and crankshafts. Fabrication means the manufacture of machines and some other equipment by means of cutting, shaping and assembling parts that are created from materials that are not processed. Steel production shops as well as machine shops overlap in their roles. Fabrication shops regularly focus in the preparation, assembly and welding, and machine shops are more focused on metalworking machining of parts.

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