Capital Spending Survey Sees Machine Tool Buyers Seeking to Reduce Costs and Add Operational Flexibility
The 2021 Metalworking Capital Spending Survey from Gardner Intelligence shows overall purchasing declines but increased investment in higher-end machine tools such as turn-mill machines and five-axis machining centers.

RELATED CONTENT
-
10 Things The Industrial Buying Influence Data Has Taught Us About Marketing to Manufacturers
There’s no denying that buying and selling strategies have evolved over the last decade, but a few common themes have held strong. We’ve compiled the last four years of Industrial Buying Influence data to uncover trends in how manufacturing professionals discover, evaluate, and purchase capital equipment. Here are the ten findings that should change how every industrial supplier thinks about their marketing.
-
10 Truths About Marketing After the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic upended a marketer’s playbook, challenging the existing rules about customer relationships and building brands. One year in, there’s no going back to the old normal. Here are 10 new marketing truths that reveal the confluence of strategies, operations, and technologies required to drive growth in a post-Covid-19 world.
-
5 Reasons Why Relationship Marketing is Important in Business
Business has changed since social media has arrived on the scene. Businesses have to change their focus and concentrate on building relationships with people in order to empower their brand and build lasting relationships that will result in long term profits.