Staff in the United States asked the U.S. economic downturn, you get such a response. "Have not heard of declining sales."

Last week, I was in the United States Machine Tool Show held in Chicago, "IMTS2008" (Chicago show) on the interview. In order to master the Japanese manufacturing may affect the future of U.S. machine tool industry, market trends, the author visited a number of companies within the exhibition hall booth. accuracy mechanical watch skeleton mechanical watch In Japan, the U.S. financial crisis in recent days the news travels uproar. Now, maybe not the Japanese do not know "subprime" was the word. For crisis management, bankruptcy and terms like bailout, not only the financial industry, with many staff are sensitive to. In addition, the manufacturing sector again broke the General Motors and Ford cars are serious business crisis, the U.S. auto industry worried about the future. Reality is what? I decided to interview as a barometer of the machine tool industry investment in equipment frontline staff to understand the actual situation. ladies skeleton watch

Before the interview, I expected the United States certainly very poor market conditions. Even in the highly competitive worldwide automotive industry in Japan, but also because of big companies cut down the company's performance in the atmosphere. Therefore, the situation should be worse U.S. manufacturing, I guess so.

However, where employees from the machine tool manufacturers are almost not hear that argument. Mazak said the staff in the United States. "Indeed, the U.S. market, the poor performance of the automotive industry. However, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, medical, aircraft and oil energy industry in good condition. The United States is not as dependent on the automotive industry. The company's sales in the U.S. market amount does not decline. " Mori Seiki's director said, "The U.S. market did not decline in sales. We even increased orders for Detroit" (Note: For Germany, BMW and other European companies, since the relationship between the exchange rate in the U.S. manufacturing parts export business to Europe is increasing. which would exist on the demand for machine tools. In addition, Japanese firms also obtained from the U.S. auto industry to build factories in Mexico and Brazil's machine tool orders for delivery). Yamazaki Mazak

United States, I noticed the staff this sentence. "If you stayed in Japan, will become ignorant." Indeed, the Japanese in the medical, aircraft and oil field as big as the United States did not progress. From the components point of view, these areas are of high value-added products. Processing unit is also quite high. For example, in the medical industry on the needs of human bone parts. Human bone parts is such as shoulder and knee joint implant wear or fracture of artificial parts. With the latest 5-axis control Machining Center And the compound machine can cut complex shapes of parts. Material can be difficult to rusty steel, and very light material like titanium hard cutting material. Although parts of their strict quality requirements, but the price can be high. This is because their bones on the work of man-made replacement organs bargain bargaining few patients. Of course, the processors get the unit price will be high.

Think of Japanese SMEs, China and other low-cost countries due to the impact of economic growth, mostly in the situation to exist. For these SMEs, the high value-added components business dream. In fact, many large Japanese firms is not just cheap processing parts, but specialized in the processing of small amount of expensive components. In other words, there exists in Japanese companies, a thriving industry in the United States access to business opportunities. Moreover, many industries have the United States, even if an industry downturn, there are other industries flourish.

Makino Milling Produced by a manager, said, "Japan has a high number of SMEs in the technical strength, bullish on the technology of strong multinational enterprises are also many." Overseas mold makers, for example, they actively mold the company to get this show on the display. However, "the no-tech hype general technology companies also boast a large number of German" (the managers). However, the reality is that businesses get the publicity of the results, from large global enterprises obtained the order. The manager said, "If the Japanese SMEs are also active in advocacy, access to services is very likely." If you can do that, "manufacturing return to Japan" trend will happen again.

Global outlook, opportunities abound. While the U.S. market downturn in the Japanese press was loud not already passed, but the United States there are many thriving industries. Would like to promote the company's global technology enterprises should seize this opportunity. Japanese companies should focus on doing now is to find effective publicity for itself as the world has a strong technical strength of the method.