| Readers Serve The Following Markets |
|
| Aerospace & Defense |
32% |
| Automotive |
38% |
| Heavy Equipment |
43% |
| Transportation |
24% |
| Energy |
31% |
| Electrical & Electronics |
18% |
| Medical & Dental |
19% |
| Consumer Goods |
20% |
| Food & Beverage |
16% |
| Government & Infrastructure |
13% |
| |
|
| Readers Perform The Following Process |
|
| Metal Fabrication |
83% |
| Metal Machining |
73% |
| Both |
56% |
| |
|
| Operations Performed |
|
| Metal Forming & Fabricating |
|
| Laser, Plasma, Waterjet, Oxyfuel Cutting Systems |
23,668 |
| Sawing Systems |
23,434 |
| Tube & Pipe Fabrication |
18,011 |
| Shears |
16,310 |
| Press Brakes |
15,863 |
| Metalworking Fluids & Filtration |
14,800 |
| Ironworkers |
13,928 |
| Roll Formers |
11,483 |
| Machine Controls |
8,400 |
| Turret & Punch Presses |
7,506 |
| Automated Systems & Equipment |
7,506 |
| Stamping Presses |
6,996 |
| Robotics |
6,868 |
| Plate Roll Machines |
6,316 |
| |
|
| Welding |
|
| Welding Equipment & Accessories |
28,920 |
| MIG, TIG, Plasma, SAW Systems |
28,091 |
| Jigs & Fixtures |
20,669 |
| Automated Systems & Equipment |
7,506 |
| Robotics |
6,868 |
| |
|
| Metal Cutting / Machining |
|
| Drilling Machines |
24,072 |
| Grinding Machines |
22,073 |
| Metalworking Fluids & Filtration |
14,800 |
| CNC Milling Machines |
13,290 |
| Vertical Machining Centers |
13,269 |
| Horizontal Machining Centers |
11,589 |
| CNC Lathes |
11,504 |
| Turn-Mill & Multitasking Machines |
11,334 |
| Machine Controls |
8,400 |
| Automated Systems & Equipment |
7,506 |
| Turning Centers |
7,506 |
| Robotics |
6,868 |
| Rotary Transfer Machines |
3,275 |
| |
|
| Tooling & Workholding |
|
| Jigs & Fixtures |
20,669 |
| Cutting Tools, Toolholders |
19,074 |
| Workholding Devices |
16,799 |
| Punches & Dies |
16,374 |
| |
|
| Measurement & Inspection |
|
| Testing Instruments, Inspection Gages & Systems |
13,822 |
| |
|
| Job Titles |
|
| Corporate Management & Purchasing |
76.40% |
| Manufacturing Production |
13.50% |
| Manufacturing Engineering, Quality/Product Assurance, Product Design/R&D |
5.70% |
| Sales/Marketing |
3.70% |
| Other |
0.70% |
| |
|
| Readers are Involved in Purchasing |
|
| Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printers |
13% |
| Cutting Tools, Toolholders |
67% |
| Drilling Machines |
51% |
| Environmental |
33% |
| Grinding Machines |
52% |
| Horizontal, Vertical, Multitasking Machining Centers |
42% |
| Ironworkers |
31% |
| Jigs, Fixtures, Workholding Devices |
68% |
| Laser, Plasma, Waterjet, Oxyfuel Other Cutting Systems |
53% |
| Material Handling |
46% |
| Metalworking Fluids |
51% |
| MIG, TIG, Other Welding Equipment |
67% |
| Plate Roll Machines |
18% |
| Press Brakes & Shears |
44% |
| Punches & Dies |
41% |
| Robotics, Automated Equipment |
46% |
| Safety |
48% |
| Saws |
59% |
| Software |
41% |
| Stamping Presses |
17% |
| Testing, Measurement, Quality |
51% |
| Tube & Pipe Fabrication Equipment |
36% |
