MT Magazine March/April 2023

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AM INVESTMENTS BY CATEGORY

$2.00B

$1.85B

$1.80B

$1.60B

$1.34B

$1.40B

$615M

$1.20B

$1.00B

$867M

$189M

$802M

$800M

$726M

$149M

$600M

$291M

$270M

$1.04B

$389M

$793M

$400M

$634M

$184M $125M

$429M

$413M

$200M

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Core

Applications

Materials

Software

Grand Total

$5.6 billion has been invested in the last 5 years for a 3-7 year time horizon , indicating a long-term expectation for growth.

Despite the promise investors see in AM, its global install base is barely 0.1% the size of machine tools.

MACHINE TOOLS

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

*Installed units with depreciation since 1979.

U.S. UNITS SOLD IN 2021

GLOBAL INSTALLED UNITS*

To learn more about AMT Research, contact Dayton Horvath at dhorvath@AMTonline.org.