Manufacturing Fun Facts
General Manufacturing Facts
- The average car requires 30,000 parts
- The average plane requires 6 million parts
- The top 10 manufacturing countries are:China, US, Japan, Germany, India, South Korea, Italy, UK, France and Indonesia
- 96.4 billion worth of CNC machines were purchased in 2022
- 14.35 billion worth of industrial robots were purchased in 2021
- 2.78 billion worth of CMM machines were purchased in 2021
- Global CNC machine market size to reach 150+ billion by 2030
United States Manufacturing Facts
- The US is the world's second largest manufacturer
- The number of manufacturing businesses has grown by 3.8% annually
- US Manufacturing is responsible for nearly half of all US exports
- There are 591,720 manufacturing companies in the US as of 2023
- 12% of the US GDP is driven by manufacturing
- 63% of all private sector R&D is driven by manufacturers
- If US Manufacturing was its own economy, it would be the 8th largest in the world
- 7.7 billion worth of machine tools were purchased in 2019
- For every $1 spent in manufacturing another $2.60 is added to the overall economy
- There are 12.96 million manufacturing workers in the US
- 4.6 million manufacturing jobs will be needed over the next 10 years
- 10.98 million motor vehicles were produced in the US in 2018
European Manufacturing Facts
- Europe is the worlds second largest manufacturer
- 23.8% of Europe's GDP is driven by manufacturing
- 20.6 billion worth of machine tools were purchased in 2018
- There are 30.4 million manufacturing workers in Europe
- There are 2.1 million manufacturing companies in Europe
- 19.2 million motor vehicles were produced in Europe in 2018
China Manufacturing Facts
- China is the world's largest manufacturer
- There are 2,801,143 factories in China
- 40.5% of China's GDP is driven by manufacturing
- 28.8 billion worth of machine tools were purchased in 2018
- There are 112 million manufacturing workers in China
- 90% of the world's PCs are made in China
- 80% of the world's air conditioners are made in China
- 70% of the world's cell phones are made in China
- 60% of the world's shoes are made in China
- 27.8 million motor vehicles were produced in China in 2018
Manufacturing IT Facts
- 1949 - The first NC, Numerical Control, machine was invented
- 1952 - 1D bar codes were invented
- 1952 - The first CNC, Computer Numerical Control, machine was invented
- 1957 - CAD/CAM software was invented by Patrick Hanratty
- 1959 - The first CMM, Coordinate Measuring Machine, was invented
- 1960 - RS232 was first used to connect modems and teletypewriters
- 1962 - The first industrial robot was first developed at Unimation
- 1973 - Ethernet was invented at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
- 1973 - RFID was invented
- 1981 - IBM released the first PC
- 1981 - Microsoft released the first version of MSDOS
- 1985 - Microsoft released the first version of Windows
- 1987 - 2D bar codes were invented at Intermed
- 1988 - RS485 was invented
- 1994 - QR codes were invented at Denso Wave
- 1997 - WiFi was invented by the 802.11 committee
Predator Software is committed to supporting all of the above manufacturing technologies all these years later ;-)