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 ;-)