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Manufacturing Fun Facts

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 Kingdom Manufacturing Facts

  • The United Kingdom is the worlds eighth largest manufacturer
  • Manufacturing accounts for 41% of all UK business R&D
  • £224 billion of output from the UK manufacturing sector in 2022/3
  • There are 2.6 million manufacturing jobs in the UK
  • Average UK Manufacturing pay is 9% higher than the whole economy average
  • The UK's largest export market is the USA, followed by the Netherlands, Germany and the Republic of Ireland

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

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

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 ;-)