In the fourth quarter 2024 machine tool orders on the rise (+11.4%). domestic orders +33.3%, foreign orders -6.5%.

In the fourth quarter 2024, the index of machine tool orders, compiled by the Studies Dept. & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, showed an 11.4% increase compared to the period October-December 2023. The absolute value of the index was 78.7 (base year 2021=100).

On the domestic front, orders highlighted a 33.3% upturn compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, for an absolute value of 58.

Conversely, orders collected overseas were down, recording a 6.5% drop compared to the same period of the previous year. The absolute value of the index stood at 83.6. 

On an annual basis, order intake remained in negative territory, registering -5.6% versus the 2023 figure (absolute index 65.5); domestic orders -3% (absolute index 39.6); foreign orders -7.5% (absolute index 84.3).