UCIMU: in the first quarter of 2025 machine tool orders went up (+8.5%) foreign orders (-18.2%); domestic orders (+71.5%)

In the first quarter of 2025, the index of machine tool orders, processed by the Studies Dept. & Business Culture Centre of UCIMU-SISTEMI PER PRODURRE, highlighted an 8.5% increase compared to the period October-December 2024. The absolute value of the index was 84.5 (base year 2021=100).

The outcome was exclusively due to the recovery of the manufacturers’ activity in the domestic market; on the other hand, the performance was negative in the foreign market.

In particular, the orders collected in the domestic market marked a 71.5% rise versus the first quarter of 2024, for an absolute value of 94.5.

On the contrary, overseas order intake was down by 18.2% compared to the same period last year. The absolute value of the index stood at 74.4.