Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Growth: The Grid Buildout Is Now a Tooling Story
American electricity demand spent roughly fifteen years going nowhere. That period is over, and the equipment needed to carry the new load has to be built before it can be installed. The demand signal is now on the record On...Continue reading→
Medical Device Quality Regulation Changed in February — What It Means for Machining Suppliers
On February 2, 2026, the rulebook that governs how medical devices are manufactured in the United States was replaced. Shops that cut parts, molds, or fixtures for device makers are feeling it downstream, even though the rule does not name...Continue reading→
Aerospace Manufacturing Outlook: A 20-Year Fleet Forecast Meets a Constrained Supply Base
Two federal documents published in the past year tell opposite halves of the same story. One projects two decades of steady aircraft fleet growth. The other says the supply base feeding that growth is poorly understood, even by the people...Continue reading→
Machine Tool Tariffs in 2026: What the Section 232 Machinery Investigation Means for EDM Buyers
Shops quoting a six-figure EDM purchase this year are working around an open question that did not exist two years ago. On September 2, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce opened a Section 232 national security investigation into imports of robotics...Continue reading→
The EDM Operator Shortage Is Reshaping How Mold Shops Buy Machines
The hardest number in metalworking right now is not a tolerance. It is 49,300. That is where the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects tool and die maker employment will land in 2034, down from 55,200 in 2024. The occupation losing...Continue reading→
Die and Mold Industry Trends: Record Capital Spending Meets a Capacity Squeeze
Three federal data series are telling die and mold shops the same thing from different angles this summer. Equipment output is climbing. Order backlogs keep stacking up. Factories are not running anywhere near full. That combination has a specific meaning...Continue reading→
The 2026 EDM and Precision Machining Forecast: Automation Powers the Second Half
Iron Machine Tool — Advanced EDM and precision machining technology for Midwest manufacturers, backed by Mitsubishi Machinery Systems. US metalworking machinery demand is running far ahead of what forecasters expected entering 2026. New orders reached $2.77 billion through the first...Continue reading→
Aerospace and Defense Backlogs Are Rewriting Demand for EDM Hole Drilling in Late 2026
Iron Machine Tool — Advanced EDM and precision machining technology for Midwest manufacturers, backed by Mitsubishi Machinery Systems. The aerospace and defense industry crossed a threshold in 2025 that will shape supplier order books deep into 2026: for the first...Continue reading→
The Machinist Shortage Is Forcing Shops Toward EDM Automation Through 2026
Iron Machine Tool — Advanced EDM and precision machining technology for Midwest manufacturers, backed by Mitsubishi Machinery Systems. US manufacturing has a demand problem it can’t hire its way out of. The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte project the sector will...Continue reading→
The EDM Recast Layer Problem: Why Surface Integrity Decides Aerospace and Medical Part Acceptance
Iron Machine Tool: Advanced EDM and Precision Milling Solutions | Minneapolis, MN A part can measure perfectly and still fail. In aerospace and medical work, the dimension on the print is only half the acceptance criteria; the other half is...Continue reading→