Jan Schafer Director of Market Research

Jan is a market research professional who loves learning and adding value to the businesses of Gardner’s advertisers, audience, and the company itself. Her curiosity, business knowledge, client service and shameless resourcefulness combine to enable Jan to lead research in manufacturing from objective-setting (do not even try to bypass it…) to delivering data-based recommendations (can’t dodge those either…) Jan attributes her capabilities to education in psychology and business administration followed by a healthy dose of ‘mixing it up.’ Her experience includes tending bar (more useful than you might expect,) early years (okay, 15!) at Procter & Gamble, developing her own consulting business, and leading supply-side research before landing the perfect gig at Gardner.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining July 2024

Precision Machining activity contracted a bit faster again in July.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining June 2024

Precision Machining activity trended downward again in June.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining May 2024

Precision Machining activity trended downward again in May.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining April 2024

Precision Machining activity trended slightly downward in April.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining March 2024

Precision Machining activity in March looks similar to February, with contraction slowing while staying on its path toward flat.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining February 2024

Precision Machining activity contracted a little slower in February, resuming its path inching toward flat.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining January 2024

Precision Machining activity contracted again in January, ending at a level unchanged relative to December.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining December 2023

While still contracting, Precision Machining activity in December showed its first real uptick since August 2023.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining November 2023

Precision Machining activity has contracted at about the same rate for three months straight.

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Large Plants Plan High Rates of Capital Spending in 2024

Gardner Business Media’s Capital Spending survey projects a modest decline of 7.4% in machine tool spending next year. While job shops are taking a wait-and-see posture, large plants plan robust spending with machining centers leading the way.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining October 2023

Precision Machining activity was spared another month of accelerated contraction and held into October the same index reported in September.

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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining September 2023

Precision Machining activity contracted at an accelerated rate again in September.

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