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“We would like to create value “Since it is an onsite exhibition “This year’s order volume is
for the users of machine that’s happening for the first trending at a faster pace than
tools and provide them with time in four years, the overall expected due to brisk capital
encounters with new technologies expectations are quite high, investment demand in Japan and
that open the door (future) to which have been already overseas. Although future
optimal manufacturing.” exceeded. According to certain uncertainty is increasing, the
exhibitors, the business manufacturing industry remains
Dr Yoshiharu Inaba meetings were more fruitful than very busy, with solid demand in
Chairman
Japan Machine Tool Builders’ planned, implying a stronger the medium to long term. As a JIMTOF 2022
Association (JMTBA) Capex demand.” result, we amended our prediction occupied the
Yasuo Tsukuni of ¥1.65 trillion for orders received entire Tokyo
at the start of the year to ¥1.75
Executive Vice President & CEO Big Sight
Tokyo Big Sight Inc. trillion in September.” building
Kazuo Yuhara with 1,086
President
Japan Machine Tool Builders’ exhibitors
Association (JMTBA) and 5,619
booths,
making it
With the completion of the South vative products, technologies, in the International Conference the largest
ever event,
Exhibition Hall in 2019, JIMTOF and solutions concentrating on Hall, with lectures and presen- garnering
2022 took up the entire Tokyo Big automation and labor-saving tations on cutting-edge research 1,14,158
Sight building with 1,086 compa- developed by linking machine in machine tools from Japan and visitors,
nies/exhibitors and 5,619 booths, tools, automatic measuring de- throughout the world. and includ-
making it the largest ever. During vices, collaborative robots, auto- Four fascinating sessions were ing 4,686
overseas
the six-day event, 1,14,158 vis- matic guided vehicles, and so on. presented under the overall guests over
itors attended, including 4,686 Additive Manufacturing (AM): theme of ‘Challenges for the the six-day
overseas guests. A dedicated ‘Additive Manufac- Era of Great Change’, including event.
turing Area’ was set up in the ‘Trends in the Manufacturing
Driven by the right South Exhibiting Building, with industry toward Green Trans-
approach an exhibition scale of 173 booths formation’ and ‘Manufacturing
In light of the theme of the from 59 firms, making it one of Sites Changing with Digital
exhibition, ‘The Present and the largest domestic AM shows, Transformation’.
Future of Cutting-Edge Manu- in addition to workshops held by
facturing: Machine Tools and exhibitors every day. Japanese manufacturing
Smart Factories’, Dr Inaba as- Response to the Sustainable De- and machine tool industry
serted, “We would like to create velopment Goals (SDGs): Set-up Speaking about changes in
value for the users of machine efficiency was targeted to be macro indicators and future
tools and provide them with increased, and a showcase of prospects, Kazuo Yuhara, Pres-
encounters with new technolo- Machine Tool industry efforts ident, Japan Machine Tool
gies that open the door (future) for the SDGs, such as enhanc- Builders’ Association (JMTBA),
to optimal manufacturing.” ing the efficiency of equipment stated, “Looking at the quarter-
The exhibition revolved around such as motors, was presented. ly change in Japan’s real GDP
four key highlights: Disseminating Cutting-Edge growth rate from the previous
th
Automation and labor-saving Technology: The 19 Interna- quarter, the most recent second
solutions: Many machine tool tional Machine Tool Engineers’ quarter of FY2022 is up by 0.9
manufacturers displayed inno- Conference, IMEC 2022, was held percent, and despite the impact

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