Boeing handed over 143 commercial jets in Q1 2026 versus Airbus's 114, its first quarterly delivery win since 2019, with 114 of those being 737 MAX airframes.

A wiring scratch caused by a machining error paused delivery on roughly 25 MAX airframes in March, and CEO Kelly Ortberg still expects a fourth 737 line at Renton this summer.

Airbus is capped by a Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan defect that has pulled 1,200 engines into rework, leaving finished A220 and A320neo airframes parked without engines at its lines.

The Federal Reserve reported March industrial production dropped 0.5%, while factory output slipped just 0.1% and still grew at a 3.0% annualized pace for the first quarter.

Capacity utilization for manufacturing eased to 75.3%, about 2.9 points below its long-run average, and motor vehicle and primary metals output both declined.

Aerospace and defense production kept rising while consumer goods output fell, a split that keeps demand strong for shops quoting aero and defense-grade machined parts.

A presidential proclamation took effect April 6 charging Section 232 duties on the entire customs value of covered metal articles and derivatives rather than only the metal-content share.

Articles made mostly of steel, aluminum, or copper carry a 50% tariff, derivatives substantially made of those metals carry 25%, and metal-intensive industrial equipment gets a temporary 15% combined floor through 2027.

Foreign-trade-zone admissions after April 6 must use privileged foreign status and manufacturing drawback is sharply curtailed, reshaping sourcing math for shops that import bar stock, castings, and machined derivatives.

Mazak announced a June 10-11 Discover More event at its Windsor Locks, Connecticut technology center featuring live part cutting on Multi-Tasking, 5-axis, vertical, CNC turning, and Swiss-type machines.

Headliners include the Integrex j-300 mill-turn, the QRX-50MSY twin-turret turning center with a 15% smaller footprint, and the Variaxis C-600 five-axis with its rigid C-frame for heavy table loads.

The Kentucky-built QT-Ez 10MY will run with Mazak's Ez LOADER 20 collaborative robot cell, pitched at shops trying to add lights-out capacity without hiring another operator.

Mastercam released 2026.R2 as a free update under its new semiannual cadence, with GPU-accelerated verification that cut a 90-minute CPU simulation run to about 22 minutes in internal tests.

The new Copilot AI assistant adjusts feeds, speeds, and machine groups via voice or text across roughly 200 toolpath types and returns timestamped myMastercam training clips on request.

The update also adds Blum laser tool setter support across FANUC, Siemens, Okuma, Heidenhain, Mazak, and Makino controls, keeping offsets, wear checks, and breakage detection inside the CAM environment.

FANUC America announced a $90 million investment to buy land and build an 840,000-square-foot facility in Michigan for expanded U.S. robot manufacturing, with completion targeted for late 2027 and 225 new jobs.

The expansion brings FANUC America's total recent U.S. spend to nearly $300 million and builds on four decades of paint robot production in the state.

A newly expanded FANUC Academy in Auburn Hills is billed as the largest U.S. robotics and automation skills center, addressing the training gap shops cite when trying to deploy machine-tending and cell automation.

Precinmac acquires Dallas-based Precision Aerospace Holdings, adding EDM and precision machining capacity LINK

AMT reports February machine tool orders hit $488.9M, up 27.4% year over year LINK

Hexagon upgrades PULSE environmental monitoring for shop-floor CMMs LINK

Cutting tool shipments climb to $225.1M in February, up 12.8% year over year LINK

Philly Fed March survey shows factory shipments index jump to highest since January 2022 LINK

Germany unveils 5-axis machine with parallel kinematic head for aerospace aluminum LINK