Development policies of CNC machine tool industry in developed countries

The machine tool industry is the foundation of a country's manufacturing industry. Its development level represents the degree of industrial modernization of a country in a certain sense. It is also one of the indicators to measure the comprehensive competitiveness of a country's industry. The full name of CNC machine tool is digital command control machine tool. It is an automated machine tool system controlled by a program. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, high precision, high automation and high flexibility. It is an indispensable production equipment for the national defense industry and high-end manufacturing industry. With the continuous advancement of computer technology, major countries in the world have realized the supporting position of CNC machine tools for the entire industry. In particular, in order to cope with the international financial crisis, they have adjusted the CNC machine tool industry policy and competed to develop high-end CNC machine tools to promote the development of industry and national economy.
The United States wants to revive the manufacturing industry with the new bill
The United States has always attached great importance to the development of the CNC machine tool industry and has a solid foundation in host design, manufacturing and CNC systems. Technological progress is the main factor affecting the US CNC machine tool industry. Intelligence, high speed and precision are the mainstream of the development of the US machine tool industry. In August 2010, US President Obama signed the "American Manufacturing Promotion Act", the main purpose of which is to enhance the competitiveness of "Made in the USA". The bill will reduce or suspend some of the tariffs that American companies must pay when importing raw materials for production, in order to help the American manufacturing industry reduce costs and restore competitiveness. It is estimated that after the implementation of the bill, it will save American manufacturing companies about $298 million in import tariffs, increase output value by $4.6 billion, and add 90,000 jobs within three years. The machine tool industry, as a very important production sector in the American manufacturing industry, will benefit from the bill.
Germany emphasizes talent and product quality and actively supports small and medium-sized enterprises
The machinery manufacturing industry is an important pillar industry in Germany. Due to the strategic position of CNC machine tools in the machinery industry, the German government has provided strong support in many aspects. The country attaches great importance to the advanced practicality of CNC machine tool host accessories, and various functional components are at the forefront of the world in terms of quality and performance. It pays special attention to "practical" and "effectiveness", adheres to "people-oriented", and passes on from master to apprentice to continuously improve the quality of personnel. While vigorously developing automated production lines, Germany has always maintained a pragmatic and scientific attitude, attaches particular importance to the combination of theory and practice, conducts in-depth research on common problems of CNC machine tools, and constantly and steadily advances in quality.
Another important feature of Germany's mechanical equipment manufacturing industry is the concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises. The government has taken a series of measures to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to actively carry out research and development and innovation activities to improve their competitiveness. For example, the most widely covered SME innovation core project (ZIM), the ERP project that provides long-term low-interest loans for corporate innovation plans, etc.
Japan imitates first and then creates, actively developing new technologies
Japan attaches great importance to the research and development of machine tool industry, especially CNC machine tool technology. Through planning and formulating regulations (such as the "Machinery Law", "Mechatronics Law" and "Machinery and Information Law"), it provides sufficient research and development funds to encourage scientific research institutions and enterprises to vigorously develop CNC machine tools. Under the encouragement of the "Machine Vibration Law", Japan's CNC machine tool industry focuses on the development of key technologies, highlights the development of CNC systems, and develops core products. The Japanese government also focuses on supporting Fanuc, making it gradually develop into the world's largest CNC system supplier. The company's CNC system has a market share of more than 80% in Japan, accounting for about 50% of the world's sales, while other manufacturers focus on the research and development of mechanical processing. This cooperative division of labor relationship has improved the industry efficiency of Japanese CNC machine tools and avoided the problem of weakening competitiveness due to incompatibility of industry standards.
Similar to the United States, the Japanese government has also incorporated the development of the CNC machine tool industry into the national intelligent manufacturing plan for overall planning. In April 1990, it proposed a 10-year international cooperation plan for intelligent manufacturing. Its goal is to develop a high-tech production system that enables people and intelligent devices to cooperate with each other without being restricted by production operations and national boundaries, and at the same time, it is committed to the systematization and standardization of global manufacturing information and manufacturing technology.
The EU's "Future Factory" plan accelerates technological upgrading
As the global economy gradually recovers, the machine tool industry has recovered significantly, and governments and industry associations in EU countries have introduced policies to help the industry return to the track of rapid development. The European Machine Tool Industry Cooperation Committee (CECIMO) has 15 member states, covering most of the EU machine tool manufacturing companies. In order to maintain the competitive advantage of the European machine tool industry, CECIMO proposed to take advanced production technology, high R&D investment, fast innovation cycle, and highly skilled labor as the basis for maintaining the competitiveness of the European machine tool industry in the future, and introduced a series of measures to improve market competitiveness.
The first is to accelerate technological upgrading. CECIMO promotes the "factory of the future" plan in enterprises for the construction of European technology platforms to ensure Europe's decisive voice in future investment projects, with a total investment of 12 billion euros. In addition, CECIMO also actively promotes comprehensive industrial policies that can promote social economy, finance, and trade, so that European industry can develop sustainably, thereby maintaining Europe's position as a machine tool production and research base. CECIMO also organizes the European International Machine Tool Exhibition and establishes the Technical Department of the European Machine Tool Industry Cooperation Committee to support the research and development of machine tool technology. Machine tools are included in many research plans such as the "EU 7th Framework Program" and "Next Generation Production Systems".