Check out the latest assembly equipment, and learn about the newest assembly methods, at Assembly Technology Expo 2005.
Assemblers in the United States will spend $2.6 billion on new assembly equipment and tools in 2005, according to ASSEMBLY magazine's ninth annual capital equipment spending survey. Almost a third of respondents to the survey say they plan to spend more on assembly technology in 2005 than they did in 2004. The average assembler's budget is $739,175 and 15 percent of plants expect to spend more than $500,000 for equipment and tools in 2005.