Softness in the Machine Tool Industry
First written in FY2016-Q3. 12 of 33 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-10-13.
TSUDAKOMA Corp. moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019, the same year as the typical company in this theme.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 9 of 13 companies on the "Worse" side.
8 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- 2026-10-13MitigatedOccurring Fact
「Overseas markets have maintained favorable order conditions, led by the United States and China. Aerospace, data centers, and the automotive industry are driving demand, and inquiries for large NC rotary tables in particular have remained active.」
In the machine tools-related market, the Group reports favorable order conditions centered on the United States and China, together with active inquiries for large NC rotary tables. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「The U.S. market remained strong, and new capital investment began, particularly in the automotive industry. In China, the company received inquiries for a sizable number of units for machining robot components and views this as a promising new market. Some investment also resumed in the EMS-related industry, where the company is conducting sales promotion activities to secure orders. In the domestic market, investment by some automakers began and orders were trending upward.」
For the previously sluggish machine tools-related market, the disclosure reports new investment in the U.S., a partial recovery in investment in China for machining robot components and in EMS, and the start of investment by domestic automakers, indicating some improvement in the business environment. - 2026-07-13MitigatedOccurring Fact
「The U.S. market remained firm, and new capital investment, centered on the automotive industry, also began. Inquiries for large NC rotary tables for power-generation equipment used in aerospace and data centers also continued. In the Chinese market, the Group has received inquiries for a substantial number of units for robot-parts processing and expects this to become a new market.」
For the machine tools-related market, the Group reports the start of investment in the U.S., inquiries for substantial numbers of units in China, and demand from the aerospace and data-center sectors, indicating an improvement from a uniformly weak market. - FY2025Some overseas recovery, but domestic market remains sluggishAnnual report
「The U.S. market was relatively steady, and new capital investment began, particularly in the automotive industry. In China, equipment for machining hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle components for major automakers performed relatively well, but EMS-related business failed to deliver the expected results amid intense price competition. The domestic market remained sluggish.」
In the machine tools-related market, some demand improved in the U.S. and China, while price competition in EMS-related business and weakness in the domestic market continued. - FY2025-H1Overseas markets remain resilient, but tariff impacts and weak domestic investment persistAnnual report
「Conditions remained resilient in the Chinese and North American markets, but higher U.S. tariffs were beginning to affect customers' appetite for capital investment, particularly in the automotive industry. Meanwhile, the cautious stance toward investment in the domestic market remained unchanged.」
The machine tools-related market remained resilient in China and North America, while the impact of U.S. tariffs coincided with a cautious stance toward domestic capital investment. - FY2024Some overseas markets remain steady while major markets languishAnnual report
「Orders across the machine tool industry remained sluggish throughout the year, and capital investment continued to languish. North America, the principal overseas market, and emerging markets such as India and Turkey remained steady, but Japan, China and Europe continued to face difficult conditions as investment appetite failed to pick up as expected.」
While weakness across the machine tool industry continued, regional differences became clear: North America, India and Turkey remained steady, whereas Japan, China and Europe languished. - FY2024-Q2Signs of recovery in some markets, but domestic investment remains sluggishAnnual report
「Although the domestic market appeared to be bottoming out, there were still few new capital investment projects. Overseas, signs of recovery emerged in China as well as North America, including EMS projects in China.」
The market environment for machine tools changed, with few new capital investment projects in Japan while signs of recovery emerged in North America and China. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the machine tools-related business, domestic demand remained sluggish, with no signs of new capital investment, while overseas demand remained cautious: although the U.S. market was steady, there were still no signs of recovery in China, and a cautious stance toward capital investment continued.」
New capital investment in Japan remained sluggish, while recovery in major markets including China and North America continued to be limited. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「Overseas, in North America, one of the company's principal markets, automotive parts-related users briefly showed signs of resuming investment, but took time to make decisions. In China, small-scale investment projects were seen sporadically, but a wait-and-see stance continued in both domestic and overseas markets.」
Investment remained weak or on hold in major markets including North America and China, worsening the industry environment for the machine tools-related business. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Overseas, India remained strong, but the company's principal markets, China and North America, continued to languish, with no signs of recovery yet visible.」
The disclosure describes continued weakness and a lack of signs of recovery in China and North America, the principal overseas markets for the machine tools-related business. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the domestic machine tool industry, which had been performing well, there were signs of uncertainty about the outlook, including postponements of capital investment plans due to longer lead times for machine tools.」
The longer lead times for machine tools materialized in the form of postponed capital investment plans, increasing uncertainty about the outlook for the domestic market. Meanwhile, orders and sales in overseas markets remained steady. - FY2022-Q2Strong orders alongside longer lead timesAnnual report
「Although the machine tools-related business faced concerns including longer lead times for machine tools due to difficulties procuring materials and higher procurement costs, the order environment remained strong, and both orders and sales remained steady.」
While orders and sales in the machine tools-related business remained steady, concerns over longer lead times due to difficulties procuring materials and higher procurement costs persisted. - FY2022-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In the machine tools-related business, recent orders outstanding and contracted projects have increased against a backdrop of recovery in the machine tool and automotive industries, among the company's major customer industries.」
Orders outstanding and contracted projects increased against a backdrop of recovery in the machine tool and automotive industries and other sectors. The disclosure also mentions project postponements due to difficulties procuring semiconductors, materials and other items. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, demand from the domestic automotive industry, a major customer industry, was affected by factors including a decline in vehicle production due to shortages of semiconductor-related components.」
Demand from the domestic automotive industry was affected by a decline in vehicle production due to shortages of semiconductor-related components. - FY2021-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan's machine tool industry, a major customer industry, the recovery in demand has strengthened, particularly for China's automotive industry, the semiconductor industry and other sectors, and further expansion is expected.」
The disclosure states that the recovery in domestic demand for machine tools, which had previously been sluggish, strengthened, particularly in areas serving China's automotive industry, the semiconductor industry and other sectors. - FY2020MitigatedAnnual report
「From the third quarter onward, signs of recovering demand emerged in the Chinese and U.S. markets in the machine tool and automotive industries, the company's major customer industries.」
Although the machine tool and automotive industries remained generally difficult, a trend toward recovering demand was reported in the Chinese and U.S. markets from the third quarter onward. - FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid the spreading impact of COVID-19, the machine tools-related business secured a large order in the Chinese market for NC rotary tables for the EMS industry serving smartphones, tablets and other products, which recovered quickly. However, orders from the domestic automotive industry and machine tool industry, its major customer industries, remained sluggish.」
Although the company secured a large order for NC rotary tables for China's EMS industry, orders from the domestic automotive and machine tool industries remained sluggish, worsening the industry environment. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The machine tools-related business remained in a difficult situation due to the spread of COVID-19, including the suspension of capital investment by the automotive industry, its principal customer industry, and sluggish orders in the machine tool industry.」
The impact of COVID-19 led to the suspension of capital investment in the automotive industry and sluggish orders in the machine tool industry, exacerbating the existing risk of an industry slowdown. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, the business environment remained generally sluggish as the impact of the novel coronavirus was added to US-China trade friction, causing a slowdown in the machine tools industry, its major customer, and delays in new capital investment projects in the automotive industry.」
In addition to the slowdown in the machine tool industry, the impact of COVID-19 and delays in new capital investment projects in the automotive industry coincided, resulting in a weak business environment. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to the slowdown in the machine tool industry, a major customer industry, the trend toward postponing new capital investment projects strengthened in the previously steady automotive industry, resulting in sluggish orders and sales.」
The slowdown in the machine tool industry coincided with postponed investment in the automotive industry, worsening the order environment. - FY2019-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the machine tools-related business, orders remained sluggish because the machine tool industry, a major customer industry, continued to perform poorly, while even the previously steady automotive industry saw a growing trend toward postponing new investments.」
Orders remained sluggish as the machine tool industry continued to perform poorly and the trend toward postponing new investment strengthened in the automotive industry. - FY2019-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, there was a strong tendency to wait and assess the impact of U.S. foreign policy, particularly the U.S.-China issue. In addition to a slowdown in the machine tool industry, a major customer industry, there was caution regarding capital investment in Japan and China in the domestic automotive parts-related industry. Investment in automotive parts processing and oil-related activities also weakened in North America.」
In addition to the slowdown in the machine tool industry, the Company disclosed weakening investment in automotive parts-related activities in Japan and China and in automotive parts processing and oil-related activities in North America, indicating that risks in the order environment are increasing. - FY2019-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the machine tool-related business, orders in the machine tool industry stagnated due to the impact of U.S.-China trade friction and the economic slowdown in Europe, while the order environment was mixed, with orders from Japanese automakers continuing in the automotive industry.」
Orders in the machine tool industry stagnated due to the impact of U.S.-China trade friction and the economic slowdown in Europe, resulting in a mixed order environment. - FY2018MitigatedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, the company captured demand from the automotive and machine tools industries, its major customers, resulting in record-high levels of orders and sales.」
In response to the previous risk of weakness in the machine tool industry, the Company captured demand from the automotive and machine tool industries, resulting in orders and sales at record-high levels. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, operations remained busy as the company captured demand from the automotive industries in Japan and overseas, its major customers, as well as demand from the strong machine tools industry.」
Demand in the machine tool industry remains strong, and a busy business environment has continued. - FY2018-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, demand from the automotive-related sectors in Japan and overseas was supplemented by rapidly expanding demand in China as the market pursued greater industrial efficiency.」
In contrast to the previous weakness in the machine tool industry, demand related to the automotive industry in Japan and overseas and demand in China have expanded sharply. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, inquiries remained at a high level, as demand from the automotive-related sectors in Japan and overseas was supplemented by rapidly expanding demand in China as the market pursued greater industrial efficiency.」
In the machine tool-related business, high levels of inquiries have continued, supported by demand related to the automotive industry and demand in China. - FY2017MitigatedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, high levels of orders and production continued, supported by demand from aggressive capital investment by the automotive industries in Japan, the US and China, investment in China to automate and upgrade processing equipment across the manufacturing sector, and the revitalization of US manufacturing.」
In contrast to the previous weakness in the machine tool industry, high levels of orders and production continued, supported by capital investment in the automotive and manufacturing industries. - FY2017-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「In the machine tool-related business, strong capital investment by the automotive industries in Japan, the United States and China drove the order environment, which remained favorable at a high level.」
The order environment in the machine tool industry remained favorable at a high level, driven by strong capital investment in the automotive industry. - FY2017-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「In the machine tool-related business, some customers temporarily deferred implementing investment plans at the time the new U.S. administration took office while assessing its policies, but overall the business remained firm.」
Although some customers deferred investment plans when the new U.S. administration took office, the machine tool-related business remained generally firm. - FY2017-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The domestic machine tool industry has also gradually recovered.」
Regarding the machine tool industry, which had been sluggish and weak through the previous period, the Company reported that it has gradually recovered in Japan. - FY2016RestatedAnnual report
「In emerging Asian markets, including China, the economy failed to fully emerge from its downturn, and the machine tool industry, an important customer base for this business segment, also remained sluggish as a result.」
The Company continues to recognize weakness in emerging Asian markets, including China, and sluggish conditions in the machine tool industry. - FY2016-Q3First statedAnnual report
「In the Machine Tools business, the company focused on sales to the resilient automotive industry and the US market while the machine tools industry remained weak.」
The Company reported that demand conditions in the machine tool industry remained weak.