GARDNER INTELLIGENCE

Who We Serve | People Who Make Parts

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Gardner Intelligence is for Manufacturers

We inform the entire discreet parts manufacturing industry with economic analysis, industry trends, market sizing, standard research and custom studies that enable better decisions.

We Serve Manufacturers

Machine Shops

Finishers

Mold Makers

Plastics Processors

Original Equipment Manufacturers

Composites Fabricators

Our Market Intelligence Services for People Who Make Parts

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Top Shops Benchmarking

Top Shops is a benchmarking and recognition program designed to help manufacturers build their business.

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Gardner Business Index

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) is a diffusion index measuring month-to-month changes in activity at durable goods and discrete parts manufacturing facilities.

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Capital Spending

The Capital Spending Survey is the leading tool for understanding projected spending on capital equipment in the Metalworking, Plastics Processing, and Additive Manufacturing industries.

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World Machine Tool Survey

The World Machine Tool Survey is a comprehensive study of the global machine tool economy, conducted on an annual basis by Gardner Intelligence.

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Become a Top Shop  

Top Shops is one program that helps manufacturers build business. Metrics that rise to the top for one shop in comparison to others can earn Top Shops status and special coverage that gets the attention of qualified buyers.

Benchmark Your Business    

Another way Top Shops helps manufacturers build business is by delivering custom reports that group metrics into strong metrics to further leverage, metrics that are on-track to maintain, and metrics that point to opportunities to improve.

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Purchase Top Shops Reports

Benchmarking Standards Reports show what typical industrial facility behavior really is. Click here to go to our purchase page.

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Take the Top Shops Benchmarking Survey and receive a custom report in return for your effort. Here's a glimpse at what that report looks like.

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