With over 50 years of experience informing the manufacturing industry, Gardner Intelligence shares insights and trends largely based in data gathered from the fabulous people in manufacturing. Our objective is to provide information that helps manufacturers make better decisions and build business so EVERYBODY WINS! Look here for monthly Gardner Business Indices (GBI) that keep a pulse on the health of manufacturing overall and across 6 industry segments. We post useful insights from our major metalworking research programs, custom research results and publicly available data related to the processes and businesses of metalworking, plastics processing, finishing, composites fabricating, mold making, additive manufacturing and more!