2009 IMPORT TOTALS

[sharpshooter90]

Reviewing B/L's for the year and I came up with this comparison for the 3 major players-

SMITHY- TOTAL 448 MACHINES
TORMACH TOTAL 180 MACHINES
SYIL USA 55 MACHINES

Smithy has a variety of products, and the total is divided into about 20% for their CNC line with the smaller 6-22 machine comprising the majority. About 20% consists of their Midas 3 in 1 line and the remaining 60% is in the Granite 3 in 1 line ( including those units marked as " used" on the B/L.)

Tormach has really one core product - the large PC1100 which represents about 75% of the total, but interestingly the last few months of the year were strictly orders of the new PC770.

Syil showed only a few orders for the year mostly consisting of the X4 models.

Smithy is still the volume leader, but at less than 500 units, they are far below the " over 1000 units" per year sales claimed by their sales people a while back. Tormach is also down from the heyday of 300 plus units, but the drop is not as drastic. Syil figures do not have as much history for comparison.

If interested, you can find more info at www.importgenius.com

[MichaelHenry]

That site wants $100 minimum to join, which seems to be the only way to get any info out of it. Are you connected to them somehow?