The machinery business has been called "the mother of industry." With the arrival of the industrial era, demand for basic necessities, communications and healthcare skyrocketed. The growing diversity of the products manufactured enabled machine-tool makers to do very well for themselves.
機械業素有「工業之母」之稱，進入工業時代，人們的食衣住行、資通訊、醫療等需求大盛，產品品類愈來愈多，做為生產工具的機械也愈來愈繁複。