The US is the leading destination market for greenfield industrial machinery, equipment and tools FDI, while Germany is the top source market. GlobalData’s industrial machinery, equipment and tools foreign direct investment (FDI) report highlights the current trends in industrial machinery, equipment and tools foreign investments. Buy the report here.

Between 2019 and 2022, the industrial machinery, equipment and tools sector was the tenth largest FDI sector in terms of the number of greenfield investments. The industrial machinery, equipment and tools sector accounts for 4.3% of global greenfield FDI projects.

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Greenfield foreign direct investment is when a company invests abroad to establish a new physical presence or expand an existing operation. Greenfield investments create jobs and/or involve a capital investment into the foreign location. Other forms of FDI, such as mergers and acquisitions, are not included as part of this definition.

Combined, the top ten destination countries account for 60.7% of total industrial machinery, equipment and tools FDI projects.

The leading destination country for industrial machinery, equipment and tools FDI is the US. Germany, China and France are also popular industrial machinery, equipment and tools investment hubs.

According to GlobalData’s FDI Projects database, Germany-based companies were the leading source of greenfield industrial machinery, equipment and tools investments into the US.

With respect to outbound FDI, Germany was the leading industrial machinery, equipment and tools source market. Germany-based companies held a 14.6% share of total outbound industrial machinery, equipment and tools FDI projects. The US, Japan, Italy and Switzerland are also top source markets for industrial machinery, equipment and tools FDI.

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