June U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $360.43 million, according to the Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors’Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was level with May, and up 2% from the total of $353.40 million reported for June 2007. With a year-to-date total of $2,318.34 million, 2008 is up 15.3% compared with 2007.
These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.
I think everyone is excited that the underpinning for productivity in our economic growth -manufacturing technology equipment -continues to grow at double-digit rates through the second quarter,”said …