November U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $335.02 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology.

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This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 12.3% from October, but up 32.7% from the total of $252.38 million reported for November 2005. With a year-to-date total of $3,549.90 million, 2006 was up 29.4% compared with 2005.

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These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.

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Though below the exceptional September peak, the November results continue to show strong purchases of advanced …