Manufacturing technology consumption up 138.1%

April 12, 2011
McLean, Va. – US manufacturing technology consumption totaled $329.43 million for February 2011, according to AMT and AMTDA. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 10.9% from January, but up 99.3% when compared with the total of $165.31 million reported for February 2010.

Editors note: In line with comments made in this week's blog on the state of the US manufacturing economy, we share the following.
– DAB

McLean, Va. – US manufacturing technology consumption totaled $329.43 million for February 2011, according to AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTC program, was down 10.9% from January, but up 99.3% when compared with the total of $165.31 million reported for February 2010. With a year-to-date total of $699.16 million, 2011 is up 138.1% compared with 2010.

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

"The dramatic year-over-year growth further underscores the manufacturing renaissance that is taking place," said Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT. "As February is a short month, the slight decline from January is to be expected, but the overall gains compared with February 2010 point to our belief that 2011 will be a strong year for the industry."

The United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption (USMTC) report, jointly compiled by the two trade associations representing the production and distribution of manufacturing technology, provides regional and national US consumption data of domestic and imported machine tools and related equipment. Analysis of manufacturing technology consumption provides a reliable leading economic indicator as manufacturing industries invest in capital metalworking equipment to increase capacity and improve productivity.

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