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October 9, 2012
Year-to-Date U.S.
Manufacturing Technology Orders Up 4.1 Percent Over 2011
August U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $470.44
million according to AMT - The Association For Manufacturing
Technology. This total, as reported by companies
participating in the USMTO program, was up 3.4% from July
but down 4.7% when compared with the total of $493.60
million reported for August 2011. With a year-to-date total
of $3,606.56 million, 2012 is up 4.1% compared with 2011.
These numbers and all data in this report are based on the
totals of actual data reported by companies participating in
the USMTO program.
“It’s a great sign for the industry to see both
month-to-month and year-over-year gains in August,
historically one of the slowest months for orders,” said
Douglas K. Woods, AMT President. “With U.S. manufacturers
still working through 5 months’ worth of backlogs along with
what seemed to be exceptional order activity at IMTS this
September, we may very well see a record year for USMTO over
and above the last peak in 2011.”
The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO)
report, compiled by the trade association representing the
production and distribution of manufacturing technology,
provides regional and national U.S. orders data of domestic
and imported machine tools and related equipment. Analysis
of manufacturing technology orders provides a reliable
leading economic indicator as manufacturing industries
invest in capital metalworking equipment to increase
capacity and improve productivity.
U.S. manufacturing technology orders are also reported on a
regional basis for five geographic breakdowns of the United
States.
Northeast Region
Manufacturing technology orders in the Northeast Region in
August totaled $49.18 million, down 23.9% from July’s $64.60
million and down 24.4% when compared with the August 2011
figure. At $490.68 million, 2012 year-to-date is down 2.0%
when compared with 2011 at the same time.
Southern Region
Southern Region manufacturing technology orders totaled
$64.77 million in August, a 1.0% increase from the $64.11
million total for July and 11.7% more than the total for
August 2011. The year-to-date total of $515.92 million is
12.0% more than the comparable figure for 2011.
Midwest Region
At $152.95 million, August manufacturing technology orders
in the Midwest Region were up 11.0% when compared with the
$137.74 million total for July and up 6.6% when compared
with August a year ago. With a year-to-date total of
$1,158.02 million, 2012 is up 1.6% when compared with 2011
at the same time.
Central Region
August manufacturing technology orders in the Central Region
totaled $124.49 million, 4.8% more than July’s $118.77
million but down 30.0% when compared with the August 2011
figure. At $1,036.10 million, the 2012 year-to-date total
was 7.8% more than the comparable figure for 2011.
Western Region
Western Region manufacturing technology orders in August
stood at $79.04 million, 13.5% more than the July total of
$69.65 million and 60.5% higher than the figure for August
2011. The $405.85 million year-to-date total was 0.4% above
the total for the same period in 2011.
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