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July U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $506.97 million
according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’
Association, and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing
Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in
the USMTO program, was up 7.3% from June and up 92.7% when compared
with the total of $263.14 million reported for July 2010. With a
year-to-date total of $2,975.10 million, 2011 is up 102.9% 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 USMTO
program.

“The manufacturing beat goes on! Machine tool sales continue
to exceed forecasts for 2011,” said Peter Borden, AMTDA
President. “The stock market’s volatility and the
traditional summer slowdowns as budgets are depleted were no match
for the ongoing demand to get new machines into production as soon
as possible. This pace will slow; but for USMTO 2011 so far, there
are no signs of what we hear on the nightly news.”

The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report,
jointly compiled by the two trade associations 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

At $58.38 million, July manufacturing technology orders in the
Northeast Region were down 17.9% when compared with the $71.08
million total for June but up 11.3% when compared with July a year
ago. The year-to-date total of $434.97 million is 63.6% more than
the comparable figure for 2010.

Southern Region

July manufacturing technology orders in the Southern Region
totaled $75.03 million, 13.4% more than June’s $66.19 million
and 191.3% more than the July 2010 total. With a year-to-date total
of $381.76 million, 2011 is up 79.6% when compared with 2010 at the
same time.

Midwest Region

Midwest Region manufacturing technology orders in July stood at
$159.26 million, 1.0% more than the June total of $157.62 million
and up 70.2% when compared with last July. At $1,016.66 million,
the 2011 year-to-date total is 138.5% more than the comparable
figure for 2010.

Central Region

Manufacturing technology orders in the Central Region in July
totaled $106.98 million, down 15.2% from June’s $126.14
million but up 75.7% when compared with the July 2010 figure. The
$786.57 million year-to-date total is 103.6% higher than the total
for the same period in 2010.

Western Region

Western Region manufacturing technology orders totaled $107.31
million in July, 108.2% more than the $51.55 million total for June
and 252.6% higher than the tally for July 2010. At $355.14 million,
2011 year-to-date is up 102.3% when compared with last year at the
same time.

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