Manufacturing Technology Consumption Up 23.9% in 2006
MCLEAN, VA-June U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $322.68 million, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in the United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption (USMTC) program, was down 0.4% from May but up 26.7% from the total of $254.74 million reported for June 2005. With a year-to-date total of $1,774.48 million, 2006 was up 23.9% compared with 2005.
These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.