June Machine Tool Consumption Up 35 PercentAug 10, 2010Domestic sales of machine tools totaled $241.47 million during June, according to the monthly U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption survey conducted by the Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association. The percent is an increase compared to 35.8 percent from May to June, and 71.1 percent from June 2009. “Typically, manufacturing technology order rates slow down in the months leading up to the International Manufacturing Technology Show,” said AMT President Douglas Woods. “However, increased foreign direct investment and a doubling of orders in aerospace and construction equipment through the first half 2010 resulted in an acceleration of USMTC orders rather than the typical slow down.” In the regional consumption reports, the USMTC finds that the Northeast had machine tool sales of $51.4 million during June. The total was an increase 52.3 percent compared with May’s $33.78 million, and up 90.8 percent compared with June 2009. At $210.61 million, regional demand is 33.2 percent higher than it was in June 2009. In the South, June consumption amounted to $34.5 million, 18.5 percent above the May figure ($29.1 million) and 36.5 percent higher than the June 2009 total. Southern demand for the year-to-date amounts to $188.98 million, up 75 percent compared to the same period in 2009. Midwest regional machine tool consumption stood at $72.8 million during June, a rise of 69.3 percent from May ($43 million) and was 82.8 percent from June 2009. For the January-June 2010 period, Midwestern machine tool consumption amounts to $335.1 million, 51.4 percent more than during the first six months of 2009. The Central states manufacturing technology consumption totaled $57.1 million during June, up 7.1 percent over May ($53.3 million) and up 96.9 percent compared with June 2009. For the year to date, the Central region posted machine tool consumption of $329.3 million, up 85.3 percent over January-June 2009. June consumption in the Western Region totaled $25.5 million, up 37.5 percent from May ($18.6 mil-lion) and up 27.6 percent compared with June 2009. Year-to-date regional consumption has been $143.6 million, up 32.8 percent compared to the same six-month period of 2009. The United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption report is compiled monthly by the two trade associations, which represent machine shops and machine tool distributors. Based on actual date reported by participating companies, the USMTC presents regional and national U.S. consumption data of domestic and imported machine tools and related equipment.
