US Machine Tool Trend

According to the American Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA) recently released statistics showed that in April 2011, U.S. sales of milling machine tool and related products totaled 3.96 billion U.S. dollars, fell by 21% compared with that last year.

January to April this year, U.S. sales of machine tools and related products have totaled $ 1.6 billion, compared to 2010 rose 105%. AMT and AMTDA spokesman also bed-type milling machine said that while sales in April declined relative to the previous month, compared to 2010, but still showed a strong growth trend.

According to the U.S. machine tool sales report (USMTC) pointed out that, according to the region, northeastern region of the U.S. manufacturing technology consumption was 0.58 billion U.S. dollars, down 24.8% in March. milling machine tool sales in the region rose by 61.9%. Southern region in April worthed 0.51 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 12.8% last month. Midwest sales of $ 124 million, compared to March, down 39.5%. In April the central U.S. sales of $ 121 million, compared to the previous month dropped by 5.0%.