US manufacturing technology orders increased by 15.3% in June 2011

According to the latest Manufacturing Technology Order Report (USMTO) issued by the American Manufacturing Technology Association (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA), US manufacturing technology orders totaled US$459 million in June 2011, which is comparable to the increase in May. 15.3%, a year-on-year increase of 91.7% from the US$239 million in June.

From January to June, the total amount of U.S. manufacturing technology orders reached 2.453 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 103.9% over the same period of last year. Douglas K, chairman of the American Manufacturing Technology Association (AMT). Woods said that if the current rate of increase is to be reached, by the end of August, orders for the entire industry will be close to the total amount of orders for the entire year of 2010.

Judging from the regional situation, orders in the Northeast region totaled US$61 million in June, a decrease of 2.9% from the previous quarter and an increase of 18.3% from the same period of last year. In June, the total amount in the southern region was US$65 million, which was a year-on-year increase of 18.5%, which was a year-on-year increase of 94.2%. The central and western regions performed well with orders amounting to US$ 155 million, an increase of 5.5% from the previous month and an increase of 114.0% compared with the same period of last year. The central region also experienced growth, with a total of US$124 million in orders, an increase of 30.8% from May of this year and an increase of 126.7% compared to the same period of last year. The amount of orders received in the western region was US$51 million, which increased by 40.7% last month, which was an increase of 99.2% over the same period of last year.

In terms of product categories, orders for metal cutting machines totaled 396 million U.S. dollars in June, a slight increase of 9.4% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 75.3%. Metal forming machine tapping orders were US$62 million, an increase of 74.6% from the previous month, and an increase of orders from the same period last year reached 373.1%.