Sluggish economy puts pinch on mfg. technology orders

Author Cutting Tool Engineering

Published

June 17, 2016 - 04:15am

Manufacturing technology orders for April 2016 were down 27.5 percent from the same month a year ago, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report compiled by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Year to date, orders are down 16.6 percent compared to the same point in 2015.

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