U.S. manufacturing technology consumption for the month of February, 2008 totaled $308.50 million, which is 4.4% higher than the total of $295.39 million reported for February 2007. This February, 2008 total, however, was down 4.0% from January, 2008 consumption estimates.  With a year-to-date total of $624.28 million, 2008 consumption is up ...

United States Machine Tool Consumption for 2006, was up 26.8 % compared with 2005, totaling $3,889.75 million according to The Association for Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association. ''2006 was an exceptional year, with the highest U.S. consumption since 2000,'' says John B. Byrd III, AMT President. ...