In the first half of the year, cumulative U.S. machine tool consumption increased by 56.1%

According to the latest statistics of the US machine tool industry recently published by the National Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA), cumulative US machine tool consumption was US$1.21 billion in the first six months of 2010, an increase from the same period of last year. 56.1%. Among them, metal cutting machine tool consumption was 1.12 billion US dollars, an increase of 66.5%; metal forming and manufacturing machine tool consumption was 92.15 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 10.9%.

In June, the total consumption of machine tools in the United States was 240 million U.S. dollars, a 35.8% increase from the previous month and an increase of 71.1% year-on-year. Among them, metal cutting machine tool consumption was 230 million US dollars, an increase of 36.6%, an increase of 95.9%; metal forming and manufacturing machine tool consumption was 13.2 million US dollars, an increase of 22.5%, a decrease of 46.3%.

AMT chairman Douglas K. Woods stated that the increase in US machine tool orders in the first half of this year was mainly due to overseas investment, while demand orders in the US aerospace and construction equipment fields also increased significantly.