The manufacturing world is not only highly competitive, it is often extremely complicated. Deals are done globally, but cultures and countries are very different and what drives one market might not even feature in another.
July saw levels of orders and sales in the manufacturing technology sector broadly maintained, according to the latest survey from the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), the body representing the UK machine tool and manufacturing technology sector.
June saw a strong set of orders for Manufacturing Technology, according to the latest survey by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), the body representing the UK machine tool and manufacturing technology sector.
MTA said both exporters and domestically focussed companies reported order growth totalling 65 percent.
With 446 exhibitors displaying their products and services to 20,171 visitors, MACH2010 covered over 18,300m2 of space through Halls 4 and 5 at the NEC.
According to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA), U.S. machine tool consumption dropped almost 16 percent in April from March.
Manufacturing technology consumption totaled $222.36 million, they said.
It was only last month that I stated, in a piece for the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) e-bulletin, that although the outlook for 2010 was encouraging, it was important to remember that the UK economy was still not free from the financial strain of the recession.
U.S. manufacturing consumption for December was $219.60 million, down 5.7 per cent from $232.93 million a year ago, new data from the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA) and Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) has shown.
However, it was up 22.9 per cent from November 2009.
In a speech to manufacturing leaders this Wednesday, Business Minister Pat McFadden outlined the need for an investment in skills and new technologies in order for the sector to c
The announcement comes less than a month after the world's largest maker of microprocessors used in personal computers said it would close plants in Southeast Asia and scale back U.S.