Milling, turning, grinding, drilling, boring — every process in every shop relies on exceptional material selection and consistently advanced designs for tool, holding devices, inserts, etc.
Today, manufacturers are practical, creative, open to opportunities, and ready to work with the technologies available now. This special report looks at advanced manufacturing technology as it is now, and where it is leading today's manufacturers.
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New orders still rising through late summer, as manufacturing technology rides multiple indicators of expansion for seventh consecutive month of recover
New orders for machine tools totaled $319.7 million, prompting AMT to observe, the “July rate of increase is a notable acceleration in growth relative to the 10% increase in June orders posted over the previous year.”
Through six months of 2017, indicators show demand from various industry sectors have driven five consecutive monthly increases in year-over-year new-order volumes.
