Fast growth in machine tool orders in the North Central United States

According to the data released by the American Association of Manufacturing Technology, in March 2013, the order value of metal processing machine tools in the United States was 510 million US dollars, an increase of 30.4% month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 3.2%; . Douglas Woods, chairman of the American Manufacturing Technology Association, said that orders increased both month-on-month and year-on-year, which also reflected that with the improvement of auto sales and the housing market, the increase in consumer spending was gradually driving the development of the manufacturing industry. In March, the US metal forming machine tool orders were 470 million US dollars, an increase of 33.1% month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. The number of orders was 2,191 units, an increase of 195 units month-on-month, a year-on-year decrease of 168; 1.9%, and the order volume was 142 units, an increase of 7 units month-on-month and an increase of 11 units year-on-year. In the first quarter of 2013, the order value of metal processing machine tools in the United States was 1.28 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%, and the order volume was 6,535 units; among which, the metal cutting machine tool order value was 1.16 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7%, and the order volume was 6,127 units; The order value of machine tools was 120 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%, and the order volume was 408 units. From the perspective of the regional division of metal processing orders, the five federal states in the east, central and north of the United States are the highest, followed by the nine federal states in the west, central and north, and the metal processing machine tool orders in the 10 western federal states ranked third, and the northeast Thirteen states ranked fourth, five federal states in the south-central region ranked fifth, and seven federal states in the south-east had the lowest machine tool orders. Judging from the orders in the first quarter, the demand for machine tools in the east-central-north, west-central-north and west is still increasing, and the orders in the other three regions have declined year-on-year.