In the first half of the year, machine tool orders in Germany and Italy showed a year-on-year growth trend

In the first half of 2011, according to the statistics of the German Machine Tool Manufacturers Association, the orders received by the German machine tool industry increased by 103% compared with the same period last year. Among them, orders from the domestic market increased by 96% year-on-year, and orders from overseas markets increased by 107%. %. During the same period, according to statistics released by the Italian Machine Tool, Robot and Automation Manufacturers Association, Italian machine tool orders increased by 16.3% year-on-year, of which overseas market orders increased by 37.4%, while domestic market orders fell by 19.5%.