In the first quarter of this year, the consumption of machine tools in the United States increased by 33.7% year-on-year

The American Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA) released the latest statistical report on the consumption of American machine tools in the first quarter of this year on May 10. According to the report, from January to March 2010, the cumulative consumption of machine tools in the United States was 548.53 million US dollars, an increase of 33.7% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the consumption of metal cutting machine tools was US$508.48 million, a year-on-year increase of 44.5%; the consumption of metal forming and manufacturing machine tools was US$40.05 million, a year-on-year decrease of 31.3%. In the single month of March, the total consumption of machine tools in the United States was 258 million US dollars, an increase of 58.1% month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 49.5%. From the perspective of product categories, the consumption of metal cutting machine tools in the United States was 234.24 million US dollars, an increase of 51.1% month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 52.9%. The consumption of metal forming and manufacturing machine tools was US$23.76 million, a significant increase of 188.6% month-on-month and 22.7% year-on-year. Peter Borden, chairman of AMTDA, said the growth in machine tool orders in March proved that the market was picking up faster, and this growth was achieved when the government did not provide more help for the development of the manufacturing industry and the lack of bank loans was really encouraging. .