“In the 17 years that this data has been collected, there is only one other month that broke $600 million. Both of those were in months that reflected sales from IMTS, showing its strength as the largest manufacturing event in the Americas,” said Douglas K. Woods, AMT President.
Geographic Breakdown
U.S. manufacturing technology orders are also reported on a regional basis for five geographic breakdowns of the United States.
Northeast Region: Manufacturing technology orders in the Northeast Region in September totaled $70.75 million, up 42.6% from August’s $49.63 million but down 37.1% when compared with the September 2011 figure. At $561.88 million, 2012 year-to-date is down 8.4% when compared with 2011 at the same time.
Southern Region: Southern Region manufacturing technology orders totaled $103.06 million in September, a 57.9% in¬crease from the $65.29 million total for August and 32.1% more than the total for September 2011. The year-to-date total of $619.54 million is 15.0% more than the comparable figure for 2011.
Midwest Region: At $206.83 million, September manufacturing technology orders in the Midwest Region were up 34.2% when compared with the $154.11 million total for August and up 20.7% when compared with September a year ago. With a year-to-date total of $1,369.92 million, 2012 is up 4.5% when compared with 2011 at the same time.
Central Region: September manufacturing technology orders in the Central Region totaled $182.10 million, 43.5% more than August’s $126.94 million and up 14.8% when compared with the September 2011 figure. At $1,220.67 million, the 2012 year-to-date total was 9.0% more than the comparable figure for 2011.
Western Region: Western Region manufacturing technology orders in September stood at $104.72 million, 33.7% more than the August total of $78.34 million and 53.4% higher than the figure for September 2011. The $510.09 million year-to-date total was 8.0% above the total for the same period in 2011.
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