Manufacturers invest in tools

Posted on 28 Jul 2010 by The Manufacturer

Orders for manufacturing equipment was up by 65 per cent in June, according to a survey by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) among its members.

The MTA said its biennial machine tools conference MACH, held on June 7-11 at the Birmingham NEC, may have been responsible for some of the growth but said even companies that didn’t exhibit there reported strong figures. The figures represent a return to growth after orders had slowed in May and April. MTA director general…

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