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million, 2013 is down 6.9% compared with the same period in 2012. “A rise in US manufacturing technology orders is welcome
as we move into the summer months, which are typically soft,” said Patrick W. McGibbon, AMT vice president, Industrial Intel- ligence. “New technologies are creating change in automotive production, while many aerospace manufacturers are making shifts within their supply chains. Contract machining is also seeing growth thanks to the cost advantages of manufacturing within the US. Meanwhile, foreign direct investment within the US continues to increase, and all of these factors are contribut- ing to new capital investment within manufacturing.” The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report, compiled by the trade association represent- ing the production and distribution of manufacturing technolo- gy, provides regional and national US orders data of domestic and imported machine tools and related equipment. More at
http://tinyurl.com/amtordersmay.
Announcements
Effective July 1, Dr. Lars Gruenert will serve as president and CEO of Trumpf Inc. (Farmington, CT). He suc- ceeds Rolf Biekert. In this position, Dr. Gruenert will be responsible for all of the Trumpf subsidiaries and business operations in North America, including manufacturing, engineering, research
and development, customer service, technical training, prod- uct sales and applications.
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machin-
ing (NCDMM) and AMT on July 1 opened the start of the sec- ond part of the MT Connect Challenge: Creating Manufactur- ing Intelligence. The competition closes Jan. 31, 2014. More details can be found at
MTConnect2.challenge.gov. More than $200,000 in prizes are slated to be awarded. MT Connect is
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