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The new 5ME company has management operations in Cincinnati, where it is headquartered, and Detroit. Detroit is also home to 5ME’s 40,000 ft2


(3716 m2 )


technology center, showcasing its breakthrough capabilities in cryogenic machining, tooling/fixturing, process development, asset monitoring and enterprise software, as well as embedded assistance.


US Manufacturing: Third Month of Expansion


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conomic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August for the third consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 51st consecutive month, according to the Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. The PMI registered 55.7% in August, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over July and the highest reading of the year, according to the Sept. 3 report from the Institute for


PMI™


New Orders Production Employment


Supplier Deliveries Inventories


Prices


55.7 55.4 63.2 58.3 62.4 65.0 53.3 54.4 52.3 52.1 47.5 47.0


Customers’ Inventories 42.5 47.5 54.0 49.0 46.5 45.0 55.5 53.5 58.0 57.5


Backlog of Orders Exports Imports


+0.3 +4.9 -2.6 -1.1 +0.2 +0.5 -5.0 +5.0 +1.5 +2.0 +0.5


OVERALL ECONOMY Manufacturing Sector


Growing Growing Growing Growing Slowing


Contracting Too Low


Increasing Contracting Growing Growing Growing Growing


Index


Series Index Aug


Series Index Jul


Percentage Point Change


Longer-Term Direction


Galvanizing is Thinking Big Picture. Preserve Your Project Before It’s Even Built.


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