U.S. Manufacturing Had a Banner Year in 2018, But Will That Trend Continue?

Manufacturing technology orders increased by 19 percent in 2018, in spite of a moderate slump to end the year. (Image courtesy of AMT.) December was an uninspiring month for American manufacturing technology. The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) recently released order volume data for the final month of the year, finding that total orders came in modestly lower year-over-year. A slow close, however, wasn’t enough to offset the bigger picture of 2018. Now that the numbers for…


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