WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $667.47 million in September. That’s an increase of 40.7 percent from August 2012 and an increase of 13.4 percent from September 2011, according to the AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technology.
CHICAGO—Spending on capital projects has recovered from the 2008-09 recession, totaling $11 trillion annually, according to a new report from consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
The product has been designed, the assembly process laid out and the appropriate technologies selected. Now all you have to do is pitch the project to the person who signs the checks.