(AMT: McLean, VA ) -- December 2009 U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $219.60 million, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association (AMTDA). This total, as reported by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption (USMTC) program, was up 22.9 percent from November 2009 but down 5.7 percent from the total of $232.93 million reported for December 2008. With a year-to-date total of $1,771.91 million, 2009 is down 60.4 percent compared with 2008.

These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals of actual data reported by companies participating in the USMTC program.

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