October U machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $529 million.

October U machine tool consumption totaled an estimated $529 million, according to AMT -- The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association. This was up 39% compared to the revised estimate of $509 million for September and up 25% compared to the estimated $516 million total for October 1998 With the year-to-date total comput at $47 billion, 1999 remains down 30% compared to the same period in 1998 These statistics are comput from reports submitted at companies participating in the United States Machine Tool

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