Orders of manufacturing technology surpassed $5.9 billion in 2021, marking the best year ever, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. December 2021 orders were just shy of the $600 million mark, a 6.5% decrease from November 2021 and a 33% increase over December 2020. August to December 2021 was the first five-month stretch of orders exceeding $500 million, which helped to end the year 55% above the 2020 annual total of $3.8 billion.
