November 2008 - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Va., and the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, Rockville, Md., reported U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $323.07 million in August, up 4 percent from July but down 11.5 percent from August 2007. The numbers and data provided for the report were based on reported data by companies participating in the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Consumption program.