As of June, 2012, U.S. manufacturing orders totaled a whopping $462.95 million according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This is great news in light of all of the doom and gloom of the economic news we have been experiencing. For more information, please visit http://www.thefabricator.com/news/industrytrendsanalysis/2012/08/13/manufacturing-technology-orders-up-88-percent-in-2012