Manufacturing Technology Orders climbed 10.5 percent year over year in April 2018, with orders

for the year up 22.2 percent when compared to the same point in 2017 according to the latest

U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing

Technology. Overall orders totaled $392.97 million in April, down 22.6 percent compared to

an exceptionally strong March total. April orders were the second-strongest month for the year

after March.