Don’t let media doom and gloomers make you think manufacturing growth and excellence in the U.S. is a thing of the past.  Hardly!

For one thing, new reports show manufacturing  technology consumption is up 62% in 2010 compared to the same time period in 2009.  That’s including a typical summer slowdown.  FYI, “manufacturing technology consumption” is just a fancy term that actually means the purchase of new machine tools and related equipment.  Manufacturers don’t invest in that much new equipment if they aren’t feeling positive about the future!