At $58.3 million for Q3 2010, shipments of workholding equipment were up 47.1% from Q3 2009 according to the Advanced Workholding Technology (AWT) Group of AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Workholding equipment shipments within the United States by the 38 companies participating in the AWT statistical report totaled $48.6 million while exports amounted to $9.7 million.
The report from the AWT shows that domestic workholding equipment shipments increased 5.2% and U.S. exports increased 16.8% from second quarter 2010. The Midwest increased 0.4% from second quarter 2010 and remained the largest domestic destination with 40.9% of total domestic shipments. Growth in the Central region was 0.4%, remaining the second largest share of domestic shipments, with 18.8% domestic share. Shipments to the Northeast fell by 0.4%, remaining the third largest domestic market with 16.0% of domestic shipments in the third quarter. The South had 14.0% of third quarter 2010 domestic shipments, an increase of 0.2% from the previous quarter. The West remained the smallest domestic market again and decreased by 0.6% from the second quarter leaving it with 10.4% share. Additionally, second quarter 2010 employment levels were up 1.6% from second quarter 2010 and increased by 4.7% when compared to the third quarter of 2009.