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The purchase of CNC machine tools in the US, such as sliding head CNC lathes and turning centres, has recorded a rise for the second straight month.

According to the United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption Report issued on Monday by the American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA), March sales of precision engineering equipment rose by 22.3 per cent in February.

The rise shows a trend which may be reflected around the world, with more industries looking to the sector as a solution to increasingly complex manufacturing jobs which require computer-aided construction.

President of the AMTDA Peter Borden said of the figures: "We are pleased that the monthly totals have continued to increase since the historic lows that we saw in January.

"This bounce may have been due to year-end inventory sales by some of the large importers, so the next quarter will tell us if we have, indeed, 'bottomed out' as we hope."

The AMTDA has represented the industry since 1925, with 250 machine tool distributors falling under its jurisdiction.

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