March U.S. machine-tool consumption totaled $272.34 million, according to the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA) and The Association For Manufac-turing Technology (AMT).
At $122.7 million, first quarter 2004 shipments of industrial laser equipment and systems for North America and U.S. exports were up approximately 40% from first quarter 2003.
MTS Systems Corp. and National Instruments have entered a long-term contractual agreement to deliver a low-cost framework for standardized noise and vibration testing.
In a project commissioned by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Positron Systems demonstrated that its Photon Induced Positron Annihilation and related technologies can measure the effectiveness of cold expansion techniques in metal alloys.