• Korea also leading the pack, but Germany falters
• Rubber and plastics machinery sector gains new significance in the light of the pandemic
• Semiconductors and electronics machinery sector emerges virtually unscathed
December orders of manufacturing technology totaled $456.7 million, nearly a 40% increase from November 2020 and a 17.6% increase over December 2019, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology.