Additive Manufacturing

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July’s Index—45.9
Plants with 50-99 employees expand for eighth straight month.

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May’s Index: 52.1
Large and mid-sized processors doing particularly well.

March 2016 Index: 52.8
Processing business index registers growth for first time in 10 months.

February’s Index—49.6
Processing market at highest level since last April.

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December’s Index: 43.6
Mid-size plants expand for fourth month out of five. And compared with one year ago, capital spending plans are up 32%.

November 2015—44.3
Processors plan to invest in capital equipment as smaller processors are doing better.

Large & Medium-Sized Plants Expand
Smaller operations might be struggling, but the heart of the industry is growing.