The PMPA Business Trends Report 2012 Year End Review and Summary is completed and posted on our website here

Despite a great start for sales in the industry at the beginning of the year, the special causes of the uncertainty leading up to the election and the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ took the wind out of our sails sales, resulting in 2012 sales index barely equalling that of 2011.

Bummer dude. Too bad about that election and fiscal cliff stuff...
Bummer dude. Too bad about that election and fiscal cliff stuff…

For a host of specifics, and our outlook for important precision machining markets in 2013, please see our report.