Despite the current economic gloom that is pervading the manufacturing sector, the UK machine industry is confident that it can ride out the storm as Mike Farish discovers. The UK machine tool industry enters 2009 against the same background of downturn and sector of the economy. Just before the end of last year the latest set of statistics produced by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) gave the first indications that the sector was beginning to contract. However, in many other respects the sector is one that looks well-set to cope with the effects of recession.
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