Indicators for sales lead times employment and profitability all positive for Q1 2016 for precision machining industry

: Underwhelming and underperforming, but we did eke out almost a percent of growth last year. PMPA’s Index of Sales of Precision Machined Products finished at 121 for the year, virtually the same as last year’s 120, under- performing the sluggish growth of manufacturing sector (2%) the year.  The Index of Sales for the month…