Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 11.8 percent, to $250.35 million, from their level in January.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were up 23.4 percent, to $192.8 million, from the August level.

Orders for metal cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were up 2.4 percent, to $220.1 million, the association said.

The association said orders for metal cutting machines, including lathes and boring mills, jumped 82 percent in May, to $144.8 million.

For the metal-cutting segment of the industry, which includes boring mills and lathes, orders were up 30.8 percent, to $246.3 million.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 1.8 percent, to $195.3 million, from their March level.

The West Germans are well known for their vertical boring mills.

The association report shows that new orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were down 11.1 percent in January, to $140.9 million.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, increased 29.1 percent from their level in December, to $224.9 million.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, including lathes and boring mills, fell 4.8 percent, to $97.2 million.