MTS Journal

A special note from the Editor of ASA’s MTS Journal.

News from ASA’s Machinery and Technical Specialties Committee.

Important information and updates from MTS Discipline Governors.

This article will address the current state of the machine tool market for the U.S. and worldwide.

Insights into conditions within the crane market.

The liquidity crisis appears to be easing. The pricing levels for most types of used industrial machinery are getting stronger. The printing industry is the exception.

California Air Resources Board Diesel Regulations insights.

Appraisers are required to conform to standards set out in USPAP. They must consider 3 approaches to value when preparing appraisals (market, cost and income approach). Conspicuous by its absence is the Assn of American railroads Rule 107 approach.

How does change in the payment system under the 2010 Healthcare Reform impact the owner, future buyers, and the appraiser regarding diagnostic imaging equipment?

The Life of a Ship from planning the build, the construction and the use and life of the vessel.

While not every equipment leasing transaction requires an appraisal, a substantial number of them do, either at the beginning, the middle or the end of the lease term.

This article discusses the use of the inutility model to adjust cost indicators for external obsolescence caused mainly by market forces.

Economic obsolescence (“EO”) is an often overlooked form of depreciation, though investigating and analyzing EO is an essential process required for the valuation of property, especially complex properties.