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Useful data to gauge the direction of the market's planned spending and factors that will influence trends in the packaging and processing industry.

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ITR Economics Report

ITR Economics’ knowledge and accuracy lays the foundation of the information shared in this report, providing the best economic intelligence to reduce risk and drive practical and profitable business decisions for your company. The report explores the economy and growth for the next three years, and how it could impact the packaging and processing industry.

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State of the Industry

The State of the Industry provides are liable base of machinery shipment statistics that are incorporated into an in-depth report on the packaging machinery industry. The report contains the most up-to-date statistics, estimates, and analyses available on the U.S. packaging machinery industries. Most importantly, the project is structured to define the size of the total market by machinery category.

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How's Business

PMMI’s quarterly How's Business report, gives members benchmarking data on new orders, quotations, and general business conditions. The report contains several indexes that give the current state of manufacturing, including the ISM Report on Business, the Consumer Price Index, and the Producer Price Index. Together, these give members our most up-to-date information on how the industry is doing right now.

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1st Quarter 2016 Quarterly Economic Outlook

December 16, 2015

Quarterly Economic Outlook — Planning for 1st Quarter 2016, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines near-term macroeconomic and sectoral trends using ITR Economics industry production indexes, leading indicators and order data across North America, Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, providing benchmark context. The analysis indicates slowing but uneven growth across consumer, chemical and durable-goods segments and highlights focus areas including demand and regional production dynamics (from US consumer-led activity to China-linked export pressure), input-cost and commodity impacts on margins, and preparedness spanning inventory, capital allocation and distribution. Charts highlight cyclical-phase comparisons and emerging patterns that tend to favor investment. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.

This macro-economic report, created specifically by the ITR Economics for PMMI in support of the packaging industry, analyzes data from the most significant market sectors PMMI members serve. Each section provides an overall outlook, estimated annual growth rates, a detailed analysis for what is expected over the next quarter, and tips for PMMI member companies to respond.
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