Industry Reports
Quantifiable outlook of specific markets or trends as it pertains to the packaging and processing industry.
2017 Evolution of Automation Report
2017 The Evolution of Automation, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines automation advancements across food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors using industry interviews and multi‑year market data while benchmarking adoption and integration patterns. The analysis indicates three focus areas: workforce and knowledge capture—training, documentation, and intuitive HMIs; digital transformation—data acquisition, IIoT/edge-to-cloud analytics, cybersecurity, and evolving standards; and machine integration and design—retrofits versus new purchases, modular flexible equipment, and robotics-enabled changeover. Emerging patterns show gradual, uneven adoption across company size and legacy assets, and charts highlight gaps in data utilization. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
The PMMI 2017 Evolution of Automation Report presents the automation challenges, opportunities, advantages and solutions from interviews with end users, OEMs and technology suppliers. Their collective voice provides insight into powerful resources such as real-time data collection, edge computing and cloud analytics that are now all possible through the expansion of automation technology. Download the Executive Summary today.
2017 Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries
The Top 5 Forces Shaping the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries in 2017 and Beyond, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines industry shifts since 2016 using survey and interview-based data to benchmark trends across pharmaceutical, medical device, and contract manufacturers. The analysis indicates five focus areas—regulatory compliance and traceability paired with automation, production flexibility and personalization, contract services and modular capacity, and cross-industry convergence driving product innovation—that tend to shape equipment and integration decisions. Charts highlight comparative patterns and emerging operational priorities, and findings generally show manufacturers moving toward integrated digital systems and flexible machine designs. Discover where manufacturers are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Top to Top Summit 2017 Report
PMMI Top to Top Summit Report 2017, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines production operations challenges and CPG–OEM collaboration using breakout-session findings from the April 23–25, 2017 summit, participant workshop notes and OpX Leadership Network work products. The analysis indicates evolving pressures from e-commerce and SKU proliferation, organized into focus areas such as channel-driven packaging and distribution, workforce development and knowledge capture, and innovation adoption including automation, IIoT and remote access, with benchmarks and cross-company comparisons providing context. Charts highlight recurring operational trade-offs and early adopter patterns, and the report reveals where engineering and operations teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
2017 Vision 2025: ProFood Tech
Vision 2025 Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines insights from April 2017 ProFood Tech focus groups and interviews with nearly thirty CPG operations leaders to benchmark how manufacturers and OEMs are navigating changing consumer demands. The analysis indicates focus areas including planning and process such as front‑end loading, stage‑gate planning and consumer focus groups; equipment and supplier relations such as modular, flexible lines and supplier performance agreements; and organizational effectiveness and workforce development including cross‑functional platforms and skills capture, plus regulatory pressures such as FSMA and audit intensity. Charts highlight emerging patterns and comparative trends across company sizes and supply‑chain roles. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen resilience.
2017 Trends Shaping Meat - Poultry - Seafood
2017 Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Market Segment Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines operational and equipment priorities across fresh, frozen, deli and ready-to-eat categories using dozens of industry interviews and public industry data through 2016. The analysis indicates four focus areas: automation and equipment modernization such as robotics and end-of-line systems; sanitation and hygienic design including IP69K washdown and improved clean-in-place practices; packaging and shelf-life technology such as MAP, vacuum and emerging HPP; and performance strategies including OEE/TCO, predictive maintenance and remote diagnostics. Charts highlight market shifts and capital-spending benchmarks that frame near-term decisions. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
The PMMI 2017 Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Market Segment Report focuses on the operational changes and future equipment needs in the processing and packaging of meat, poultry, and seafood products.
Categories represented include fresh, frozen, canned, deli, ready- to-eat (RTE), individual quick frozen (IQF), and preserved.
The report analyzes intelligence from the experiences and opinions of professionals in manufacturing, operations, engineering, maintenance, processing, packaging, senior management, and procurement.
Vision 2020 Report 2016
Vision 2020 Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines industry trends collected from PACK EXPO International focus groups held November 6–9, 2016 and benchmarks them against the 2015 baseline to map short‑term shifts and emerging priorities. The analysis identifies core focus areas—workforce development and retention, knowledge capture and training; digital adoption and data integrity (from IIoT and serialization to analytics); and collaboration with OEMs for flexible, rapid‑changeover equipment and distribution resilience—which charts highlight across CPG, contract and pharmaceutical segments. Emerging patterns indicate tradeoffs between internal capacity and external partnerships and generally show greater investment interest in automation and sustainability. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
2017 Trends in Food Processing Operations
2017 Trends in Food Processing Operations, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines evolving operational priorities across food processing by synthesizing interviews and public data sources from the 2012–2016 period and industry benchmarks. The analysis indicates converging focus areas — workforce development and retention, knowledge capture and documentation, and digital-tool adoption and IIoT-enabled process control — alongside equipment modernization and sanitary design. Emerging patterns show companies tending toward integrated procurement, modular equipment, and greater automation to improve uptime and changeover flexibility; charts highlight comparative segment dynamics and regulatory readiness. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
The next fifteen years might bring significant changes to food manufacturing and sourcing, such as shorter supply chains because of transportation expense, growth of local production, stronger competition for land use as food, fuel and fiber battle for space and benefits of microtechnology and nanotechnology for more sustainable production of food and improved taste. Many of these changes can be attributed to a changing consumer landscape, for example a growing middle class – expected to double by 2030, with Asia as a significant consumer of value-added nutritional food, changing consumer habits, such as on-the-go eating and clean labels, with 37% of U.S. consumers finding it important to understand ingredients on food labels.
Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices: Trends and Opportunities
2016 Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices: Trends and Opportunities in Packaging Operations, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines market dynamics and operational priorities across pharmaceutical, medical device and contract service sectors using interviews and public industry data through late 2016. The analysis indicates regulatory compliance and traceability, equipment modernization and automation, contract services and reshoring, and packaging innovation tied to patient compliance are primary focus areas; workforce development and retention pair with knowledge capture and digital-tool adoption as cross-cutting concerns. Emerging patterns show firms favor modular, IIoT-ready equipment and layered anti-counterfeit approaches, and charts highlight shifts in sourcing and capital priorities. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Faced with the regulatory challenges of Serialization and Unique Device Identification (UDI) and pressure to produce at low cost, healthcare manufacturers are looking at new equipment to replace outdated production lines. Nearly half of healthcare manufacturers interviewed continue to replace legacy equipment and buy new equipment while two-thirds of participating companies predict spending more on capital equipment in the next 12–24 months. In this latest Business Intelligence report, sixty industry professionals from pharmaceutical, medical devices and contract service companies share their experiences in complying with tracking regulations, operational challenges and their future equipment needs.
Brand Protection and Product Traceability 2016
Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in August 2016, examines evolving track-and-trace strategies across food, beverage and pharmaceutical supply chains based on industry interviews and secondary research with a five-year outlook. Focus areas include marking and coding technologies such as barcodes, inkjet and laser plus RFID and smart labels; supply-chain integrity from incoming ingredients to pallet transport and distribution centers; and data standards like serialization and GS1-aligned, centralized repositories. The analysis indicates manufacturers tend to layer overt and covert measures and charts highlight growing adoption of vision systems and cloud-enabled integration. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
2016 Food Safety and Modernization Act Update Report
2016 Food Safety Modernization Act Update Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in August 2016, examines industry readiness and the evolving impact of FSMA based on interviews with 47 food‑industry professionals. The analysis indicates implementation is varied and likely to evolve, with focus areas on regulatory readiness and documentation; equipment sanitation and maintainability including easy‑disassemble designs and sanitary surfaces; data, diagnostics and reporting such as real‑time sensors and machine‑downtime archives; and advisory needs spanning training, supplier verification and OEM consulting. Charts highlight comparative context against standards and compliance timelines, while emerging patterns show where risk reduction and service opportunities converge. The report reveals where food companies and OEMs are prioritizing investments to strengthen resilience.
Trends in Packaging and Processing Operations 2015
2015 State of the Industry: US Packaging Machinery Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines US packaging trends using supplier-reported data with a 2014 base year and forecasts through 2019. The analysis indicates three focus areas: workforce resilience and usability, including development, knowledge capture and operator interfaces such as touchscreens and remote maintenance; automation and digital adoption, encompassing smart manufacturing, asset monitoring and predictive maintenance; and sustainable, flexible production strategies from recycled materials to pouch formats and modular lines that balance ROI and upgradability. Emerging patterns show regulatory and retailer pressures shaping investments, and charts highlight benchmark comparisons across sectors and regions. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen resilience.
Top To Top Summit 2016 Report
The Future of Collaboration: Approaches for Getting There, a 2016 Top to Top Summit Report published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines collaboration challenges and opportunities discussed at the Feb. 28–March 1, 2016 summit, drawing on 2015 Vision 2020 findings and breakout sessions. The analysis indicates three focus areas—workforce development and retention emphasizing training, certification and knowledge capture; changeover agility and multifunctional equipment, including modular design, SMED and improved HMI; and capital‑spend alignment via Total Cost of Ownership and shared KPIs—where participant feedback generally shows converging priorities; charts highlight patterns and examples such as remote monitoring and app-like HMIs. The report reveals where CPG and OEM leaders are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
2016 Food Packaging Trends and Advances
Food Packaging Trends & Advances, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines U.S. and international packaging and processing dynamics across a 2012–2022 horizon using primary interviews and industry research to benchmark performance and adoption patterns. The analysis indicates several focus areas—workforce development and automation, such as skills gaps and robotics adoption; materials and sustainability, including migration to flexible films and clear, recyclable formats; equipment investment and ROI, from modular retrofits to faster changeovers; and regulations and traceability, including sanitation practices and FSMA-driven documentation—which generally show tradeoffs between cost, speed and safety. Charts highlight adoption patterns and comparative market shifts, including stand-up pouches and transparent packaging. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery
Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines market dynamics and 2014–2019 forecasts using PMMI and IHS industry data to benchmark regional variances and machine-group performance. The analysis indicates several focus areas—sustainability and flexible‑packaging adoption; buyer power and private‑label/retailer-driven SKU proliferation; workforce considerations, ease‑of‑use and automation; and legislation-driven traceability and serialization—grouping technology, process and regulatory drivers. Emerging patterns show faster growth in certain regions and shifts toward filling, form‑fill‑seal and labelling solutions, and charts highlight comparative sector and machine‑group trends. The report reveals where manufacturers are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the Global Trends Impacting the Market for Packaging Machinery Whitepaper provides you with an indicator of the global market for packaging machinery.
Discover the major factors and trends impacting growth and regional variances of the global packaging machinery market and other insights when you download this report.
2016 Dairy Market Assessment
2016 Dairy Market Trends in Packaging and Processing Operations, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines industry developments through a 2016 assessment combining primary interviews, Euromonitor and USDA data and regional benchmarks. The analysis identifies three focus areas—product innovation and consumer preferences (artisanal, organic and yogurt formats), packaging and materials strategy (shelf-stable aseptic options, flexible pouches and sustainable/transparent materials), and equipment & operations (automation, hygienic design, flexibility and analytics to support shorter runs and traceability). Emerging patterns indicate firms tend to prioritize retrofit over full replacement and to seek OEM collaboration; charts highlight regional variation. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
The dairy market has particular growth potential for processors who are willing to adapt to the changing consumer market and reap the benefits of
these opportunities, both domestic and global. In the 2016 Dairy Market Assessment Executive Summary, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, provides an overview of findings from 75 food industry professionals, including food company
packaging and processing engineers, operations and marketing personnel from both domestic and global CPG firms and food suppliers who have shared their views on the dairy industry and packaging trends.
