April 2018 Quarterly Business Indicator, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines market signals and investment intentions across CPG and packaging machinery sectors using OEM and end‑user survey responses, macroeconomic indicators and leading economic indexes through Q1 2018. Focus areas include capital investment planning and pacing, capacity utilization and production constraints, and digital resilience—grouping workforce development and retention, knowledge capture, and technology adoption. The analysis indicates industries tend to prioritize flexibility while benchmarking investments against diffusion indexes; charts highlight alignment and divergence between OEM orders and end‑user expectations, including durable goods orders and PMI trends. Download the full report to see where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in April 2018. Based on OEM and end-user surveys (126 OEMs; 114 end users) and secondary analysis of economic indicators from BEA, BLS, ISM, the Conference Board, ITR Economics and economy.com collected in Q1 2018 (through March 2018).
