How’s Business, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in April 2023, examines industry operating conditions across February 2023 and recent months using PMMI member survey data alongside public indicators such as the ISM PMI, CPI and PPI and forward-looking outlooks. Focus areas include market activity and order flow (new orders and quotations), operational constraints and lead times, financial pressures including late payments and backlog, and supply-chain disruption and resilience. The analysis indicates activity generally hovers near expansion midpoints, emerging patterns show easing lead times but persistent segment-level disruption, and charts highlight cross‑segment divergence. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
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Published by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in April 2023. Based on PMMI member How's Business surveys and secondary analysis of ISM, BLS (CPI/PPI), and industry outlook data from November 2022–February 2023.
