2021 Guidance in an Uncertain Economy — Consumers, CPGs, Economy, and Growth 2022–2025, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines market and macroeconomic trajectories from late‑2021 through 2025 using ITR Economics and public leading indicators. Analysis indicates decelerating demand growth and easing commodity pressure, while charts highlight sector-level resilience across segments including paperboard and plastics, and regional variation from North America to Europe. Key focus areas group workforce development, knowledge capture and digital-tool adoption; supply-chain resilience, commodity and paperboard price dynamics; and capital allocation, interest-rate and rates-of-change planning. Emerging patterns show firms tend to accelerate automation and prioritize predictive maintenance. The report reveals where packaging and processing leaders are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI (authors Jorge Izquierdo and Paula Feldman; analysis by ITR Economics) in December 2021. Based on national and industry time‑series economic and production data from federal agencies and industry databases (FRB, BEA, BLS, U.S. Census, OECD, JP Morgan, EIA) and ITR Economics proprietary datasets collected through 2021, analyzed via secondary analysis and ITR’s rate‑of‑change and leading‑indicator forecasting models.
