Q2 2025 How's Business
PMMI's How's Business, which gives members benchmarking data on new orders, quotations, late payments, backlog, and general business conditions.
How’s Business: 2nd Quarter 2025, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines near-term conditions shaping packaging and processing markets across mid-2024 through mid-2025 . The analysis highlights how new orders, quoting activity, late payments, backlog levels, and supply chain pressures are shifting amid geopolitical uncertainty and tariff-driven cost dynamics. Charts and trendlines indicate generally steady demand paired with softening growth rates, tightening cash-flow conditions, and re-emerging sourcing disruptions. Broader manufacturing indicators—including PMI readings, CPI and PPI movements, and a three-year U.S. macro outlook—provide comparative context for understanding where investment sentiment is stabilizing or slowing. The report reveals where machinery builders and CPGs are adapting to evolving market pressures and planning for the next phase of recovery.
Why read this report?
- See how packaging demand trends shape new-order activity
- Explore shifts in packaging machinery quoting and proposal cycles
- Identify trends in packaging supply-chain constraints and sourcing risk
- Assess how tariff policy influences packaging equipment cost structures
- Review packaging sector signals within key manufacturing indicators
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Published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in July 2025. Based on member survey data and economic indicator analysis collected across 2024–2025.
