Q3 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.
PMMI’s How’s Business Q3 2025 report analyzes manufacturing trends in the packaging and processing industry. The report tracks movements in new orders, quotations and proposal activity, late payments, backlog, and supply chain disruptions, with commentary on tariff impacts from a member quick survey. It also situates performance within the broader economic outlook, summarizing ISM PMI signals, CPI and PPI dynamics, and a three year U.S. outlook for demand and capital spending. Findings point to continued activity with moderating momentum, easing disruption pressures, and widespread tariff effects. Download the full report to benchmark results and plan for 2026 with data driven insight.
Why read this report?
- Timely insights on Q3 manufacturing trends
- Learn tariff impacts and strategies to protect margins
- Benchmark your business with exclusive PMMI industry data
- Detect supply-chain disruptions and plan next-quarter actions
- Forecast outlook and prepare for 2026–2027 market shifts
View PMMI’s member-exclusive How’s Business dashboard to analyze 20 years of packaging machinery data, track key industry trends, and explore insights tailored for your business.
View PMMI’s member-exclusive State of the Industry Dashboard to interact with packaging machinery forecasts and analyze shipment values by machine type and industry.
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