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.
How’s Business: 3rd Quarter 2025, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines current business conditions for packaging and processing equipment suppliers using quarterly survey data from late 2024 through Q3 2025 . The analysis highlights evolving demand signals from new orders and quotation activity, shifting backlog patterns, and ongoing pressures tied to late payments and supply chain reliability. Emerging patterns indicate mixed but stabilizing operating conditions, with charts showing modest easing in disruptions and heightened sensitivity to tariff-driven cost changes. Broader manufacturing indicators such as PMI, CPI, and producer pricing trends provide context for member sentiment, offering a view into how macroeconomic dynamics may shape near-term planning. The report reveals how industry leaders are interpreting these signals to navigate a cooling yet resilient market environment.
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
Please wait for the login screen to load...
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.
