State of the Industry 2025
The State of the Industry Report, formerly the U.S. Packaging Machinery Shipments Study, establishes and maintains a reliable machinery shipment statistics that are incorporated into an in-depth report on the packaging machinery industry. This in-depth report on the status of the packaging machinery industry contains the most up-to-date statistics, estimates, and analysis available on the U.S. and Canadian packaging machinery industries. This year’s edition also introduces forecasts for parts and services, along with a comprehensive view of 2024 imports and exports.
2025 State of the Industry Report (PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, 2025) analyzes current performance and near-term outlook for North American packaging machinery. Drawing on late-2024 to 2025 market modeling, OEM interviews, and secondary data benchmarked to the prior edition, it examines sector dynamics across food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and chemicals, with charts highlighting end-of-line automation momentum, inspection adoption, and aftermarket expansion amid workforce constraints, material transitions, and tariff-driven uncertainty. Equipment coverage spans conveying, cartoning, palletizing, F/F/S, coding, and tray systems, with comparative views to 2030 that reflect updated economic assumptions and policy risk. See where packaging teams are recalibrating investments—from materials to machinery to services—to maintain resilience through policy volatility.
Why read this report?
- Analyze packaging machinery shifts under tariff uncertainty
- Explore workforce impacts on packaging automation strategies
- Compare sustainability material choices reshaping packaging lines
- Identify inspection and big-data adoption in packaging operations
- Track parts and services growth across installed packaging bases
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Published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in August 2025. Based on 2024–2025 market data, OEM interviews, and secondary analysis from Interact Analysis.
