Tariffs Quickie Survey, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines how member companies are responding to tariff-driven cost pressures based on a January 2019 quick survey of 72 respondents and comparative year-over-year signals from 2018. Focus areas include pricing and commercial responses such as passing costs to customers and adding surcharges, sourcing and supplier strategies including renegotiation and alternative vendors, and operational adjustments from inventory planning to design changes and production shifts; the analysis indicates impacts concentrate on materials such as aluminum, steel, and electrical products and charts highlight common mitigation patterns. The report reveals which mitigation strategies companies are prioritizing and where residual vulnerabilities persist; download the full report to explore the detailed benchmarks.
Published by PMMI in January 2019. Based on a January 2019 quick survey of 72 PMMI member companies (72 of ~854 invited, ~12% response), using structured questionnaire data and open‑ended responses.
