The American Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association (PMMI) announced recently that they expect US packaging machinery sales in the United States to increase by 3% in 2006 and sales will reach 5.854 billion US dollars.
Since the economic downturn that took place in 2001, the demand for domestic packaging machinery has shown growth momentum for five consecutive years. The reasons for the continuous growth of sales are various, mainly due to the continuous growth of the U.S. economy, the company’s strong cash position, and the improvement in capacity utilization. In addition, manufacturers continue to strive to reduce costs and increase productivity through the expansion of automated packaging production lines and the use of high-tech equipment, these are another important reason for the continued growth of packaging machinery.
PMMI Chairman Charles D. Yuska said that the packaging machinery buying company realized the importance of adopting the latest technology. He also stated that regardless of the purpose of packaging machinery end users is to reduce maintenance costs, increase the speed of the production line or productivity, they are all obtained from PMMI member companies. New and innovative technology.