The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), the leading global packaging industry resource and trade association, says the U.S. domestic demand for packaging machinery is projected to level off in 2007 to an estimated value of $6.27 billion. PMMI’s U.S. Packaging Machinery Purchasing Plans Study provided the data, represents the ...

Between January and November 2006, United States exports of packaging machinery increased 7 percent totaling $783 million compared to the same timetable in 2005. Packaging machinery imports have increased by 6 percent both according to the U.S. Census and reported by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturer’s Institute (PMMI), reflecting the overall ...