U.S. maintains lead in global packaging machinery market

摘要

North American manufacturers accounted for 20% of the $31 billion of packaging machinery sold globally in 2006. Sales of North American-based packaging machinery reached $6.11 billion that year, with annual growth forecast at 3.1 % through 2009, reaching $6,689 billion.rnThese figures are according to research from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute.rnA weaker U.S. dollar abroad was expected to further boost U.S. machinery exports, which reached $707 million from October 2006 through October 2007 and were expected to top $1 billion in 2007. PMMI will issue the 2008 Packaging Trends Report during interpack, April 24-30, in Duesseldorf, Germany.