economics
Euro Crisis Hovers Over Medical Forecast
Our outlook for U.S. output of medical equipment and supplies in 2012 calls for a gain of 5%. This follows an expansion of just a little less than 5% in 2011.
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Outlook for Consumer Goods: Moderately Improve
Our forecast for total U.S. production of consumer goods calls for a gain of 3% in 2012 following a rise of just over 2% in 2011.
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Self-Cleaning Screen Changer Helps Recycle Dirty Scrap
Two different recyclers have discovered a way to process highly contaminated scrap without substantial losses in economy and productivity.
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Packaging Outlook: Moderate Growth in 2012
Our forecast for the U.S. market for plastics packaging in 2012 is positive, but the overall growth rate will be moderate by historical standards.
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Wood on Plastics: Flat to Modest Growth in Consumer Products
It is difficult to forecast the demand for most types of consumer products in the coming year without using the word 'slog.'
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Boost Performance, Speed, Economy with Servo-Controlled Welding
Ultrasonic welding is one of the most widely used processes for bonding polymers, valued for its speed, flexibility, and low cost.
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Wood On Plastics: Economic Pressures Shift Consumption Patterns
While the economy has been expanding for most of the past two years, it is far from clear that it has entered a 鈥渟elf-sustaining鈥 phase.
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Wood On Plastics: Packaging: Growth Leader in 2011
Each quarter, the SPI’s Committee on Equipment Statistics and Processors’ Council survey their respective members and ask them to forecast future growth for the major end-markets for plastics.
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K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy
The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.
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Your Business Outlook - September 2002
The state of the economy has little effect on the market for dry-food packaging.
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