According to the statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES),shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America increased in the second quarter.

The 2022 Size & Impact Report is now available.  Members may download the free of charge, as a benefit of PLASTICS membership. 

This year’s Size & Impact Report – PLASTICS’ annual flagship analysis of the plastics industry’s contribution to the US economy, providing an outlook for the industry, and delivering numerical forecasts for employment and shipments will be released during a special Executive Briefing. 

Monthly mold trade data for June is now available on the PLASTICS data page. Mold for plastics exports increased 12.8% in June from a year earlier and imports decreased by 0.2% over the same period.

In just a few days, PLASTICS Perc Pineda will be unveiling Plastics Quarterly Forecast! Keep an eye out for the annual Global Trends Report coming out in just a couple of weeks on October 20th.