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Machinery sales up in first half of 2025
Primary plastics machinery sales, North America Source: CES
Plastics machinery sales in North America rose in the first half of the year. Figures from the Plastics Industry
Association’s Committee on Equip- ment Statistics (CES) show total sales of around US$505 million for the period – more than 3% ahead of the same period last year.
“Shipments stopped falling in the second quarter – and increased by 3.5% in the first half of the year,” said Perc Pineda, chief economist at the association. “It seems the plastics industry had a better handle on trade and tariff challenges across the value chain in the second quarter com- pared to the first.”
Sales value in Q2 was around US$254m – up 0.7% from both the previous quarter and the same period in 2024. This was driven by a 49% increase in twin-screw extruder sales com- pared the first quarter, and a dou- bling (up 115%) from the Q2 of 2024. In contrast, single-screw extruder sales fell 11% on the previous quarter, but rose 6.5% year-on-year. Injection moulding sales were down 3.1% on the previous quarter, but up 5.4% from Q2 in 2024.
On US plastics machinery trade, imports fell nearly 8% compared to
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Q1 but rose nearly 2% compared to the same period last year. Total exports rose 0.4% from Q1 but fell by more than 4% year-on-year. In the second-quarter survey of CES members, 58% of respondents expected market conditions to remain steady or improve over the next 12 months – down from 62% in the previous quarter. However, the share reporting that quoting activity held steady or improved rose from 65% to 76%. “The advance estimate of US real GDP showed a 3% increase in the second quarter,” said Pineda. “The broad-based increase in household spending – across durable and non-durable goods and services – also points to room for growth in plastics manufacturing, particularly as imports decline.” n The association says its Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA) has seen users of its Plastic Film Recycling Directory top 112,000 unique users since its launch in mid-January. The interactive tool helps US residents find nearby drop-off locations for recycling plastic film. It lists more than 20,000 drop-off locations listed across all 50 states and Puerto Rico. �
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