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North American machinery sales rise in first half of 2025
Plastics machinery sales in North America rose in the first half of the year. Figures from the Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment 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 associa- tion.
“It seems the plastics
industry had a better handle on trade and tariff challeng- es 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.
Injection moulding sales
were down 3.1% on the previous quarter, but up 5.4% from Q2 in 2024. There was a 49% increase in twin-screw extruder sales compared the first quarter, and a doubling (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, said the association.
On US plastics machinery
trade, imports fell nearly 8% compared to 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 manufac- turing, particularly as imports decline.” �
www.plasticsindustry.org
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