PMMI White Paper: Multiple Trends Impact EoL Machinery Market Growth End of Line (EoL) machinery accounts for nearly 47 per- cent of the U.S. packaging machinery market with steady growth forecast through 2026, according to the newly released 2021 End-of-Line Equipment Purchasing Trends and Design Insights white paper produced by PMMI Busi- ness Intelligence, a division of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Trends such as sustainability, supply chain visibility, SKU expansion and labor shortages all contribute to the increased demand for EoL equipment. Driven by consumer demands for more eco-friendly products and manufacturers’ goals to cut costs by reduc- ing material and energy usage, sustainability has become one of the most consequential trends—up and down the production line—in the packaging industry. This is true for EoL equipment as well, where specific sustainability trends such as lightweighting, the use of recycled materials and the general reduction in machine energy usage are driving innovations in EoL machinery. “End of line machinery makes up just under half of all packaging machinery purchases, making it inevitable that sustainability would find its way into EoL design and pur- chasing trends,” said Jorge Izquierdo, VP Market Develop- ment, PMMI. “The increased use of recycled or plant-based materials alone requires modifications to EoL machines to increase tolerance in handling and inspection.” Another key trend affecting the EoL packaging space highlighted in the PMMI white paper is the need for prod- uct visibility in the supply chain. While consumers drive this for primary packaging, in the EoL space it is spurred by a combination of regulations, retailer requests and manufacturer logistics. These three primary forces push manufacturers to expand their labeling on EoL packaging configurations to track their products more efficiently and accurately through the supply chain. One of the most dominant developments across CPG industries is the ever-expanding number of SKUs now be- ing produced by manufacturers. While this trend was par- tially disrupted in select industries in 2020 by COVID-19, with some major manufacturers strategically trimming SKU counts to focus on the growing demand for certain prod- uct segments, this interruption is expected to be short- term. As supply chain challenges continue to abate in the coming year, SKU expansion will pick back up. There are numerous factors driving this increase in SKU count – customized products, expansion of shape/ size choices, diversification of distributed channels, grow- ing packaging material options for single products – but the result is the same for manufacturers: they are produc- ing more products in a wider array of packaging formats. To accommodate these production strains, manufacturers seek a new breed of EoL machinery that is highly flexible CONTINUED ON PAGE 34
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Leading manufacturer and installer of quality retrofits, up- grades and replacement parts for S&S and Prime Flexo Folder Gluers. Specialists in reconditioning of S&S Flexo Folder Gluers, including ink, air and electrical systems.
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Corrugated Replacements, Inc. is a production powerhouse that manufactures high quality machine parts and replace- ment parts for the corrugated and paperboard converting industries. CRI can redesign, engineer, and manufacture any part while providing a rapid turn-around rate, keeping machines running at their peak performance and limiting down time.
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