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ISM: Manufacturing Shrinks (CONT’D FROM PAGE 6)
Board Converting NEWS INTERNET DIRECTORY
“The coronavirus pandemic and global energy market weakness continue to impact all manufacturing sectors for the second straight month. Among the six big industry sectors, Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products remains the strongest. Transportation Equipment and Fabricated Met- al Products are the weakest of the big six sectors,” says Fiore. Of the 18 manufacturing industries, the two that report- ed growth in April are: Paper Products; and Food, Bever- age & Tobacco Products. The 15 industries reporting con- traction in April, in order, are: Printing & Related Support Activities; Furniture & Related Products; Transportation Equipment; Textile Mills; Fabricated Metal Products; Non- metallic Mineral Products; Machinery; Plastics & Rubber Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Compo- nents; Petroleum & Coal Products; Wood Products; Miscel- laneous Manufacturing; Computer & Electronic Products; Primary Metals; and Chemical Products. Respondents Comments • “Thirty-percent decrease for April due to COVID-19 im- pact on both customers and suppliers.” (Computer & Electronic Products) • “Production stopped, other than to make hand sanitizer for those in need.” (Chemical Products) • “COVID-19 has created a wave of activities, including vendors closing, vendors focusing only on the medical industry, employees not coming to work, delayed ship- ments from overseas.” (Transportation Equipment) • “The food processing B2B space remains steady. We are weathering the storm. There is a fortunate in- creased need for packaged foods. Softening is show- ing through in some products that find their way into food service and lodging.” (Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products) • “Our refinery is losing money making gasoline due to the falling demand.” (Petroleum & Coal Products) • “We supply the construction industry in various ways, where the slowdown has been a bit slower than most industries. It is, however; beginning to impact our busi- ness, and we see more challenges on the horizon.” (Fabricated Metal Products) • “The company I work for manufactures personal pro- tective equipment [PPE], specifically N95 masks, face shields, as well as selling protective clothing and hand protection. In the area of PPE, our backlog has spiked to numbers we have never seen. While no doubt some of the backorders will be canceled, many of the orders are longer term commitments from [the] U.S. govern- ment.” (Apparel, Leather & Allied Products) • “Our packaging business is starting to see signs of a slowdown in May after two strong months into COVID-19.” (Paper Products) • “Dealing with the effects of coronavirus and having 65 percent of our operations down.” (Furniture & Related Products)
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