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Orders Index expanded for the eighth consecutive month after four straight readings in contraction, registering 53.7 percent, down 3 percentage points compared to July’s fig- ure of 56.7 percent. “The August reading of the Production Index (58.3 per- cent) is 0.2 percentage point lower than the 58.5 percent recorded in July. The Prices Index remained in expansion (or ‘increasing’ territory), registering 71.1 percent, the same reading as July. The Backlog of Orders Index registered 51.8 percent, down 3.2 percentage points compared to the 55 percent recorded in July. The Employment Index reading of 51.2 percent is down 1.6 percentage points from July’s figure of 52.8 percent.” Spence continues, “In August, U.S. manufacturing ac- tivity remained in expansion territory, though it has lost ground in a number of key measures — namely, the New Orders, Backlog and Imports indexes. Of the five subin- dexes that make up the PMI®, the only one that grew faster than last month was Supplier Deliveries (up 0.4 percent), indicating a continuing slowdown of the supply chain. “In August, three of four demand indicators (the New Orders, Backlog of Orders and New Export Orders index- es) remained in expansion, and the Customers’ Inventories Index remained in ‘too low’ territory, contracting at a slow- er rate. A ‘too low’ status for the Customers’ Inventories Index is usually considered positive for future production. “Regarding output, the Production Index expanded for the 10th month in a row (though at a slower pace) with the positive-to-negative comment ratio dropping in August (2.2 positive comments for every negative one, versus a 3.3-to- 1 ratio in July). The Employment Index remained in expan- sion but lost 1.6 percentage points. The positive-to-nega- tive comments ratio on Employment also dropped (1.3-to-1, compared to 1.5-to-1 the previous month). “Finally, inputs (defined as supplier deliveries, inven- tories, prices and imports) were mixed, with the Supplier Deliveries Index increasing another 0.4 percentage point, the Inventories Index declining 0.6 percentage point but staying in expansion, and Prices Index repeating its July reading of 71.1 percent, and the Imports Index losing 3.2 percentage points, to 52.5 percent versus 55.7 percent in July. “Looking at the manufacturing economy, 22 percent of the sector’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in August, compared to 20 percent in July, and 2 percent of manufacturing GDP was in strong contraction (defined as a composite PMI® of 45 percent or lower), compared to zero percent in July. “The share of sector GDP with a PMI® at or below 45 percent is a good metric to gauge overall manufacturing weakness. “Of the six largest manufacturing industries, five (Trans- portation Equipment; Petroleum & Coal Products; Comput- er & Electronic Products; Machinery; and Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products) expanded in August.”
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SUN Automation Group is the global leader in providing innovative solutions to the corrugated industry. SUN engi- neers and builds the SUN625 Rotary Die Cutter, provides sales, service and support in North and Central America for Latitude Machinery Corporation, manufacturer of Mini to Jumbo FFG and RDCs. Additionally, SUN is the North Amer- ican, UK and Ireland sales and service provider for Para Machinery’s line of equipment, and is the North American sales provider for Highcon. SUN also powers the corrugat- ed industry’s premier IIoT platform, Helios, and is the OEM source for Langston/Staley equipment parts and service. THACKER INDUSTRIAL SERVICE COMPANY www.thackerindustrial.com Specializing in corrugated machinery, T.I.S.CO. offers quali- ty-made products, support services, and more. T.I.S.CO. has a reputation of dependability, not only in the product, but in service and support. With more than 25 years’ experience, T.I.S.CO. installs equipment and machinery, moves or sets up entire plants, rewires and rebuilds - all over the world. VT GROUP www.vtgrouponline.com VT offers prepress services for the POP display and corru- gated shipping container industry including graphic design, optimized digitally imaged printing plates and innovative pre-mounting solutions. Our large-format digital printing fa- cility (Digital Impact) is a leading short-run manufacturer of distinctive POP displays and signage where litho-like graph-
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