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2020 when demand for household furnishings and building materials challenged the whole supply chain,” he says. “Con- sumers who have already completed their projects will be spending their money elsewhere.” Indeed, many operators feel that with the pandemic com- ing to an end, now is the time for businesses delivering qual- ity service to gain market share. Says one, “We’re assuming the worst and hoping for the best. Our overriding goal is to protect the health of our people and service our customers. Those things haven’t changed a bit.” Phillip M. Perry is an award-winning business journalist whose byline has appeared over 3,000 times in the nation’s business press. Contact him at phil@pmperry.com Maxco Invests In JB Machinery Westport, Connecticut based JB Machinery Inc. has con- firmed that is has supplied Maxco Supply Inc. with a range of print enhancement equipment for a new flexo rotary die-cut- ter at the facility in Fowler, California. Maxco recently in- stalled a new 6-color BOBST DRO 1628 high board line RDC, equipped with six ColorDry XL 3000 IR Dryers with Power Drop Down, six VisionMaster In-Press Inspection Monitoring systems, six InKomand Automatic Ink Temperature/pH/Vis- cosity control zones, all operating from a single KomandCen- ter Control Platform. Visit www.jbmachinery.com for more information.
All this may soften profits until everything shakes out. “Revenues will probably hold up or even increase because of higher demand, but margins will likely be hit because of increases in the costs of raw materials, labor, and invento- ry,” says Palisin. “It’s a very unusual situation where all of these cost increases are happening at once—and at a time
when tariffs are still in place. Companies just can’t pass along everything to customers.” As for the road ahead, Conerly anticipates a gradual improvement in the operating environment. “Now that people are able to travel, they may well return to spending on vacations instead of home improvements as they did in
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