date:Jun 27, 2012
ut using current to seeking new vendors in their purchasing strategies, packaging professionals fell from 40% who said they would seek new vendors in 2009 to 28% this year and plant managers to just 19%.
It found spare parts, reliability and the line between packaging and processing continue to rank high among the factors shaping packaging and processing machinery purchasers needs.
More than half of respondents indicated a line integration and solutions focus as a guiding strategy for their ma