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Investment in Packaging Machinery Maintains Positive Growth Trend in Mexico

The most recent business intelligence report drafted by PMMI about investment in packaging operations in Mexico confirms growth during the second quarter and projects significant increments for the following months.

PMMI Business Intelligence: Mexico Packaging Market
Mexico predicts strong packaging machinery market, according to PMMI Business Intelligence.
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The data regarding investment performance of the 5 main industries that use packaging machinery in Mexico –included in PMMI´s Purchasing Index Mexico - 2nd Quarter 2021 report—, confirms the forecasted growth figures, and underlines the intention or manufacturers of beverages, foods and food preparations, personal care products, pharmaceutical and medical supplies, and other goods (durable/industrial/hardware, chemical, paper and printing goods) to continue consolidating their production capacity this year.

PMMI Business Intelligence: Mexico Packaging MarketMexico predicts strong packaging machinery market, according to PMMI Business Intelligence.Getty

The continued pace of investments during this year seems like a positive indicator of the climate of confidence that is strengthening after the first year of the pandemic, as much as a sign of the intention of Mexican CPGs to maintain a leading role in pushing the productive and economic recovery of their country.

Mundo PMMI’s inquiry with directors at Consumer-Packaged Goods companies in Mexico was about investments made during Q2 of 2021, those underway in Q3, and the expectations for prescheduled ongoing projects. Likewise, we asked about SKU (stock keeping units) numbers for the months of April, May, and June, as well as what the expected figure is for Q3, between July and September.

Using the same methodology as the initial report, we recorded the performance of each sector by comparing it with the industry as a whole, setting the index for absence of change the middle point (50), and specifying growth or shrinkage for each variable with values that exceed or are inferior to this reference.

Beverages: Exceeding every mark

Comparing the data provided by beverage brands in Mexico for the second quarter against that of Q1, we can clearly see a growth trend for all consulted aspects. Investments for this period vastly outgrew those made by the industry in aggregate (See Graph 1), representing a 19.2 points increase over expenditures made during Q1. Investment plans for the third quarter also surpass the industry’s totality figures and grew 10.1 from the previous period. Similarly, the Mexican beverage sector expanded its number of prescheduled ongoing projects.

Even more significant is the raise in manufactured SKU, which went from a 51.7 rate during the first quarter to 73.9 in Q2, increasing at a higher rate than the market’s aggregate. Projections for this second index also indicate a higher number of manufactured units for July through September.

Mexican Beverage Industry Investment in Packaging MachieryEnd users in the Beverage industry are reporting increased investment activity over the Total Market in every metric.PMMI Business Intelligence

Food and foods preparation: steadily growing

The food industry, which in the first quarter was below the point of growth for investments in packaging machinery, displayed an increase of 3.9 above that level during the third quarter. At the same time, it outgrew the market’s total. For the third trimester this tendency was exacerbated and is now reaching the 68.8 bar, far exceeding the estimates for Q2 with 59.2, slightly over the market’s sum of 64.4 (See Graph 2).

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