{"id":44202,"date":"2021-04-26T13:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=44202"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:17:12","slug":"vdma-machine-production-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/vdma-maschinenproduktion-sinkt\/","title":{"rendered":"VDMA: Machine production falls for the first time since the financial crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Machine production is falling: For the first time in ten years, manufacturers of packaging and food machinery recorded a decline last year. According to the VDMA, a return to the 2019 level is not very likely in 2021.<\/p>\n

Since the financial and economic crisis, there has only ever been one direction for the food processing and packaging machinery sector - upwards. Last year marked the end of a ten-year growth phase for the time being. In 2020, machine production fell by nine per cent to 13.9 billion euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201eThe drop in production comes as no surprise, as 2019 was an exceptionally strong year for our industry. We would probably have only just exceeded this high level even without the coronavirus pandemic.\u201c Richard Clemens<\/strong>, Managing Director of the VDMA<\/a> Association of Food Processing and Packaging Machinery<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the Packaging machine construction<\/strong> production fell by a total of eight per cent to 6.7 billion euros. In the Food processing machinery<\/strong> the rates of change in the individual sub-sectors varied. The production of meat processing machines increased slightly and reached a value of over 1.2 billion euros. Demand also remained stable among manufacturers of bakery machinery. Both sub-sectors recorded good domestic business, which more than compensated for the decline in exports.<\/p>

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Machine production declines differently in sub-sectors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Production of confectionery machinery fell 18 per cent below the very high level of the previous year. Production of beverage production machines also fell by double digits. \u201eThis Both sectors are very active in countries outside Europe<\/strong> and are among the victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Their customers also include many multinational corporations that have simply frozen their investment projects,\u201c says Clemens, explaining the various developments.<\/p>\n

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Corona pandemic weakens export business<\/h2>\n

Exports of food processing and packaging machinery fell by a total of eight per cent to 8.5 billion euros in 2020. In the process, the Negative rates vary greatly in the sub-sectors<\/strong> out. Manufacturers of packaging machines, meat processing machines and bakery machines recorded declines of five to six per cent.<\/p>