If the production of Packaging material for Goods, is an important benchmark for a dynamic economic growth, we are in Golden times. Because the demand for pallets and crates is unbroken.
Given the solid economic growth in Germany and new impulses from abroad, the domestic wood packaging industry is in a buoyant mood – and “in spite of the economic and politically turbulent times, open-escalation spiral,” as the Chairman of the industry Association, HPE, Joachim Hasdenteufel, at the Interpack trade fair in düsseldorf (up to 27.9) in Nuremberg stressed. Hasdenteufel from increasing sales volumes for the year 2018.
The good development of the German exports revive immediately the sales of the wood packaging industry, “because almost every engineered product is either packaged and/or on a pallet transported,” said the Association chief. Also intra-German make this apparent: as a result of higher consumption of the private households and the government spending more and more Goods would be transported on pallets made of wood. Employment, income, as well as private and government consumption demand increased. In addition, investment activity will increase, particularly in the case of buildings and other facilities.
More companies since the turn of the year
According to the Association, the producer of the Wood packaging materials were your total sales in 1. Half of 2018, with almost 470 million euros, almost 30 per cent compared to the same period last year increase. The domestic sales grew by 30.8 percent and foreign sales up by 18 percent. Also, the number of employees rose by 19 per cent. However, the Association expressly indicates that the data are statistically oversubscribed. The reason for this is that The number of official statistics collected in larger companies with more than 50 workers, rose at the beginning of the year, by 9.6 per cent to 50 holdings, and has remained since unchanged. The number of employees rose in comparison to the first quarter of 2018, easy to 4.555.
In addition to the good sales development, the manufacturers of pallets were able to increase their production volumes in the past year. The production of pallets of wood to put in the HPE-Establishments with 20 or more employees from 2016 to 2017 by 7.3 percent. The corresponding value of production climbed to 5.3 percent, which is why the Association of a slight decline in the average out prices. In the piece, expressed in numbers: During 2016, with nearly 103 million units for the first time the 100 million threshold has been exceeded, the production volume in the year 2017, around 110 million pallets. The production, developed in the 1. Quarter of 2018, in terms of quantity, with almost 28 million pallets produced, and an increase of 5.4 percent compared to the prior year period is extremely positive. Especially compared to 1. Quarter of 2017, the revenue value with 218.5 million Euro significantly by 12.7 percent increase.
Growth in crates of not-so-fast –
Also in the boxes, the demand increased: The amount of processed wood increased according to the HPE from 2016 to 2017, good, 14.6 per cent, to around 1.6 million cubic meters. A slight decline in the value of production, the number fell by 2017 and 2.2 percent in the crates only. Here, too, the cost increases could be given only conditionally. In 1. Quarter of 2018 has been achieved in the manufacture of boxes with well-380.000 cubic metres, built-up wood and plywood, an increase of 3.6 percent compared to the same period last year. In terms of value, the box production was 67.3 million euros to three percent.
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