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business confidence among respondents to the survey remained
below zero, indicating a negative balance of scores recorded
among all segments of the supply chain (with the exception of
equipment suppliers in the third quarter). In the last quarter of
2012 and into 2013, there appeared to be a positive shift in
business sentiments at the label converters’ end.
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Short-term business sentiments have to be assessed against
the longer-term industry fundamentals. On the occasion of
the FINAT Congress 2012, an ‘inventory’ was made of
industry fundamentals (see side bar article). The FINAT
Marketing Committee’s Industry Trends Sub Committee is
working on a format for a FINAT ‘dashboard’ that should help
FINAT members remain up to date about the evolution of
these fundamental drivers.
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