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Results 9th PIE Readers’ Survey
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences16 of the 294 responses are without information on the region in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 97 (33,0 %) | 152 (51,7 %) | 45 (15,3 %) |
| Benelux | 9 (34,6 %) | 15 (57,7 %) | 2 (7,7 %) |
| Central & Eastern Europe | 10 (31,3 %) | 15 (46,9 %) | 7 (21,9 %) |
| France | 9 (47,4 %) | 6 (31,6 %) | 4 (21,1 %) |
| German-speaking Europe | 8 (40,0 %) | 8 (40,0 %) | 4 (20,0 %) |
| Italy | 7 (24,1 %) | 19 (65,5 %) | 3 (10,3 %) |
| Nordic region | 11 (22,4 %) | 28 (57,1 %) | 10 (20,4 %) |
| Southeastern Europe | 9 (42,9 %) | 10 (47,6 %) | 2 (9,5 %) |
| Spain & Portugal | 15 (53,6 %) | 12 (42,9 %) | 1 (3,6 %) |
| UK & Ireland | 7 (22,6 %) | 18 (58,1 %) | 6 (19,4 %) |
| Other | 9 (39,1 %) | 10 (43,5 %) | 4 (17,4 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences7 of the 294 responses are without information on the industry sector in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 97 (33,0 %) | 152 (51,7 %) | 45 (15,3 %) |
| Plastics/chemicals production | 17 (37,0 %) | 23 (50,0 %) | 6 (13,0 %) |
| Raw materials distribution/trading/compounding | 8 (22,2 %) | 23 (63,9 %) | 5 (13,9 %) |
| Plastics machinery/equipment/tools | 3 (75,0 %) | 1 (25,0 %) | 0 (0,0 %) |
| Plastics processing | 38 (36,2 %) | 47 (44,8 %) | 20 (19,0 %) |
| Plastic products trade | 5 (17,9 %) | 20 (71,4 %) | 3 (10,7 %) |
| Plastics recycling/recovery | 8 (53,3 %) | 5 (33,3 %) | 2 (13,3 %) |
| Brand owner | 3 (20,0 %) | 10 (66,7 %) | 2 (13,3 %) |
| Other sector | 12 (31,6 %) | 20 (52,6 %) | 6 (15,8 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences1 of the 294 responses are without information on the number of employees in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 97 (33,0 %) | 152 (51,7 %) | 45 (15,3 %) |
| <20 | 8 (21,1 %) | 27 (71,1 %) | 3 (7,9 %) |
| 21-100 | 23 (25,6 %) | 50 (55,6 %) | 17 (18,9 %) |
| 101-500 | 34 (42,0 %) | 38 (46,9 %) | 9 (11,1 %) |
| >500 | 31 (36,9 %) | 37 (44,0 %) | 16 (19,0 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences7 of the 294 responses are without information on the export quota in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 97 (33,0 %) | 152 (51,7 %) | 45 (15,3 %) |
| <25% | 33 (31,1 %) | 56 (52,8 %) | 17 (16,0 %) |
| 25-50% | 20 (33,9 %) | 32 (54,2 %) | 7 (11,9 %) |
| >50-75% | 16 (28,6 %) | 30 (53,6 %) | 10 (17,9 %) |
| >75% | 25 (37,9 %) | 31 (47,0 %) | 10 (15,2 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences1 of the 105 responses are without information on the region in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 38 (36,2 %) | 47 (44,8 %) | 20 (19,0 %) |
| Benelux | 5 (50,0 %) | 4 (40,0 %) | 1 (10,0 %) |
| Central & Eastern Europe | 5 (35,7 %) | 4 (28,6 %) | 5 (35,7 %) |
| France | 4 (57,1 %) | 3 (42,9 %) | 0 (0,0 %) |
| German-speaking Europe | 0 (0,0 %) | 1 (33,3 %) | 2 (66,7 %) |
| Italy | 3 (21,4 %) | 9 (64,3 %) | 2 (14,3 %) |
| Nordic region | 4 (22,2 %) | 10 (55,6 %) | 4 (22,2 %) |
| Southeastern Europe | 6 (46,2 %) | 7 (53,8 %) | 0 (0,0 %) |
| Spain & Portugal | 7 (70,0 %) | 2 (20,0 %) | 1 (10,0 %) |
| UK & Ireland | 3 (27,3 %) | 4 (36,4 %) | 4 (36,4 %) |
| Other | 1 (25,0 %) | 3 (75,0 %) | 0 (0,0 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences)Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 38 (36,2 %) | 47 (44,8 %) | 20 (19,0 %) |
| Packaging | 8 (33,3 %) | 10 (41,7 %) | 6 (25,0 %) |
| Automotive | 12 (42,9 %) | 12 (42,9 %) | 4 (14,3 %) |
| E&E | 2 (33,3 %) | 2 (33,3 %) | 2 (33,3 %) |
| Construction materials | 8 (36,4 %) | 8 (36,4 %) | 6 (27,3 %) |
| Consumer goods | 4 (28,6 %) | 9 (64,3 %) | 1 (7,1 %) |
| Medical | 2 (50,0 %) | 2 (50,0 %) | 0 (0,0 %) |
| Other sector | 2 (28,6 %) | 4 (57,1 %) | 1 (14,3 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences1 of the 105 responses are without information on the number of employees in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 38 (36,2 %) | 47 (44,8 %) | 20 (19,0 %) |
| <20 | 1 (14,3 %) | 5 (71,4 %) | 1 (14,3 %) |
| 21-100 | 8 (25,0 %) | 17 (53,1 %) | 7 (21,9 %) |
| 101-500 | 15 (42,9 %) | 16 (45,7 %) | 4 (11,4 %) |
| >500 | 13 (43,3 %) | 9 (30,0 %) | 8 (26,7 %) |
4. What is the focus for your capital investment for 2023?
(Sums not equal to 100% are based on rounding differences5 of the 105 responses are without information on the export quota in the data set and are missing in the chart)
Data table
| Expansion | Streamlining (minimising costs) | Replacement | |
| Total | 38 (36,2 %) | 47 (44,8 %) | 20 (19,0 %) |
| <25% | 11 (35,5 %) | 13 (41,9 %) | 7 (22,6 %) |
| 25-50% | 5 (27,8 %) | 9 (50,0 %) | 4 (22,2 %) |
| >50-75% | 12 (46,2 %) | 10 (38,5 %) | 4 (15,4 %) |
| >75% | 8 (32,0 %) | 13 (52,0 %) | 4 (16,0 %) |