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Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

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a. Perception of <strong>Machinery</strong> by Country:<br />

Country Overall Opinion Quality Up-to-date<br />

Technology<br />

Service<br />

Britain Average Average Average Poor<br />

Canada Average Average Average Average<br />

Germany Good Good Good Average<br />

Italy Good Good Average Average<br />

Japan Average Average Average Average<br />

Netherlands Good Good Good Average<br />

Switzerland Excellent Excellent Excellent Good<br />

United States Average Average Good Good<br />

b. Perception of Pricing by Country:<br />

Country Price<br />

Britain Somewhat Expensive<br />

Canada Good Prices<br />

Germany Somewhat Expensive<br />

Italy Average<br />

Japan Average<br />

Netherlands Average<br />

Switzerland Somewhat Expensive<br />

United States Good Prices<br />

7. Purchasing Policies and Financial Arrangements:<br />

Legal department fine-tunes any contracts required. Engineering makes purchase<br />

decisions. Terms – 30% down payment /30% progress payment /30% after<br />

inspection prior to shipment /10% after installation and meeting of performance<br />

guarantee. Occasional large contracts may have different terms, i.e. smaller down<br />

payment + more progress payments. Cadbury finds turnkey solutions are nice to<br />

have; however purchases are often driven by costs and result in the acquisition of<br />

individual pieces.<br />

8. Purchasing Issues:<br />

Meeting corporate, financial hurdle rates.<br />

9. Trade Show Attendance:<br />

Trade Shows: <strong>PMMI</strong>, PACK EXPO, Interpack<br />

SMG/Columbia Consulting Group Page 44

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