Dear reader,

The year 2012 is well underway and the first quarter is the time to finalize the balance sheet 2011 and to evaluate the 2012 prospects.

For DCM Group, 2011 was a very good year for both turnover and orders booked. For 2012, nothing is finished. In many countries, the consumption patterns change causing modification in packaging whose design must also integrate ecology, health rules, the costs of raw materials and those packages themselves.

Imagination is well underway pushing converters to diversify their machinery to access niches that may be tomorrow's standards.

However, funding opportunities, less accessible than before, reduce these developments. See you at the DRUPA exhibition in Düsseldorf from May 3 to 16, booth 10 D04 to know more about the real market trends.

Gerard LANSADE
Sales & Marketing Director
DCM  USIMECA  ATN