Following an exceedingly good first half in 2011 – at least from the viewpoint of steel sheet packaging suppliers – demand for steel drums has yielded considerably since the beginning of the second half. This slump, which persisted as this report was drafted at the beginning of October, is felt most strongly in the chemicals industry – though order levels are equally bad in the petroleum industry. Merely the customer segments food and pharmaceuticals are relatively stable, according to reports.
The German market for steel sheet packaging
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