• State-by-State Guide to Resin and Equipment: An Analysis of the Townsend-Tarnell Database tabulates and analyzes summary data from the TownsendTarnell "Buyer Profiles" database to provide more detailed information on plastics processing. It includes state data on resin consumption, number of installed machines by types, and number of facilities. TownsendTarnell tries to gather data annually from all important plastics processors in the country. View the Table of Contents for this report.

• 2001 Annual Report by the SPI's Committee on Equipment Statistics looks in detail at the U.S. plastics machinery and equipment industry. It provides for the first time detailed economic information on new orders and shipments in 2000 and explains what the U.S. economic indicators mean for the plastics equipment industry in 2001. View the Table of Contents for this report.

The Society of the Plastics Industry Economic Report provides a wealth of data that can be used to draw broad conclusions about the overall plastics industry as well as answer specific questions with respect to individual company benchmarks and decision-making. In addition to this printed report, the information gathered in SPI's study is available in an online database developed by SPI and Plastics News.