plastics processing capital spending survey & forecast injection molding extrusion blow thermoforming auxiliary equipment molds tooling plants planning to purchase 2006 2 table of contents definitions projected based on returns these are our estimates the total amount dollars be spent actual summations from surveys that were returned not projections by type 3 machine 4 for new used and rebuilt 5 plant size 6 average 7 digit sic 8 9 number 10 dollar volume 11 state 12 13 geographical summary 14 expenditures figures represented in millions 436 1 243 960 primary components