Independent Impregnating Businesses Encountered Relatively Steady Order Intake in The Past

Independent impregnating businesses have encountered relatively steady order intake in the past few weeks.The minor upswing that emerged in January after a rather weak final quarter of 2011 has thus remained in place.Nonetheless,business continues to be done at relatively short notice,meaning that fluctuations in capacity utilisations remain a feature of the market.Weekend shifts had to be cancelled or a few treating lines even shut down for a brief period,depending on order intake,continuing the trends seen in previous months.Companies that were not as busy idled a few machines for a long period of time.Insiders do not expect any fundamental changes in capacity utilisation in the second quarter,either.