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Packaging Machinery Manufacturing
NAICS 333993 · United States · 2022 edition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing packaging machinery, such as wrapping, bottling, canning, and labeling machinery.
Start the review with products liability.
For Packaging Machinery Manufacturing, the saved research highlights products liability, completed operations, employee injuries. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.
Questions to ask
- What industries do your customers operate in — food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, or general consumer goods?
- Does the operation include on-site installation, commissioning, or ongoing service and maintenance at customer facilities?
- What are the typical contract terms with customers, particularly regarding indemnification, hold-harmless agreements, and additional insured requirements?
- What percentage of revenue comes from export sales, and to which markets?
- Any prior products liability or completed-operations claims, particularly those involving downstream production losses?
- For Packaging Machinery Manufacturing, what should the underwriter know about significant sales of machinery into pharmaceutical, biotech, or chemical packaging lines where contamination or regulatory-shutdown severity is elevated?
- For Packaging Machinery Manufacturing, what should the underwriter know about prior products liability losses, particularly those involving production-line shutdown claims or third-party product contamination?
- For Packaging Machinery Manufacturing, what should the underwriter know about export-heavy operations selling into markets with aggressive litigation environments or unfavorable contractual indemnity structures?
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Establishments in this class design and manufacture machinery used to wrap, bottle, can, fill, seal, label, and otherwise package consumer and industrial goods. Production typically involves metal fabrication, mechanical assembly, electrical and controls integration, and testing before shipment. Many operations also provide installation, commissioning, and ongoing service or parts support at customer facilities.
Questions to investigate
- What industries do your customers operate in — food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, or general consumer goods?
- Does the operation include on-site installation, commissioning, or ongoing service and maintenance at customer facilities?
- What are the typical contract terms with customers, particularly regarding indemnification, hold-harmless agreements, and additional insured requirements?
- What percentage of revenue comes from export sales, and to which markets?
This insurance research was generated in April 2026. It has not received a complete human review. The October 12, 2026 audit checked codes and titles only, not descriptions or coverage assertions.