The company's products are used by diverse consumer and industrial markets, including flexible and rigid packaging, automotive products, coatings, residential and commercial construction as well as other durable and non-durable goods.

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And orders for non-durable goods, such as processed food and clothing, also rose - by 0.8%.

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Non-durable goods orders also posted the steepest decline since that period, falling 2.0%.

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