GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2002 -- Showing Signs of Recovery

productivity technology and equipment," he says. "Specifically, the new accelerated depreciation rules produce favorable conditions for investment that we haven't seen in many years."

One key provision of the stimulus package allows buyers to write off 40 percent of the value of equipment purchases in the first year and 57 percent in the first two years for equipment currently depreciated over seven years.