This brand new report takes an in-depth look at global markets for print consumables. It quantifies worldwide conventional print consumables demand in 2011 and forecasts the growth of regional and national market values and sizes through to 2016. The Future of Printing Inks, Plates and Consumables provides detailed analysis of worldwide technology innovations, market trends, attitudes and regulations shaping the future of the industry. Printers, equipment manufacturers, consumables suppliers and standards organisations will all benefit from the report's discussion of the future of global markets and what this means for your business.
Methodology
Pira's assessment of existing market conditions and subsequent forecasting for this report was based on in-house primary research supported by extensive industry data. This research was supplemented by discussions with industry influencers all along the print consumables supply chain, as well as product development and market analysis sources.
What do you get?
- Volume and value data for consumables in all segments, broken down by region and country
- Comprehensive, informed discussion of print shop technologies affecting use of consumables
- Exclusive five-year forecasts of the print consumables industry, based on Pira's worldwide access to industry news and historical insights
How will this market intelligence report benefit you?
- Market insights that keep your business on top of developing price, regulatory and quality challenges
- Country-by-country ink and consumables use data to build informed global market opportunity strategies
- Analysis of trends in regulatory and market factors shaping consumables, to identify product development and business opportunities
- Understand drivers shaping the future of the industry, including automation and environmental pressures
Who should buy this report?
- Printers
- Equipment manufacturers
- Comsumables suppliers
- Standards organisations
- Industry consultants
What's included in the report?
- One hard copy of the report couriered (see order form for postage costs) to you on publication date
- Electronic version with searchable PDF
- Global intranet licence allowing everyone in your organisation electronic access to the study
Introduction and Methodology
- Introduction
- Objective
- Scope
- Market segmentation
- Geographic coverage
- Methodology
Drivers for plates, inks and consumables
- Lean manufacturing
- Environmental pressures
- Automation
Technology developments in plates, inks and consumables
- Offset litho plates
- Computer to plate (CTP)
- Plate technologies
- Platesetter technologies
- Platesetters
- External drum
- Flatbed
- Internal drum
- Computer to conventional plate
- Flexo plates
- Environmental impacts of CTP
- Wildcard JPI miracle plate
- Printing inks
- Print standardisation
- Ink optimisation software
- Offset blankets
- Pressroom chemicals
Printing ink markets
- All conventional inks
- Sheetfed litho
- Heatset web offset
- Coldset web offset
- Flexography
- Gravure
- Screen
- Letterpress inks
Plate markets
- Aluminum litho plates
- Metal CTP plates
- Analogue metal plates
- Litho paper and polyester plates
- Flexo plates
Print consumable markets
- Printing blankets
- Pressroom chemistry
- Litho press chemistry
- Flexo and gravure chemicals
Geographical market figures
- Global
- Western Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- Spain
- UK
- Other western European countries
- North America
- Canada
- US
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Other Asian countries
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Other Latin American countries
- Eastern Europe
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Russia
- Other eastern European countries
- The Middle East
- Turkey
- Other Middle Eastern countries
- Africa
- Australasia