The Future of Digital Printing to 2021

The single most comprehensive source of market data and forecasts for the global digital printing industry

In 2010 digital print markets were valued at $85.2 billion, the equivalent of over 225 billion A4 prints, and is forecast to account for 18% of all print by 2016

The Future of Digital Printing to 2021 provides:

• an in-depth, long-term assessment of global digital printing, primarily electrophotography and inkjet in commercial and packaging markets
• a thorough market and technical overview of all digital printing technologies and their evolution to 2021
• a comprehensive data and coverage of the competitive landscape, with a roadmap of developments, to plug straight into your business plans

What Do You Get?

• The single most comprehensive source of market data and forecasts for the global digital printing industry
• Over 150 tables and figures of market data and forecasts that you won't find anywhere else
• Quantitative and qualitative profiles with forecasts to 2016, with long-term scenarios to 2021

How Will This Market Intelligence Report Benefit You?

• Use this unique and rich data source in your business planning
• Get the complete picture of the shape of your industry with market sizes forecasted to 2016 and long-term scenarios to 2021
• Find out what the future holds for the global digital printing industry and what this means for your business
• Benchmark your technical performance with an in-depth briefing on the competitive landscape

Who Should Buy This Report?

• Inkjet suppliers
• Electrophotography suppliers
• Paper, inks and consumables suppliers
• Digital printers
• Brand owners, retailers and other end-users
• Consultants and analysts

What's Included In The Price?

• One hard copy of report couriered to you (see order form for postage costs) on publication date
• Cd-rom with searchable pdf
• Global intranet licence allowing everyone in your organisation electronic access to the study

Methodology

The Future of Digital Printing to 2021 builds on Smithers Pira's established reputation as the foremost consultancy and analyst for the printing market. The report is based on an in-depth combination of primary and secondary research. Extensive primary research included interviews across the global value chain. Secondary research was based on extensive literature analysis of market and company reports, magazine and journal abstracts, Smithers Pira's conference papers, international print and manufacturer bodies, the international trade press and research from a variety of sources on print, paper and equipment. The report provides a unique depth of information and analysis.

Executive summary

Introduction and Methodology

• Introduction
• Objective
• Scope and definitions
  • Market segmentation
  • Geographic coverage
  • Data
• Definitions
• Methodology

Technology forecasts for digital print

• History of digital printing
• Digital print investment
  • Electrophotography
  • Inkjet
  • Hybrid technology and overprinters
  • Wide-format
  • Flatbed
  • Narrow web fixed-head single pass
  • Wide web fixed-head single pass
  • Varnishing and coating
  • Miscellaneous integrations
  • Sheetfed
  • Inkjet head developments
  • Continuous
  • Drop-on-demand
    • Thermal TIJ
    • Piezo
• Inkjet ink developments
• Changing supply chains enabled by digital print
• How digital can address pain points

Competitive supplier landscape

• Electrophotography suppliers
• Inkjet suppliers
• Inkjet head manufacturers
• Wildcards

Digital print markets to 2016

• Electrophotography
• Inkjet
• Regional market data
• Product categories
  • Books
  • Catalogues
  • Commercial print
  • Packaging
  • Security
  • Direct mail
  • Labels
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Signage
  • Transactional

Cost comparisons

• Cost build up of print
• Potential of price changing

Long-term opportunities for digital print

• Digital print market forecasts to 2021
• Competitive position of inkjet and electrophotography
• Potential scenarios for digital print

• Digital print technology map, 2010-11
• Print technology map, 2020-21
• Print cost of gravure and flexo with run length
• Estimated cost per linear metre for various flexible packaging prints
• Global inkjet and electrophotographic printing markets, 2006-21
• Digital print technology map, 2010-11
• All print technology map, 2010-11
• Print technology map, 2020-21
• Proportion of digital print in global print and packaging market by value and volume
• Cost make up of various print production methods
• Print cost of gravure and flexo with run length
• Estimated cost per linear metre for various flexible packaging prints
• Global inkjet and electrophotographic printing markets, 2006-21
• Forecast for digital print technology to 2021
• SWOT analysis of inkjet
• SWOT analysis of electrophotography
• Proportion of global print and packaging market by value of print process, 2006-16
• Global digital print and packaging market by print product, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and number of prints)
• Global electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global electrophotography print market by region, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global inkjet print market by region, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Forecast for digital print technology
• Key milestones in digital print development
• SWOT analysis of sheetfed toner printing
• Timeline for development in inkjet printing
• SWOT analysis of sheetfed inkjet printing
• Global print and packaging market by print process, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices
• Proportion of global print and packaging market by value of print process, 2006-16
• Global print and packaging market by print process, 2006-16 (million A4 prints or equivalent)
• Proportion of global print and packaging market by print volume of process, 2006-16
• Global digital print and packaging market by print product, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Global digital print and packaging market by print product, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and million A4)
• Global electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global electrophotography print market by region, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Global inkjet print market by region, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Western European electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Western European inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• North American electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• North American inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Asian electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Asian inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Eastern European electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Eastern European inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Latin American electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Latin American inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Middle Eastern electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Middle Eastern inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Australasian electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Australasian inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• African electrophotography print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• African inkjet print and packaging market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic book printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet book printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic catalogue printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet catalogue printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic commercial printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet commercial printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic package printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet packaging printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet security printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic label printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet label printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic magazine printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet magazine printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic newspaper printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet newspaper printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic signage printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet signage printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Electrophotographic transactional printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Inkjet transactional printing market, 2006-16 ($ million, constant (2009) prices and print volume)
• Comparison between gravure and flexo printing
• Impact of changing press cost on narrow-web inkjet printing
• Impact of changing ink pricing on narrow-web inkjet printing
• Impact of changing printing speed on narrow web inkjet printing
• Long-term electrophotography print and packaging market by print product, 2010-21 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Long-term inkjet print and packaging market by print product, 2010-21 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Comparison of CMYK print jobs on B2 format
• Comparison of unit cost of CMYK print jobs on B2 format
• Impact on the total digital print market of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Impact on total digital print volume of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 (A4 billion)
• Impact on electrophotography print market of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Impact on electrophotography print volume of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 (A4 billion)
• Impact on inkjet print market of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 ($ million, constant (2009) prices)
• Impact on inkjet print volume of pricing changes by suppliers, 2010-21 (A4 billion)

Digital print technology map 2010-11

Source: Smithers Pira