HERE’S THE BEGINNING OF SEAN’S ARTICLE:
Commentary
& Analysis
The Future of Inkjet Printing – post drupa review
By Sean Smyth
Published: May
29, 2012
The inkjet
printing market is valued at $33.4 billion in 2011 and forecast to grow to
$67.3 billion in 2017, according to Smithers Pira, the worldwide authority on
the packaging, print and paper supply chains.
According
to our new study (http://www.smitherspira.com/future-of-inkjet-printing-to-2017.aspx)
inkjet is growing because it provides significant advantages across many supply
chains. The developments shown at drupa further cement and will accelerate more
widespread adoption.
Inkjet
printing is not a discrete market, and the technology is used in many diverse
graphics, packaging and industrial applications using very different types of
equipment and materials. Inkjet is used in textile printing, in industrial
decoration for glass, ceramics, flooring and synthetic building materials. It
is used in manufacturing display screens, photovoltaics and some electronic
products and there is great potential for inkjet to be used as a manufacturing
process for precisely applying small quantities of material in additive
deposition processes.
This
inherent flexibility has attracted the attention of many leading print
equipment suppliers and they have invested a great deal of money to develop new
printing systems, much more than in any other printing technology. The prize is
not just a press sale; there is the very lucrative ink and service over the
life of a press with attractive margins available on inks.
Global
trends
Dynamic
markets
High-volume
personalisation
New
market study
YOU CAN ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE AT THIS LINK:
Sean Smyth
is print consultant at Smithers Pira, the worldwide authority on the packaging,
paper and print industry supply chains (www.smitherspira.com)
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