Global printing industry is warmer
It is reported that the survey covering the global printing industry. In all respondents, 58% were from print service providers, but also were 21% of the people from vendors and print buyers. Their views on the current state of the printing industry and future trends are as follows.
Revenue rose profit decline
45% of respondents said their company's operating income increased in 2013, 21 percent of respondents said their company's operating income declined. Printing companies, suppliers and price behavior of the area of procurement is the biggest challenge they face today. But even so, but only 19 percent of respondents to improve the printing price, on the contrary, 35% of respondents reduced printing prices.
Investigation learned that printing companies in developing countries often choose their digestive increase in raw material costs and corporate overhead costs. These negative factors, coupled with stagnant economic environment not only affects the growth rate of most printing companies, but also swallowed them already meager operating profit. Therefore, despite 45% of respondents said their company's revenue has increased, but there are still 42% of the respondents appeared in the case of falling profits, only 19% of printing companies achieved profit growth.
Environmental improvements printing warming
For 60% of companies active in the printing industry, the difficulty of the loan without significant changes in the past year, only 17 percent of respondents said access to credit has become more difficult. Although the level of bank lending for most printing businesses remained unchanged, but there are still some vendors feel the pressure of the loan. This reflects the printing companies are facing tough business and economic environment. Cash flows are essential for all businesses, so to try to account controlled within the range of the shortest. 58% of respondents said their account of essentially unchanged, as well as 26 percent of respondents said they were forced to extend the period of account.
Under the economic recovery and rapidly changing market environment, the background, the printing operation of enterprises emerging gratifying improvement. Most traditional printing production companies have experienced growth in the last year, the market demand for digital printing also increased, 33% of respondents said that stems from digital sheetfed production increase. Violent collision in digital technology and traditional techniques, the ups and downs of the global economy and rapidly changing environment of the market demand, printing companies around the world are more or less gone through some changes. 45% of respondents felt the shortened Long live the printed volume reduction and makeready time, at the same time, the number of print jobs also increased.
It is gratifying that almost no one printing companies appear obvious problem of declining yields. This is mainly because, if yields fall, prices, printing companies will soon carry out mergers and acquisitions, so that left the printing business it must be to maintain normal operations by increasing the volume of business.
Far-reaching impact of digital technology
Digital printing status significantly improved, 65 percent of respondents said their companies have digital printing equipment, as well as 5% of the respondents came from digital printing. According to statistics, 85% of commercial printers can provide digital printing services, which represent 31% of printing more than 25% of its revenues come from digital printing. In contrast, there are 38% and 57% of publications printing packaging printing plant currently do not have digital printing capabilities, which indicates more adhere to the traditional business model for the long version of the print job, the higher the degree of dependence .
Although digital printing for commercial printing field has had a profound impact, but there are 57% of managers believe that digital printing commercial printing from traditional printing in the hands of "take away" the turnover of less than 10%. Currently, the three value-added service commercial printers were generally adopted variable data printing, creative design, and warehousing and logistics. In addition, large format printing almost every commercial printing services can provide, as well as one-third of the network to carry out the printing business printing services.