The number of people attending Drupa was an all time low at 170,000, even fewer than had attended the inaugural exhibition in 1951 and around 30% fewer than at Drupa 2016. This was itself well below peak Drupa for the shows in 2000 and 2004 – before the impact of the internet on the printing […]
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As Drupa, the biggest and most international print show, is about to open it feels appropriate to look at global trade in print. Which are the biggest importers and exporters of print and where does the UK rank? Unsurprisingly China is the biggest exporter by far, accounting for one eighth of the export of print […]
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The Print Business Index has a starting point in 2016. This is deliberate. It is the date of the last Drupa and provides the basis for being able to compare how the key suppliers of print technology have fared between the shows, which companies are forging ahead and which are falling behind. It is eight […]
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The Print Business Index aims to use data to uncover trends that are driving the industry for today and tomorrow by looking back a few years and trying to see how markets and market sectors have been developing. A post Covid recovery in print failed to occur in 2022 according to data from the UK […]
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The last year has been kinder to the manufacturers of printing equipment than the years leading into the pandemic let alone the immediate aftermath of the lockdown periods. The step up in sales has certainly been helped by the ChinaPrint show in June last year, where litho press manufacturers in particular all enjoyed good business. […]
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The UK government along with EU member governments collects a vast amount of statistical data about life in the EU, its citizens and its businesses. The latter are published as Prodcom (production and commerce statistics). They allow comparison between the same industries in different countries because they are based on the same criteria. And despite […]
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The reason why forest products and paper companies are investing wholesale in packaging grades is clear from the figures. Board production has not increased radically in Europe in recent years and yet demand for corrugated, boxboard and folding carton boards is increasing. The main corrugated groups talk about an increase of around 8% for their […]
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Data is key to success in today’s business environments. Industry 4.0 is all about collecting and applying data to help the automation of a business and so increase its efficiency. That is just starting to have an impact. Even now most printers will be able to collect data about the jobs they do, either from […]
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