The total output value of the world printing ink industry is 13 billion U.S. dollars and the total output is 3 million tons. The first is the United States, about 1 million tons; Japan is the second, about 450,000 tons; Germany is the third, about 370,000 tons; the Chinese market is about 200,000 tons, ranking fourth.
In Europe, flexographic inks are used more widely, and the Japanese market for digital printing inks is even larger. With respect to some digital printing and non-pressure printing, it has shown the greatest growth rate. In addition, other environmental friendly inks are water-based inks, UV-curable inks, and electron beam-curable inks. These inks have higher formulating requirements than conventional solvent-based inks.
Global industrial mergers and combinations
The wave of industrial mergers and cooperation in recent years will inevitably affect the ink industry and allow the ink industry to reform and combine. For example, in the last two years, Sun Chemical and Flint Ink have cooperated more extensively in the supply of ink for certain small varieties. In the world ink market, Japan has Toyo Ink Co., Ltd., Dainippon Ink Chemical Co. (including its subsidiary Sun Chemicals Co., Ltd., and Gao's Lowry Co.); in Europe, there are BASF Printing Systems, and in the United States, Flint Ink Co., Ltd. The five companies will occupy 40% of the world's ink market sales.
In terms of combination, take Flint as an example. Let's take a look at the company's several big actions:
(a) The Schmidt Brothers Ink Company in Germany was incorporated into Flint European Ink Company and has been confirmed by the US MI/USA. After the merger, the company name was Flint/Schmidt Co., Ltd., and EtCoKG company Frankfurt/Main (Frankfurt/Main) was merged. This became a tripartite European printing ink branch of Flint. The company employs 1,500 people and last year produced more than 450 million euros. Flint Europe is located in Wolvekhampton, United Kingdom. As a result of the integration of the Flint Group, its original Nordic or Canadian solvent division (a subsidiary of Schmidt) was closed in May 2002.
Adding variety - AKZO Nobel invested €190 million in its ink factory in the Netherlands in November 2001 to make it operational. And add new products - wide label cover varnish.
BASF is the only manufacturer that manufactures inks and printing plates. Its expertise, and its overall evaluation, are attributed to technological innovations, which range from raw materials to final products, including polymers that can be used in inks and printing plates. Color adjustments and paper tests can be performed.
BASF (Drucksysteme) Printing Systems is a global supplier of fine chemicals for the printing industry.
Reduced scale, reduced costs – Siegwerk ink company was originally a medium-sized family-owned ink production plant in Germany, and sold its sheet-fed inks in fundamentally different organizations. They were sold to peers. One of the competitors is Epple Druckfarben. At present, Siegwerk ink company's current countermeasures are: to reduce production capacity by 15%; reduce the cost for the purchase of raw materials; through the purchase of common raw materials, with the best formula to achieve the purpose of increasing profits.
For such a medium and small-sized ink company, in the face of the slow economic recovery in Europe this year, it is not easy to take the lead to achieve the survival of the fittest.
The European ink industry is showing a wavy upward trend, but it is slowly growing. The European economy has begun to recover and is moving in a fast-moving direction. From the first quarter of 2002 to the second quarter of 2002, the average annual growth rate was 2%.
In the whole of Europe, ink production showed an increasing trend. The slower growth was in Germany, which was behind some of France and Italy. However, it is less than the growth rate of 3% in 2001 and actually only increased by 1%.
In the printing industry, the observation of changes in individual items between other countries and regions is basically the same as in the previous year, and the change is not great.
In the United States, offset inks account for half of the total market share, flexographic inks account for 20%, and digital and gravure inks account for 10%.
In Europe, flexographic inks are used more widely, and the Japanese market for digital printing inks is even larger. With respect to some digital printing and non-pressure printing, it has shown the greatest growth rate. In addition, other environmental friendly inks are water-based inks, UV-curable inks, and electron beam-curable inks. These inks have higher formulating requirements than conventional solvent-based inks.
Global industrial mergers and combinations
The wave of industrial mergers and cooperation in recent years will inevitably affect the ink industry and allow the ink industry to reform and combine. For example, in the last two years, Sun Chemical and Flint Ink have cooperated more extensively in the supply of ink for certain small varieties. In the world ink market, Japan has Toyo Ink Co., Ltd., Dainippon Ink Chemical Co. (including its subsidiary Sun Chemicals Co., Ltd., and Gao's Lowry Co.); in Europe, there are BASF Printing Systems, and in the United States, Flint Ink Co., Ltd. The five companies will occupy 40% of the world's ink market sales.
In terms of combination, take Flint as an example. Let's take a look at the company's several big actions:
(a) The Schmidt Brothers Ink Company in Germany was incorporated into Flint European Ink Company and has been confirmed by the US MI/USA. After the merger, the company name was Flint/Schmidt Co., Ltd., and EtCoKG company Frankfurt/Main (Frankfurt/Main) was merged. This became a tripartite European printing ink branch of Flint. The company employs 1,500 people and last year produced more than 450 million euros. Flint Europe is located in Wolvekhampton, United Kingdom. As a result of the integration of the Flint Group, its original Nordic or Canadian solvent division (a subsidiary of Schmidt) was closed in May 2002.
(b) In order to meet the growing demand for UV/EB inks in North America, these inks can be used for corrugated board printing and label printing. Flint also established a new factory in Toronto. The new plant covers an area of ​​86,000 square meters, starts 7 days a week, and is continuously produced 24 hours a day. In this way, Flint can completely meet customer needs. The new products they developed are: ARROWBEAM, MATRIX and GEMINI. The three series of ink products are special mixed type EB inks. MATRIX inks use UV curing series of raw materials, and their use parameters range from a wide range of parameters. The GEMINI ink series is a hybrid offset ink series that uses a common oil-based ink and UV-curable ink process.
Flint Ink is the world's largest private ink manufacturing company. Founded in 1920, Flint Ink is currently the second largest ink company in the world with an annual sales value of US$1.4 billion. The company employs more than 4,000 people; it has more than 100 branch offices worldwide. Products include: sheetfed and web offset inks, flexo inks, gravure inks, UV/EB inks, and digital printing inks. (Flint recently cooperated with the newspaper printing centers of the four newspapers in Beijing. Special reports have already been made in China and will not be repeated here.)
European ink manufacturing industry is faced with the impact of economic recession and market depression. It is necessary to reduce costs and increase labor productivity in order to jump out of losses (that is, jump out of the deficit).
The face of unfavorable economic conditions will inevitably cause the re-combination spontaneously from the management of European ink companies. The countermeasure they take is:
Adding variety - AKZO Nobel invested €190 million in its ink factory in the Netherlands in November 2001 to make it operational. And add new products - wide label cover varnish.
AKZO Nobel Company decided that ink production could not just stay in the main business product, because the company has not yet become a global leader in the industry.
Expanding the portfolio - BASF Printing Systems focused on expanding its portfolio of companies last year. Combines printing inks, printing plates, and ink pigments into a single subdivision.
BASF is the only manufacturer that manufactures inks and printing plates. Its expertise, and its overall evaluation, are attributed to technological innovations, which range from raw materials to final products, including polymers that can be used in inks and printing plates. Color adjustments and paper tests can be performed.
BASF (Drucksysteme) Printing Systems is a global supplier of fine chemicals for the printing industry.
Reduced scale, reduced costs – Siegwerk ink company was originally a medium-sized family-owned ink production plant in Germany, and sold its sheet-fed inks in fundamentally different organizations. They were sold to peers. One of the competitors is Epple Druckfarben. At present, Siegwerk ink company's current countermeasures are: to reduce production capacity by 15%; reduce the cost for the purchase of raw materials; through the purchase of common raw materials, with the best formula to achieve the purpose of increasing profits.
For such a medium and small-sized ink company, in the face of the slow economic recovery in Europe this year, it is not easy to take the lead to achieve the survival of the fittest.
The European ink industry is showing a wavy upward trend, but it is slowly growing. The European economy has begun to recover and is moving in a fast-moving direction. From the first quarter of 2002 to the second quarter of 2002, the average annual growth rate was 2%.
In the whole of Europe, ink production showed an increasing trend. The slower growth was in Germany, which was behind some of France and Italy. However, it is less than the growth rate of 3% in 2001 and actually only increased by 1%.
In the printing industry, the observation of changes in individual items between other countries and regions is basically the same as in the previous year, and the change is not great.
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