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Paper and printing industry
| Sales (printing industry) |
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Production of paper |
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| Worldwide: |
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in million tonnes: |
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| Europe: |
€ 110 bn |
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| Germany: |
€ 22 bn |
Asia: |
151,8 |
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North America: |
100,9 |
| Sales (Paper industry) |
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Latin America: |
18,9 |
| Worldwide: |
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Europe: |
114,3 |
| Europe: |
€ 80 bn |
Others: |
8,3 |
| Germany: |
€ 18 bn |
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|
| Employees, printing industry |
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| Worldwide: |
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| Europe: |
900,000 |
| Germany:: |
155,000 |
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| Employees, paper industry | |
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| Worldwide: |
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| Europe: |
245,000 |
| Germany: |
82,000 |
Worldwide:
Many small and medium-sized businesses Growth
markets for sales/production China- China aims to become printing industry leader by 2020
- Printing industry still has no environmentally-friendly, universally applicable technology
- Tough competition within the sector in China
- Printing and paper industry wants to invest in new, environmentally-friendly technology
India- Fastest growing market worldwide for paper consumption: by 2015/16 around 14 million tonnes, up from 8.9 million tonnes in 2009
- Much antiquated technology still in use, which pollutes the environment
Opportunities
in established markets USA- Paper mills are to be transformed in future into new-style
bio-refineries which in addition to paper also produce fuel, energy and
basic materials for the chemical and pharmaceuticals industries
- New
generation of sustainable, flexible-use printing solutions, in order to
be able to coordinate information flows, energy and material demand and
working processes with changing customer requirements, enhanced
competition and increasing regulatory pressure
Western
Europe- Environmentally-friendly design of print products
- Variable data printing and print on demand
- Printers are adjusting to the DIY mentality of the internet through new technologies such as web-to-print systems,
- and are making it easier to purchase print products as required
Technology
trends - Material- and energy-efficient production technologies
- recycling of consumables
- reduction in amount of consumables used
- solvent recovery
- glue with low melting point
- Production using renewable raw materials
- renewable wood from sustainably managed forests
- used paper or waste paper
- Flexible polymer electronics (printed electronics e-books)
- New techniques for customized mass production
- Hybrid printing
- Digital printing
Commercial
trends- Increase degree of automation
- shorter set-up times
- less material
- save
energy
- optimized process control
- Waste management
- Variable data print
systems
Sources: Intergraf, drupareport, IPMA, RISI |
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