2011 global printing ink market, Asia's fastest growth
The situation of the world ink market
At present, the global ink industry continues to grow. International companies have used various methods such as joint ventures, cooperation, and acquisitions to expand internationally. Many international companies have declined in the domestic market, but they have developed in China and Asia Pacific.
In 2003, the global ink sales of more than 1 billion US dollars were: Big Japan Ink / Sun Chemicals 4.4 billion US dollars, Japan Flint ink 1.4 billion US dollars, Japan Toyo Ink 1 billion US dollars; annual sales of more than 300 million US dollars : Germany's BASF 762 million US dollars, Japan's Sakata Inx 742 million US dollars, Switzerland's Sikhbai 725 million US dollars, Japan's Tokyo printing industry ink 454 million US dollars, Germany Huber Group 380 million US dollars, Japan's Sikewell 380 million US dollars, Japan Inctec Inc. is $3.6 billion.
In order to occupy a larger market share, International Ink Company has developed many new ink varieties in recent years: such as sheet-fed process inks, thermoset web offset inks, industrial inkjet products (continuous inkjet CIJ, drop-on-demand) DOD), conductive ink, flexo ink for paper towels, newspaper flexo ink (photosensitive resin plate), alcohol-soluble gravure ink, anhydrous soybean oil offset (environmental) ink and other new inks.
Japanese printing ink production and sales declined
According to data released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry website recently, the production and sales of printing inks in Japan have continued to decline since 2010. In the first six months of 2011, Japanese printing ink production increased by 0.6% and 5.1% respectively in January and May, respectively, and the other four months were cutting production, especially in March, when the Japanese earthquake occurred, the ink production was 3.05. Ten thousand tons, a significant drop of 10.9% from the 34,200 tons in March 2010.
European ink manufacturers look for alternatives
Due to the shortage of some chemical raw materials, many ink manufacturers are looking for alternative products to ensure long-term stability of raw material supply. Some European ink manufacturers that have signed long-term (usually one-year) supply contracts with chemical plants have also encountered problems – the validity of their procurement contracts has been reduced from one year to several months.
It is understood that the collapse of some factories in the economic crisis is the main cause of the raw material crisis, and the shortage of some common chemical raw materials will continue at least until 2012. Although some companies have announced that they want to increase production capacity, it will take at least two to three years to fully alleviate the shortage of raw materials in Europe.
EU Electronic Curing Ink Packaging Program
At present, the demand for UV inks in the field of printing and packaging is increasing year by year. As a member of the electron beam curing ink family, the biggest advantage is that cross-linking polymerization can be carried out by irradiation of a UV lamp or an electron beam, and instantaneous curing can be achieved, unlike the conventional solvent ink, which requires a powder spraying step.
However, due to the lack of knowledge of this technology practice, fault diagnosis and other knowledge, especially the traditional printing companies are strict with the printing process of UV printing, resulting in the promotion of this technology. However, the Encu Pack has been funded by a European Union launch of the EuroS tars R&Dprogram.
2017 global printing ink market expectation
Although the global sales of printing inks are mainly concentrated in pre-press technology in developed countries, the efforts of developing countries to drive sales of printing inks cannot be ignored.