Global Printing Inks - Chemicals & Minerals

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Printing Inks in US$ Thousand and Tons by the following Product Segments: Lithographic Inks, Flexographic Inks, Gravure Inks, Digital Inks, and Other Inks. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2015 through 2022. Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these markets. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are primarily based on public domain information including company URLs.

The report profiles 171 companies including many key and niche players such as -

Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd.
DIC Corporation
Flint Group
FUJIFILM Sericol UK Ltd.
hubergroup

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I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations I-1 Disclaimers.............. I-2 Data Interpretation & Reporting Level I-2 Quantitative Techniques & Analytics I-3 Product Definitions and Scope of Study I-3 Lithographic Inks..............I-3 Flexographic Inks..............I-4 Gravure Inks.............. I-4 Digital Printing Inks..............I-4 Other Inks.............. I-4

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW.............. II-1 Printing Inks Industry: A Preface II-1 Impact of Recent Economic Upheavals on Printing Inks Market II-2 Weak Global Economy Hurts Printing Inks Market During 2011- 2014 Period.............. II-2 Global Economy Continues to Tread On Egg Shells - Presents Mixed Picture Outlook for Printing Inks II-3 Table 1: World Real GDP Growth Rates in % by Country/Region for the Period 2014-2017P (includes corresponding Graph/Chart).............. II-5

Table 2: Slowing Publication & Commercial Printing Business Vs Projected Rise in Packaging Print Activity Presents Mixed Picture Outlook for World Print Industry - Breakdown of Annual Revenue (in US$ Billion) by Printing Segment for Years 2014 & 2018 by Segment (includes corresponding Graph/Chart).............. II-6 Outlook.............. II-6 Developed Markets: Losing Sheen..............II-7 Developing Regions Remain Fastest Growing Markets II-8 Table 3: Asia-Pacific Leads World Printing Industry Offering Lucrative Market Prospects for Printing Ink Manufacturers - Breakdown of Printing Industry Revenue (In US$ Billion) by Geographic Region for the Years 2014 & 2018 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)..............II-8 Major Market Participants..............II-9 Table 4: Leading Manufacturers of Printing Inks Worldwide (2015): Percentage Market Share Breakdown by Leading Players (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-9 World Printing Inks Industry: Key Products of Leading Printing Ink Companies..............II-9 Consolidation Activity..............II-10 Select Key Acquisitions in the Global Printing Inks Industry: 2012-2016.............. II-10

2. KEY MARKET TRENDS, GROWTH DRIVERS, CHALLENGES & ISSUES II-11 Oil & Solvent Based Inks - Traditional Product Markets II-11 Environmental Friendly Printing Ink Varieties Fast Replacing Traditional Oil-Based & Solvent Based Printing Inks II-11 Vegetable Oil Based Inks Sustain Growth in Oil Based Inks Market II-12 Water-Based Inks - The Fastest Growing Printing Ink Variety II-12 UV and EB Inks: The Bucks Start Here II-12 UV-Curable Inks Gaining Rapid Traction II-13 UV LED Inks: Emerging Technology Attracting Industry Attention II-14 Lithographic Inks - The Largest But Mature Market Segment by Printing Process Type..............II-14 Gravure Printing Inks Maintain Steady Demand II-15 Polyamide Represents Fastest Growing Resign Type for Gravure Print Inks.............. II-16 Flexography Printing Process Inks Continue to Gain Prominence II-16 Growth Prospects for Flexo Technology II-17 Digital Printing Inks - The Fastest Growing Category, by Process II-17 A Focus on Inkjet Inks..............II-17 Inkjet Printing Market: Going Strong II-17 Inkjet Inks Market - A Review..............II-18 Future Prospects for Inkjet Inks: Bright and Bountiful II-19 Key Trends in Ink-Jet Print Inks Market II-20 Wide-Format Graphics Market - Major Focus Area for Ink-Jet Ink Manufacturers..............II-20 Digital Photography - Creating Significant Impact II-20 Corrugated Industry - Another Prospective Market II-20 Textiles - Provide Exciting Opportunities II-20 Market Highlights.............. II-21 Rising Number of Sub-Categories Expands Opportunities for Digital Inks in Recent Times II-21 Solvent-Based Inks - Most Widely Used Ink-Jet Printing Ink II-21 Water-Based Inks - Growing in Popularity II-21 Eco-Ethyl Inks Make a Mark..............II-21 Sublimation Inks Find Widespread Opportunities II-22 UV Curable Ink-Jet Inks Achieves Tremendous Popularity II-22 UV LED Based Inkjet Inks to Find Massive Demand in Coming Years II-22 Weakening Demand for Printing Inks in Publication/Commercial Printing Sector as Internet and Digital Media Replaces Print Media.............. II-22 Table 5: Cannibalization of Printed Books by e-Books - Comparative CAGR % of Global Print Book Revenue Vs e-Book Revenue for the Period 2013 through 2018 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)..............II-24 Steady Growth in Packaging Industry Helps Sustain Demand for Printing Inks.............. II-24 Table 6: World Market for Package Printing: Breakdown of Revenue (In US$ Billion) by Segment - Corrugated, Carton & Flexibles for the Years 2014 & 2018 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart).............. II-26 Steady Recovery in Retail Trade: A Key External Driver for Printing Inks Used in Retail Packaging Segment II-26 Table 7: Strong Growth in World Retail Sales to Drive Opportunities W2P Services in the Form of Increased Packaging Printing & Print Media Advertising: Global Breakdown of Retail Sales (In US$ Trillion) for the Years 2013, 2016 & 2020 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-27 Printer Ink Refills Market: An Overview II-27 Despite Volatile Economic Scenario Seen in Recent Times R&D Efforts in Printing Inks Remain Buoyant II-28 Product Innovations & Technology Developments Keep the Industry Alive.............. II-28 R&D & Product Innovation Efforts Optimally Geared Towards Production of Environment Friendly Products II-29 A Look At Some of the Advanced Technologies that Have Been Driving Sales in Recent Times II-29 3D Printer Manufacturers Gear Up to Produce Affordable 3D Printing Inks.............. II-29 Biodegradable Inks - The Way to Go II-30 Nanographic Printing..............II-30 Waterless Printing.............. II-30 High-fidelity Color Control..............II-31 Thermal Inkjet Printing..............II-31 Innovations Seen in Inkjet Inks Segment in Recent Past II-31 Select Product Innovations in Inkjet Inks Segment Over the Years.............. II-32 Use of Silk Ink to Transform Inkjet Printing II-32 FB225 Scitex Varnish Ink and HP Scitex FB7600 Color Pack II-33 Mimaki SUV.............. II-33 UV-Cured inkjet and Uvijet KV II-33 SureColor SC-F2000 Direct-to-garment, SureColor SC-F6000, and 7000 Dye-Sub Printers..............II-34 T Shirt and Sons Installs SureColor SC-F2000 Direct-to- Garment Printer.............. II-34 Strategies Adopted by Various Companies II-34 Innovations Seen in Flexography Inks Market in Recent Past II-35 Electron Beam-Curable CI-Flexo Inks II-35 Gelflex-EB - An Overview..............II-35 Improved Quality.............. II-35 Reduced Cost.............. II-36 Applications of GelFlex-EB Ink II-36 Innovations Seen in UV Inks Segment in Recent Past II-37 Innovations Seen for Packaging Industry in Recent Past II-38 Innovations in Publication Ink..............II-39 Key Players & Their Recent Product Developments - A Review II-39 Flint Group.............. II-39 Sun Chemical.............. II-40 INX International Ink Co...............II-40 Fujifilm.............. II-41 Environmental Inks (EIC)..............II-41 Alden & Ott.............. II-41 Key Challenges & Issues..............II-42 Digitalization & Paperless Era..............II-42 Securing Raw Material Supply..............II-42 Synthetic Alternatives Flood Raw Material Supply Chain II-43 Pricing Pressures..............II-43 Challenges for Digital Inkjet Inks II-43 Challenges of Going Global..............II-44 Environmental Issues & Compliance with Stringent Environmental Regulations..............II-44 Waste Ink Dilemma.............. II-44 Need to Reduce Usage of Solvents in Inks II-44 Oil Retention in Inks: A Crucial Issue II-44 Drive Towards Controlling VOC Emissions II-45 Role of EPA in Regulating the Use of Flexo Inks II-45 Need to Comply with Stringent Environmental Regulations - A Major Challenge for Printing Ink Manufacturers II-46

3. PRODUCT OVERVIEW.............. II-47 Evolution of Printing in Relief..............II-47 End-Use Applications..............II-47 Packaging Industry.............. II-47 Commercial Printing Industry..............II-47 Publication Printing Ink..............II-47 Components of Printing Inks..............II-48 Classification of Printing Inks by Process II-48 Detailed Insight into Ink Segments II-48 A. Lithographic Inks..............II-48 Description.............. II-48 Lithographic Presses and Printing II-49 Unit-Design.............. II-49 Common Impression Cylinder Design II-49 Blanket-to-Blanket Design..............II-49 Sub-Processes in Lithography..............II-49 Sheetfed Offset Process..............II-49 Heatset Web Offset Process II-50 Non-Heatset Web Offset..............II-50 The Process.............. II-50 Plates Use in Lithographic Printing II-51 Surface Plates..............II-51 Deep-etch Plates..............II-51 Bi-Metal Plates.............. II-51 B. Flexographic Inks..............II-51 Definition.............. II-51 Advantages.............. II-52 Types.............. II-52 Solvent Inks.............. II-52 Water-Based Inks..............II-52 Other Types.............. II-53 Laminating Inks.............. II-53 Energy-Curable Inks..............II-53 UV Flexo.............. II-54 Advantages.............. II-54 Electron Beam Inks..............II-54 The Process.............. II-54 Platemaking.............. II-54 Presses and Printing..............II-55 Central Impression Cylinder (CIC) II-55 In-line Flexography Presses..............II-55 Newspaper Flexographic Presses II-55 Commercial Publication Flexographic Presses II-55 C. Gravure Inks.............. II-56 Description.............. II-56 Types of Gravure Inks & their Applications II-56 The Process.............. II-56 Gravure Presses and Printing II-57 Gravure Cylinder Making (Gravure) II-57 Types of Etching for Different Purposes II-58 Types of Gravure Printing Based on Substrate II-58 Publication Gravure..............II-58 Packaging Gravure..............II-59 Product Gravure..............II-59 Applications of Gravure Inks II-59 End-Use Markets.............. II-60 Folding Cartons..............II-60 Flexible Packaging..............II-60 Specialty Sector..............II-60 Rotogravure Inks..............II-61 Types of Rotogravure Inks II-61 Intaglio.............. II-61 D. Digital Printing Inks..............II-62 Definition.............. II-62 Overview.............. II-62 Who Makes Inkjet Printing Inks II-62 E. Others.............. II-62 Letterpress Printing Inks..............II-62 The Process.............. II-62 Letterpress Platemaking..............II-63 Original Plates..............II-63 Duplicate Plates..............II-64 Letterpress Presses and Printing II-64 Platen Presses.............. II-64 Flat-Bed Presses..............II-64 Rotary Presses.............. II-64 Special Types of Inks..............II-64 Solvent-Based Evaporating Inks II-65 Two-Part or Reactive (Catalyst Curing) Inks II-65 Oxidation-Drying Inks..............II-65 Baking Inks.............. II-65 Sublimation Inks..............II-65 Ceramic and Glass Thermoplastic Inks II-66 Other Categories of Specialty Inks II-66 Metallic Inks..............II-66 Watercolor Inks..............II-67 Cold-Set Inks..............II-67 Magnetic Inks..............II-67 Invisible Inks.............. II-67 Specialty Inks in Packaging II-68 Drawbacks.............. II-68 Hybrid Inks.............. II-68 Benefits.............. II-69 Evolution of Hybrid Inks..............II-69 Use of Hybrid Inks in Plastics II-70 Vegetable Oil Based Inks..............II-70 Soy-Based Printing Inks..............II-70 Benefits.............. II-70 Applications.............. II-71 In Lithographic Printing II-71 In Flexographic Printing II-71 Newsprint Recycling..............II-71 Different Series of Oil Based Inks II-71 Imagelith 1NK..............II-71 Imagelith.............. II-71 Imagelith Plus.............. II-71 Energy Curable Inks..............II-72 UV Cured Inks.............. II-72 Flexmate Line of Ultraviolet Curable Inks II-72 An Overview of Printing Processes II-72 Lithography.............. II-73 Gravure.............. II-73 Flexography.............. II-73 Other Plateless Printing Processes II-73 Prepress Operations: An Introduction II-73 Typesetting and Composition II-73 Copy Assembly and Process Photography II-74 Image Carrier Preparation..............II-74 Relief Printing.............. II-74 Planographic Printing..............II-74 Intaglio Printing..............II-74 Screen Printing.............. II-75 Plateless Processes..............II-75 Image Carrier Preparation is Mainly Done Through two Processes.............. II-75 Image Carrier Preparations II-75 Press Operations..............II-75 Postpress Operations..............II-75 Binding.............. II-75 Screen Printing Inks..............II-76 Applications.............. II-76 Product Categories..............II-76 Raw Material Overview..............II-76 Pigments.............. II-76 A Key Constituent Used in Printing Inks II-76 Primary Makers of Pigments..............II-77 Organic Pigments..............II-77 Market Participants..............II-77 Organic Pigment Powders..............II-77 Synthetic Organic Pigments..............II-78 Types of Organic Pigments Based on Quality II-78 Flush Quality.............. II-78 Dispersion Quality..............II-78 Microencapsulated Quality..............II-78 Press Cake Quality..............II-78 Toner Quality Powder..............II-78 Classification of Organic Pigments Based on Color II-78 Fluorescent Organic Pigments II-78 Inorganic Pigments..............II-79 Physical Properties..............II-79 Types of Inorganic Pigments II-79 Carbon Black.............. II-79 Frankfurt Black.............. II-79 Extenders and Fillers..............II-80 Metallic Pigments..............II-80 Luminescent Type Pigments..............II-80 Pearlescent Pigments..............II-80 Resins.............. II-80 Overview.............. II-80 Potential Market..............II-81 Polyvinyl Butyral Resins Family II-81 Sulfopolyester Resins..............II-81 Applications.............. II-81 Features of Pre and Post Metallization Primers II-81

4. PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS/INNOVATIONS II-83 INX Digital to Display New and Proven Inkjet Inks at SGIA Expo II-83 Sawgrass Introduces Eight-Colour HD inks II-83 Sawgrass Introduces new SubliJet-HD Fluorescent Inks for VJ 628 Printer.............. II-83 hubergroup Introduces New Ink Range II-83 Siegwerk Unveils New UniXYL Range of Sustainable Inks II-83 DuPont Announces New DuPont Artistri Printing Inks II-83 Siegwerk Introduces the First LED UV Flexo inks for Food & Pharma Packaging.............. II-83 Siegwerk Introduces UV Flexo Inks For Food Contact Printing II-84 INX and BR Group to Showcase a Range of Inexpensive Digital Inks at Fespa Brasil..............II-84 New INX Digital Introduces New Pair of TRIANGLE® Alternative Inks for Wide Format & Outdoor Markets II-84 Sun Chemical to Showcase A New Range of Inkjet inks for Textile Printing at FESPA Digital 2016 II-84 SPG Prints Introduces New Range of Sublimation Inks with Wider Color Range.............. II-84 Splashjet Launches Newly Formulated High Yield Inks for HP Ink Tank System Printers..............II-84 Fujifilm to Showcase Reference Models of Pigmenet Ink for Water-Based Inkjet Ink Used in Flexible Packaging at drupa 2016.............. II-84 Ricoh Introduces new Eco-Friendly AR Latex Inks at FESPA 2016 II-85 Flint Group Launches Premo®Film SXS/2 Water-Based Inks in EMEA for Printing on Film..............II-85 Sun Chemical Adds New Products to its Range of Streamline® Solvent-Based Inkjet Inks for North American Market II-85 Sun Chemical Launches Nanosilver Ink Offerings for Inkjet Systems with EMD5800..............II-85 Kiian Digital to Launch New Series of Industrial Inks II-85 Toyo Ink Arets Expands UV Flexo Ink Lineup for Food Labels and Enhanced Safety.............. II-85 Sun Chemical Strengthens Streamline Inkjet Inks Range for North America with New Low Odor Inks II-86 Flint Group Introduces New Low-Migration Inks II-86 Flint Group Introduces UV Flexo Ink for Food Labels II-86 Flint Group Introduces OmniLam F and OmniLam G Ink Systems II-86 Flint Group Introduces PremoCup™ Packaging Flexo Inks for North American Paper Cups Market II-86 Earthinks Introduces New Gravure Inks And Coatings II-86 Nazdar Showcases New Ink solutions at FESPA 2015 II-86 Canon to Unveil & Launch New UV Curable Ink at Fespa II-86 Sun Chemical to Unveil New Inks for Industrial & Screen Printing at FESPA 2015..............II-87 Sun Chemical Launches Streamline® OEM-Compatible Digital Aftermarket Inks to North America II-87 Sun Chemical Launches New Low Odor Ink for Streamline Range II-87 Bordeaux Digital Printink Launches UV Curable Flexible Inks at SGIA 2014.............. II-87 SPGPrints Introduces Low-Migration UV-Inkjet Inks II-87 Kiian Specialty Launches PVC-Free Plastisol Inks II-87 SPGPrints Releases Low-migration UV-inkjet Inks II-88 Bordeaux Unveils Printer Specific Original Printing Inks Range II-88 MapleJet Introduces ProDigit UV Ink Range II-88 Fujifilm Unveils New Thermo Forming Ink, Uvijet KV II-88 INX Digital Releases New UV Curable Ink II-88 Sun Chemical Introduces SunLit® Triumph® Max Commercial Sheetfed Inks.............. II-88 InkTec Introduces SubliNova G7 Sublimation Inks II-88 Xennia Introduces Corundum, a Line of Sublimation Inks II-88 Collins Inkjet Unveils Range of Inks for Packaging and Label Applications.............. II-89 Flint Group Introduces Ultraking Shrink U Inks II-89 INX Digital Introduces TRIANGLE® Brand ESC Wide Format Inkjet Inks.............. II-89 INX Digital Unveils TRIANGLE® UV Curable Pigmented Inks II-89 ICN Releases BT Series Opaque Pad Printing Ink II-89 Printcolor Unveils IR Blocking Inks II-89

5. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY..............II-90 Flint Group Acquires Druckfarben in the UK II-90 Kao Concludes an Agreement to Take Over of Chimigraf Holding, S.L Business in Europe..............II-90 Kao Concludes an Agreement to Take OverCollins Inkjet Corporation II-90 Toyo Ink Chosen as Preferred Supplier of UV Ink to KBA-Sheetfed II-90 Siegwerk Chosen as Komori's European Supplier of K-Supply Ink for its H-UV system..............II-90 Flint Group Acquires American Inks and Coatings (AIC) in North America.............. II-90 Sun Chemical Snaps Up Flexo Inks Business of Canada's Colmar Inks II-91 Siegwerk Snaps Up ACTEGA Colorchemie from ALTANA Group II-91 Environmental Inks to Siegwerk Environmental Inks II-91 Toyo Ink Finalizes Acquisition of 75% of Shares of DYO Printing Inks.............. II-91 Sun Chemical Launches New Streamline Ultima HPQ Low Odour Alternative Solvent-Based Inkjet Ink II-91 DIC Group to Establish New Liquid Inks Facility for Packaging Production in Indonesia..............II-91 Sun Chemical to Acquire Colmar Inks Corporation II-92 Siegwerk Environmental Ink Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification II-92 Siegwerk Druckfarben Starts a Subsidiary in the Netherlands II-92 IIMAK Snaps Up Talon Industries..............II-92 Flint Group Acquires Xeikon & Establishes New Digital Printing Solutions Division.............. II-92 JK Group Agrees to be Acquired by Dover Corporation II-92 Fujifilm Gains Nordic Ecolabel Certification for Wide Format Uvijet UV Inks.............. II-92 Flint Group Establishes Joint Venture with Continental Printing Inks & Eagle Ink Systems in South Africa II-93 IIMAK Snaps Up American Ink Jet Corporation II-93 Epson Italia Acquires For.Tex S.R.L. II-93 Toyo Ink SC Holdings Merges Toyo Ink Chemicals Taiwan & Toyo Ink Taiwan Co. Ltd.............. II-93 NovaCentrix to Acquire PChem Nano Conductive Ink Products II-93 Central Ink Enters into Agreements with Rendic Graphics and C &W Pressroom Products..............II-93 Sun Chemical to Establish a New Plant for Manufacturing Liquid Inks.............. II-94 Haydale Signs Collaborative Agreement with WCPC II-94 Goldman Sachs and Koch Equity Acquire Flint Group II-94 AIC Inks Definitive Agreement for Acquisition of CRI II-94 Sun Chemical Takes Over Shares of Tintas SA and Sinclair SA II-94 Dai Nippon Printing Partners with T+ink II-94 INX Inks an Agreement with CTI II-94 Bordeaux Inks Distribution Agreement with Colormagic II-94

6. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS..............II-95 Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Japan) II-95 DIC Corporation (Japan)..............II-95 Sun Chemical Corp. (US)..............II-96 Flint Group (Luxembourg)..............II-96 FUJIFILM Sericol UK Ltd. (UK)..............II-97 hubergroup (Germany)..............II-97 Sakata Inx Corporation (Japan) II-98 INX International Ink Co. (US)..............II-98 SAKATA Inx (INDIA) Limited..............II-99 Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA (Germany) II-99 T & K Toka Co. Ltd. (Japan)..............II-100 Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Japan) II-100 Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) II-101

7. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE..............II-102 A. Dollar Analytics.............. II-102 Table 8: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Printing Inks by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East & Africa, and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Thousand for Years 2015 through 2022 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-102

Table 9: World Historic Review for Printing Inks by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East & Africa, and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Thousand for Years 2009 through 2014 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)..............II-103

Table 10: World 14-Year Perspective for Printing Inks by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East &am; Africa, and Latin America Markets for Years 2009, 2016 & 2022 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-104 Printing Inks Market by Product Segment II-105 Table 11: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Lithographic Inks by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East & Africa, and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in US$ Thousand for Years 2015 through 2022 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-105

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