Industry News
6th drupa Global Trends Report shows global print in good health overall
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he 6th drupa Global Trends Report shows that the global print industry as a whole is in a stable condition.
Globally 40% of printers stated their company economic condition was ʻgoodʼ in 2018 versus 13% who described their condition as ʻpoorʼ, the rest were ʻsatisfactoryʼ. This gives a positive net balance of 27%. For suppliers the positive net balance was 19%. Both groups remain optimistic with c.50% expecting things to be better in 2019. Conditions vary between regions and between markets. So North America continued to enjoy strong growth in 2018, Europe and Australia enjoyed steady growth, while Asia, the Middle East and S/C America were cautious and Africa was in decline. The 2018 results reflect the established pattern in most regions, although the decline in the Middle East and S/C America appears to be worsening.
Sabine Geldermann, director drupa, Messe Düsseldorf, said: “The report shows that with a little more than a year to go to drupa 2020, the global industry
is in robust health overall. Clearly, there are significant differences in prospects across different regions and markets as demand rapidly changes with economic conditions and evolving uses of print. That is the real value of this drupa Global Trends series. It allows readers to track those trends over time and identify how printers and suppliers alike can best invest to secure a strong future within the industry.”
The findings come from the 6th major annual survey issued last autumn to the drupa Expert Panel of senior decision takers recruited from printers and exhibitors at drupa 2016 and run by Printfuture (UK) and Wissler & Partner (CH). Over 600 printers and 200 suppliers participated with all regions well represented.
Most printers make money despite huge pressure on margins by increasing revenues through raising utilisation while keeping overheads as stable as possible. Globally a small increase in prices was seen, despite substantial increases in paper/substrate prices. Suppliers also saw revenues and prices
Golden Finishes joins The Envoy Group
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olden Finishes has joined The Envoy Group to promote its newest products; American style pennants and promotional table cloths.
The Envoy Group is a collective group of some of the UK's largest and most prestigious promotional product distributors, with members including PF Concept, The Pen Warehouse and Keramikos. Joining the group enables Golden
Finishes to broaden its reach and target a new end user customer base.
The 2019/20 catalogue was
rise globally but with an even sharper decline in margins.
Conventional print volumes continue to decline but slowly. In 2013, 23% of printers reported that digital print was more than 25% of turnover. In 2018, the proportion of printers had increased to 29%. Nevertheless, sheetfed offset remains the most common form of print technology, present in 66% of all printers. Sheetfed offset volume continues to grow in packaging but there was a clear decline amongst commercial printers for the first time. Web to print volumes are climbing, but slowly. In 2014, 17%of participants with W2P installations reported more than 25% of turnover came from that source. By 2018, that proportion of participants had increased to 23%. Yet the proportion of printers with W2P installations is static – 25% in 2014 and 25% in 2018.
In terms of Capital Expenditure, 41% of printers spent more in 2018 than 2017, while just 15% spent less and expenditure grew in all regions except Africa.
New business development manager for GeigerBTC
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Golden Finishes' presentation at the 2019/20 Envoy catalogue launch
launched at an event held at the Moor Hotel & Spa in Coldfield, near Birmingham on May 9. Customer service manager, Lian Greenhaf Jones, said: "The event gave us a chance to meet a number of promotional products distributors. The day itself was relaxed and informal - it was great to introduce ourselves, discuss the printed and embroidered textiles we offer. The event also gave us a chance to discuss how we can work together alongside distributors to provide their customers a quality product and customer experience."
| 16 | June 2019
eigerBTC welcomes Nicole Armstrong as business development
manager. Ms Armstrong comes with a wealth of experience within the marketing and advertising sector and brings over six years experience in the promotional merchandise industry, having developed strong working relationships client side and overseen the implementation of many new client programmes. She will focus on growth as the business continues to make waves in the market through the provision of exceptional service, delivered by some of the best people working within the industry. Ms Armstrong said: "This is a really exciting time to be joining GeigerBTC. It's a business that is really going places, and I'm looking forward to being a part of the business growth over the coming years.” Ms Armstrong will be working closely with Paul Beirne, GeigerBTC sales director. He said: ʻNicole is a great addition to our growing team. I am confident that Nicoleʼs expertise and can-do approach will be vital to supporting our future plans.”
Paul Beirne, GeigerBTC sales director and Nicole Armstrong, GeigerBTC’s new business development manager
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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