Economic impact of the World Packaging printing industry transformation is imminent

World economic situation is complicated, arduous economic recovery in developed countries, the economic slowdown in emerging market countries. At the same time, the new media era, people reading habits, consumption habits change, overcapacity and rising prices of production factors, product life cycles ...... all kinds of problems and challenges are forcing the printing industry transformation and upgrading.

Economic environment industry trends

According to reports, thanks to the country's economic, cultural market rigid demand, as well as integration of the development of globalization, China's printing industry in the 30 years of reform and opening up has made great progress, the overall scale ranks second worldwide. According to the State Press and Publication Administration of Radio, printed and distributed Secretary Wang Yan Bin, in recent years China's annual imports of printing equipment of approximately $ 2.5 billion, and the Chinese government to implement tariff-free policy, China also provides printing services to many countries around the world. As part of China's economy, providing support services for the Chinese economy China's printing industry, in the recent period, although growth is slowing, but remains running smoothly.

According to the General Administration of printing enterprises in 2014 the annual examination of the statistics, by the end of 2013, China's printing industry output value reached 1.03985 trillion yuan, ranked second in the overall size of the globe, has become the world's printing power. 1.06247 trillion yuan total assets of the industry, total profit 79.62 billion yuan, 83.75 billion yuan of foreign processing trade. From 2012, the growth rate of China's printing industry output fell by a double-digit to single-digit years, an increase of 9.6 percent over the previous year. The growth rate continued to fall in 2013, was 9.3%, but still slightly higher than the growth rate of the national economy.

Compared with China, the situation in Japan and the printing industry is not optimistic. According to Ishibashi, general manager Kunio Japan Federation of Printing Industries of international relations introduced in 2011 Japan's gross domestic product grew 7 percent in 2000, but the indicators of the printing industry has declined. Wherein the number of printing companies dropped by 65%, employment fell by 73%, while shipments fell by 70%. Nippon Printing Technology Association has member companies in 2013 to investigate the results show that, after six years of declining sales of the printing industry grew by 0.1% and finally in 2013, profits grew by 2.6%. Market segments, the Japanese commercial printing sales decline in seven years in a row, but the decrease is easing; publishing and printing sales have declined for nearly 11 years, recurring profit margin was maintained at 1% to 2% lower range.

As the world's largest economy, the printing industry in the European Union presents a huge difference in revenue. Showed a significant downward trend in the European Federation of Xihafude Gros printing Thame EU member states in the introduction of the printing industry as a whole mentioned case, the overall number of EU member states reached 135,000 in printing company after 2007, remaining until 2011 120,000; the number of employees from 95 million in 2001 has been reduced to around 70 million in 2011, followed by a sharp decline in overall turnover - decreased from 2007 to 105 billion euros in 2011 90 billion euros.

"As of June 2014, the Australian printing industry sales of A $ 7.969 billion, a decrease of 2.7% over last year, the industry growth rate is expected to be -4.3% in the next five years, predicted the decline will be reduced to 2.6%." Ryan Executive Director of Indian Industry Group, the Australian Federation of Honorary President of the printing industry, Peter Ryan, said in a statement. According to him, even as sales declined year by year, but the printing industry capital spending is on the rise. Since the acquisition of new equipment and existing equipment parts need updating, as of June 2014, capital expenditures increased from A $ 166 million to A $ 201 million, an increase of 21%.

Digital drive enterprise transformation ideas

Whether Japan, Europe and Australia, the prevalence of the problem is the shrinking of the traditional publishing industry to the upstream of the printing industry has had an impact. "The traditional publishing is facing the impact from the Internet and mobile Internet, resulting in reduced printing plates. In addition, the amount of the bill printing is declining, although helpful for the bill, Direct Mail and other data-processing service ticket printing market growth, but the data Processing Service has been basically saturated. "Ishibashi Kunio representation.

               Source: China Packaging and Printing Machinery