Printing (Publication printing, Commercial printing, Printing of securities/IC/cards, Office printing, Special printing)

Printing companies, disclosure-related companies, suppliers, equipments and materials of printing, etc.

I   Current Status and Future Outlook on Printing Industry

1. Current status and future outlook on printing industry

• The market size was 5,617 Billion yen in 2012, down by 1.6% from the previoues year
• The shrinking pace of the market size from 2013 to 2015 is likely to slowdown 　The printing volume declines only slightly, keeping a certain level of standard
• The roles and values of each of printing items become more clear
• Sales of listed printing companies in FY2013 increase from the size of the previous year, but decline if compared with that of FY2009
• Average value increased from that of FY2009. Although total operating profits increased, average value decreased from that of FY2009
• 60% of the total sales of all 1,500 companies are occupied by the top 2 and the second-tier printing companies
• small and mid-size companies face harsh reality with sales decrease

2. Market Trends by Printing Demand

• The key is solution services and whether companies can create new demands for printing　　

1. Publication printing
2. Commercial printing
3. Printing of securities/IC/cards
4. Office printing
5. Special printing

3. Printing Market Trends regarding Electronic Books/Flexible Packaging

1. Electronic book market
2. Printing market for soft packaging

II    Analysis on Printing Industry

1. Top-Two Printing Groups:

• Toppan Printing
• Dai Nippon Printing

2. Second-Tier Printing Companies with Annual Business over 10 Billion Yen (10 enterprises)
3. Form PrintingCcompanies (5 enterprises)
4. Disclosure-related Companies (2 enterprises)
5. Seal Printing Companies (2 enterprises)
6. Attention-getting Companies　(1 enterprise)

III   Trends in Equipments and Materials for Printing

• Suppliers of those researched companies
• Equipments used by researched companies
• Trends in facilities of researched companies

IV   Ranking of Printing Companies

• Nationwide sales ranking
• Sales ranking by prefecture

V   Company Profiles 

80 enterprises