Printing, publishing

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

I   Current Status and Future Perspectives of Printing Industry

1. Current Status and Future Perspectives of Printing Industry

• Market Size in 2014 declined by 0.2% to record 5,536.5 billion yen
• Although Market Size in 2015 and 2016 likely to be about the same, a slight larger decrease expected in 2017

2. Market Trends by Printing Demand Sector

• General printing market remain the same growth level, enjoying special demands of My Number System
• Special printing market suffers even further because of stagnant demands

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

3. Market Trends of Soft Packaging and Paper Containers

1. Soft Packaging Market
2. Paper Container Market

II   Analysis on Printing Industry

1. Big-Two Printing Groups:

• Toppan Printing
• Dai Nippon Printing
• These two companies show overwhelming presence in the market
• Toppan Printing keeps its number one position for five years in a row

2. Second-Tier Printing Companies with Annual Business over 10 Billion Yen (11 enterprises

• Increasing number of second-tier printing companies start business regarding BPO

3. Disclosure-related Companies (2 enterprises)

• Because of continuously flourishing securities market sales of the companies are on the rise　
• With acceleration of overseas business development more companies demand enhancement of disclosure process support

4. Form Printing Companies (4 enterprises)

• Despite that DPS market has been on the rise, it is hard for the companies to grow larger

5. Seal Printing Companies (2 enterprises)

• Growth of the market has been flat or slight increase for the past several years
• There are stable demands but the unit price has been decreasing

III   Trends in Printing Equipment and Materials

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

IV   Ranking of Printing Companies

• Nationwide sales ranking
• Sales ranking by prefecture

V   Company Profiles 

82 enterprises