Package Printing and Labeling

Flexible Printing Converters, Aluminum Processed Foil Manufacturers, Paper Container Packaging and Printing Converters and related Manufacturers

I   Current Status and Future Perspectives of Package Printing and Labeling Market

1. Current Status and Future Perspectives of Package Printing and Labeling Market

• The package printing and labeling market is on the rise, with the market size in FY2015 rose due to expansion of demand especially for food
• The market size in FY2016 likely to stay stable, rising by 0.3% on Y-o-Y basis
• Flexible package category occupies about 65% of entire market, and is expanding the market share by category. The demand for food occupies about 60% of entire demand of the package printing and labeling market
• In addition to structurally negative factors, a problem of labor shortage has begun being actualized
• It has begun being clear that there seems to be limitation in sales expansion. There are cases where the securing of profits are groped for by committing to users

II   Flexible Package Printing Market

1. Current Status and Future Perspectives of Flexible Package Printing Market

• Because of the market stably being demanded by foods, and shift of demand in other materials to flexible packages, the market size has been on the rise.
• Despite that inbound tourist demand has quietened down, the market demand has been stable to be on the rise by 1.6% in FY2016.
• The largest market demand from food has been stable, in addition to refilling and medical/pharmaceutical demands being on a slight rise.

-　Food Packages and Labeling

-　Beverage Packages and Labeling

-　General Commodity Packaging and Labeling

-　Packaging and Labeling for Medical and Pharmaceutical Products

-　Others

2. Aluminum Processed Foil Market

• The FY2015 aluminum porcessed foil market has grown by 0.6% from the size of the previous fiscal year.
• The special demand for medical/pharmaceutical products has quietened down to be about the same as food.
• The Largest market share has been acquired by Toyo Aluminum both in the foods and medical/pharmaceutical areas.
• The top company is followed by those companies in the order of UACJ Foil, subsidiaries of Showa Denko and Mitsubishi Aluminum.

-　Foods

-　Medical/Pharmaceutical

3. Flexible Package Digital Printing Market

• FY2015 flexible package digital printing market rose by 20.7%
• Although the market is on the rise, many converters are facing difficulty because of the issues of product quality and cost
• Digital printing machine market has been dominated by HP Japan, which created the base of digital printing market by itself.
• Brisk market is expected with entry of other makers of IJs, etc.
• Due to expensive costs, the current demand has been concentrate on sales promotion samples.
• The key for the growth is whether or not the makers can provide products that can appeal not with the cost but with some other values.

Aluminum processed foil makers: 6 enterprises

III   Paper Container Printing Market

• Current Status and Future Perspectives
• With the markets of food/confectionery, medical products, and cosmetics all being favorable, the paper container printing market slightly rose in FY2015.
• The market in FY2016 is also likely to be about the same size as the previous fiscal year.

Paper Container Packaging and Printing Converters：13 companies

-　Food Packages and Labeling

-　Beverage Packages and Labeling

-　Packaging and Labeling for Medical and Pharmaceutical Products

-　Cosmetics Packaging and Labeling

-　General Commodity Packaging and Labeling

-　Packaging and Labeling for Electrical Products

IV   Sales Ranking of Nationwide Printing Converters and Profiles