A global label, market situation and development trend
According to TARSUS consulting company survey data show: now the global label consumption has more than 42 billion square meters, the global sales totaled us $73 billion. Among them:
China accounts for 22%, maintained a fast growth; Western Europe accounted for 27%, 28% of the slightly less than the United States, and eastern Europe accounted for only 8%; Japan accounted for 7%, South America accounted for 6%; India and other area accounts for 4%. Developing countries and developed countries label market's growth rate comparison, developed countries every year average dropped 6-7% to.
Per capita label consumption level to see, the per capita consumption are highest in North America, followed by Europe, but has the very big disparity. And South America, China, southeast Asia, china scan stripIndia and Africa's per capita consumption level is very low, but there are a lot of market space.
From the global market flexo printing technology label the development trend of, flexible printing in the past 15 years is the most rapid development of technology. Flexo CTP application increase resolution, reduce the thickness of the plate.
1. Various labels market development trend
In pressure-sensitive label, shrink sleeve tag, wrap film labels, tags within membrane, stack, tag, and many other labels application, pressure-sensitive label the proportion of the largest market share, shrinkage sleeve tag, winding label fastest growth. Tag production enterprise to produce socket tags get the fastest growth, wrap film label as well.
2. UV flexible printing sprung up, and the digital label printing product growth also fast growth.
The 2010 European label production enterprise the printing mode statistics, at least from the application to application for most respectively: UV flexible printing, flexible printing, hot hot/LengTang technology,china Frame Stand screen printing, printing, embossed, the combination of digital printing, offset printing, gravure.
3. The non-drying label materials in Europe's consumption distribution
From the largest consumption to minimal respectively is: food, transportation and logistics, and retail, personal care, home care, beverage, oil chemical industry, pharmaceutical, office supplies, red wine, durable goods, other.
4. The market trend
Product cycle shortens, can dig supplier database (MIS), environmental challenges, and individual tags growth, digitizing, more brand protection solution and end users always sought to cut costs, packaging reduction and packing rationalization, global brand owners are looking for one-stop service, lower into the market time, zero inventory (the overall cost control),
5. Global label market trends
Tags in the emerging market main growth opportunities mainly involves: manufacturing global famous brands-particularly in: health and personal care products, pharmaceutical; Organization of the retail development-especially for: food labels, logistics and distribution labels, private/brand labels.
6. Printing market the new trend of development of:
Label printing the change of the market: more and more small labels production, short cycle is an important trend, delivery cycle more and more short, and the market need personalized information.
Tag the variety of our products is more and more,shopping basket supplier a small printing. Sometimes the only 100-200.
Short cycle is to adapt the keen competition of the market needs.
Personalized, differentiation the demands of the era of product not only appearance beautiful, still need to meet the personalized variable data printing or printing request.
7. Color labels a growing market
8. Digital label printing growth
2009/10 new installation drum paper label printing equipment, 15% of equipment is digital tags.
2020 will rise to 40%.
Digital is new long technology.
9. Sustainable development
Become a more sustainable development goal is to Reduce emissions and Reduce waste; Reuse again used; Recycle recycling; Degradable biodegradable. That is the 3 R + 1 D principle
10. To protect the environment and the requirement of sustainable development more and more
Low carbon emissions reduction, environmental protection, energy saving, and green printing industry development has become the one of the top priorities.
The current international environment witness who saw the accident system is: ISO14000 (environment the authentication system), EN13432 (plastic environmental protection bags test the authentication), SFI (American sustainable forestry initiative), FSC (forest management committee), PEFC (the world's largest forest the authentication system), I.I.F.E (TLMI environment certification system), LEEDS (environment design, energy saving the authentication),price holder Manufacturer CarbonFootprint (carbon footprint) and so on
In order to improve the level of printing green environmental protection, the environmental protection department and the general administration of press and publication in 2010 on 14 20 signed the green printing strategic cooperation agreement, and we are promoting.
11. Looking forward to the future
Short version online printing is also popular trend
Market marketing began to use of local materials and and packaging together
Smart labels
The new labels system and regulations-food, medicine
Before printing software applications increased (and MIS system)
More and more products began to the short edition, such as packaging and printing, flexible packaging, packaging and the cardboard
Environmental protection solutions
12. The development of new technology
At present had updated technology appear constantly, is in development, application such as digital ink-jet technology, CTP direct plate-making technology. Can the combination of all sorts of functions will with printing system can be a very good guarantee: high quality printing effect; Lower cost of management with high speed and high productivity, high flexibility; Less printing preparation time.
(a) the United States label printing industry
1. The United States has 5000 home label printing enterprise, the annual production value amount to about $6 billion. The United States labels and tag manufacturers association (TagandLableManufacturersInstitute) that is TLMI, has 78 years of history. Association members have 140 home printing enterprise and 140 suppliers.
In printing industry as an example, packaging and food accounts for 23%, drink accounted for 11.2%, personal accounted for 11%;
In adopting new technology, such as the high definition flexible printing, digital printing is developing very quickly.
The United States labels and printing enterprise is now being advocated by two, or 100% and 100% in the latest technology monitoring, 100% monitoring is refers to each tag for testing.
From the label market development perspective, digital printing machine is growing. In 2009, HP's global sales of Indigo has reached 1000 units, some people think that more. At present in the us digital printing, though developing very fast, but because the number of digital printing usually less than traditional printing quantity, and the region is vast, population and the large demand for printed matter. Therefore, at present, the digital printing in the United States labels and printing enterprise is still very small proportion.
(2) the European label industry status
The 2010 European region the non-drying label materials consumption is 570 million square metre about, compared with 11.4% in 2009.
From regions see, label materials for the growth of demand mainly in the eastern and southern Europe (including Turkey) two large area, the two areas are a double-digit growth of 20.6% and 13%, respectiely. In these areas of, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania in the growth of more than 20%, the non-drying label is the growth of demand is more stable, about 4.5-8.5%, and in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain is more than a double-digit increases in steel rolling, is located in the forefront.
Second, China label present situation and development of industry
Along with the development of our national economy, especially in the food, cosmetic, washing supplies, medicine, cosmetics, home appliances, small home appliance and supermarket, logistics, rapid development of the industry and electronic supervision code and the implementation of a high growth.
2011 gross industrial output value reached 23 billion yuan, production reached 3 billion square meters, all are up by 20%.
(a) Chinese label the market situation is encouraging
1. The label printing maintained a rapid growth, nearly two, three years growth rate stays at 15-20%.
2. Export growth.
3. Many labels industry chain enterprise are expanding production capacity and increasing investment.
Supermarkets and retail industry
With the rapid development of export retail trade,Frame Stand supplier foreign retail giants such as carrefour, wal-mart, metro, into China in succession, various local supermarkets have sprung up, each big supermarkets on the non-drying label demand would just kept growing.
Logistics industry
With the development of market economy, the circulation of commodities to speed up, and for variable printing labels needs more and more, such as baggage tags, mobile label widespread. In some European logistics developed countries, variable information printed adhesive labels already account for the non-drying label to 40% of the total market demand in the earth, and in the market in our country is still backward, the annual per capita consumption slim.
The future enterprise to pay more attention to the control in the logistics to reduce cost, improve efficiency, with barcode label to control the production management, inventory management, quality tracking, etc.
In addition, in the clothing, food, fruit the application of pressure sensitive in gradually increase.
(3) the current label of industry chain development and application of new technology extremely seriously
Digital ink-jet technology
Printing technology is the world's fastest-growing technology, one of digital ink-jet printing technology and the development of the technology direction, from Drupa2008, ipex2010 and PRINTCHINA2011 show fully confirmed. Peking University founder electronic Co., LTD in 2008 independent research and development success inkjet digital printing presses, in 2008 Drupa show appearance, is already can be mass production.