US commercial printing revenue will rise 2.1 percent annually through 2014. Lithographic printing will remain dominant but will lose market share to processes better suited to shorter print runs, such as digital printing, which will lead gains. Best market opportunities include advertising, periodical, fabric and label/wrapper printing.

This study analyzes the $70 billion US commercial printing industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1999, 2004 and 2009, and forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by process (e.g., lithographic, digital, flexographic, screen, gravure) and application (e.g., advertising, periodicals, labels and wrappers, office products, catalogs and directories).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 37 industry players, including RR Donnelley, Worldcolor and Quad/Graphics.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		Introduction							    viii

	I.	Executive Summary						       1

	II.	Market Environment						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Environment					       4
		Demographics							       8
		Consumer Spending						      11
		Competing Technologies						      13
		Printing Machinery Outlook					      15
		Newsprint, Printing & Writing Paper Trends			      18
		Advertising Expenditures					      20
		Newspaper Publishing Outlook					      21
		Labeling Outlook						      23
		Book Publishing Outlook						      25
		Regulatory Trends						      28
		Raw Materials							      30
		World Market							      31
		Foreign Trade							      33

	III.	Processes							      35
		General								      35
		Lithographic Printing						      37
		   Process							      40
		   Environmental Issues						      42
		Digital Printing						      42
		   Process							      46
		   Environmental Issues						      47
		Flexographic Printing						      48
		   Process							      51
		   Environmental Issues						      53
		Screen Printing							      53
		   Process							      56
		   Environmental Issues						      58
		Gravure Printing						      58
		   Process							      62
		   Environmental Issues						      63
		Other Commercial Printing Processes				      64
		   Letterpress							      65
		   Engraving							      66
		   Intaglio							      67
		   Thermography							      67
		   All Other Printing Processes					      68

	IV.	Applications							      70
		General								      70
		Advertising							      72
		   Products							      74
		   Printing Process						      82
		Periodicals							      84
		   Products							      85
		   Printing Process						      92
		Labels & Wrappers						      93
		   Products							      95
		   Printing Process						     100
		Office Products							     103
		   Products							     104
		   Printing Process						     109
		Catalogs & Directories						     110
		   Products							     111
		   Printing Process						     116
		Financial & Legal Forms & Documents				     117
		   Products							     118
		   Printing Process						     124
		Garments & Other Fabric Printing				     126
		   Products							     126
		   Printing Process						     128
		Books								     130
		   Products							     131
		   Printing Process						     136
		Other Commercial Printing					     138
		   Products							     139
		   Printing Process						     141

	V.	Industry Structure						     143
		Industry Composition						     143
		Market Share							     147
		Competitive Strategies						     152
		Research & Development						     155
		Quick Printers							     155
		Marketing							     157
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     159
		Cooperative Agreements						     164
		Company Profiles						     167
		   ACME Printing, see MATLET Group 
		   American Reprographics Company				     168
		   The Blueprint Company, see American Reprographics 
		   Bowne & Company Incorporated					     170
		   Brown Printing Company					     172
		   Cadmus Communications, see Cenveo 
		   Central Florida Press, see MATLET Group 
		   Cenveo Incorporated						     173
		   Champion Industries Incorporated				     176
		   Consolidated Graphics Incorporated				     179
		   Courier Corporation						     182
		   Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited				     183
		   Dartmouth Printing, see Sheridan Group 
		   Deluxe Corporation						     185
		   Dingley Press, see Sheridan Group 
		   Dixon Direct, see Visant 
		   Donnelley (RR) & Sons Company				     187
		   DST Systems Incorporated					     190
		   Ennis Incorporated						     191
		   FedEx Corporation						     193
		   Hallmark Cards Incorporated					     195
		   Harland Clarke, see M&F Worldwide 
		   Hudson Blueprint, see American Reprographics 
		   Japs-Olson Company						     196
		   Jostens, see Visant 
		   Lehigh Direct, see Visant 
		   Litho-Krome, see Hallmark Cards 
		   M&F Worldwide Corporation					     197
		   MATLET Group LLC						     199
		   Merrill Corporation						     201
		   Moore Langen Printing, see Courier 
		   Nashua, see Cenveo 
		   NOVA Marketing Services, see MATLET Group 
		   Office Depot Incorporated					     202
		   OfficeMax Incorporated					     203
		   Outlook Group Corporation					     205
		   Packaging Graphics, see MATLET Group 
		   PBM Graphics, see Consolidated Graphics 
		   Pitney Bowes Incorporated					     206
		   Quad/Graphics Incorporated					     207
		   Quebecor World, see World Color Press 
		   Reprographics Fort Worth, see American Reprographics 
		   Rex, see Cenveo 
		   RSG Digital, see Bowne & Company 
		   Scantron, see M&F Worldwide 
		   Schawk Incorporated						     209
		   Sheridan Group Incorporated					     210
		   Standard Register Company					     212
		   Staples Incorporated						     214
		   Taylor Corporation						     215
		   Toppan Printing Company Limited				     217
		   Transcontinental Incorporated				     218
		   United Envelope LLC						     220
		   United Litho, see Sheridan Group 
		   United Parcel Service Incorporated				     221
		   Valassis Communications Incorporated				     222
		   Vertis Incorporated						     224
		   Visant Corporation						     226
		   Vistaprint NV						     229
		   William Arthur, see Hallmark Cards 
		   Workflow Management Incorporated				     231
		   World Color Press Incorporated				     232
		Additional Companies						     236


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- Executive Summary
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       8
	2	Population & Households						      11
	3	Personal Consumption Expenditures				      13
	4	Printing Machinery Supply & Demand				      17
	5	Newsprint, Printing & Writing Paper Supply & Demand		      19
	6	Advertising Expenditures					      21
	7	Newspaper Publishing Revenue					      22
	8	Label Supply & Demand						      25
	9	Book Publishing Revenue						      28

		SECTION III -- Processes
	1	Commercial Printing Revenue by Process				      36
	2	Lithographic Commercial Printing Revenue			      39
	3	Digital Commercial Printing Revenue				      45
	4	Flexographic Commercial Printing Revenue			      50
	5	Commercial Screen Printing Revenue				      55
	6	Gravure Commercial Printing Revenue				      61
	7	Other Commercial Printing Revenue				      64

		SECTION IV -- Applications
	1	Commercial Printing Revenue by Application			      71
	2	Advertising Printing Revenue by Product				      75
	3	Advertising Printing Revenue by Process				      84
	4	Periodical Printing Revenue by Product				      87
	5	Periodical Printing Revenue by Process				      93
	6	Label & Wrapper Printing Revenue by Product			      96
	7	Label & Wrapper Printing Revenue by Process			     103
	8	Office Product Printing Revenue by Product			     105
	9	Office Product Printing Revenue by Process			     110
	10	Catalog & Directory Printing Revenue by Product			     112
	11	Catalog & Directory Printing Revenue by Process			     117
	12	Financial & Legal Printing Revenue by Product			     119
	13	Financial & Legal Printing Revenue by Process			     125
	14	Garments & Other Fabric Printing Revenue by Product		     127
	15	Garments & Other Fabric Printing Revenue by Process		     129
	16	Book Printing Revenue by Product				     131
	17	Book Printing Revenue by Process				     138
	18	Other Commercial Printing Revenue by Product			     140
	19	Other Commercial Printing Revenue by Process			     142

		SECTION V -- Industry Structure
	1	US Commercial Printing Revenue by Company, 2009			     146
	2	Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures				     162
	3	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     166

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		SECTION II -- Market Environment
	1	Annual Newspaper Circulation, 1999-2009				      23
	2	World Commercial Printing Revenue by Region, 2009		      32

		SECTION III -- Processes
	1	Commercial Printing Revenue by Process, 2009			      37
	2	Lithographic Commercial Printing Revenue, 2009			      40
	3	Digital Commercial Printing Revenue, 2009			      46
	4	Flexographic Commercial Printing Revenue, 2009			      51
	5	Commercial Screen Printing Revenue, 2009			      56
	6	Gravure Commercial Printing Revenue, 2009			      62
	7	Other Commercial Printing Revenue, 2009				      65

		SECTION IV -- Applications
	1	Commercial Printing Revenue by Application, 2009		      72
	2	Advertising Printing Revenue by Product, 2009			      76
	3	Periodical Printing Revenue by Product, 2009			      87
	4	Label & Wrapper Printing Revenue by Product, 1999-2019		      97
	5	Office Product Printing Revenue by Product, 2009		     106
	6	Catalog & Directory Printing Revenue by Product, 2009		     112
	7	Financial & Legal Printing Revenue by Product, 2009		     120
	8	Book Printing Revenue by Product, 2009				     132
	9	Other Commercial Printing Revenue by Product, 2009		     141

		SECTION V -- Industry Structure
	1	Commercial Printing Market Share by Company, 2009		     148