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Study #: 2462

Published: 02/2009

Pages: 263

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Printing Inks to 2013 - Industry Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends

US printing ink demand will reach $4.8 billion in 2013, supported by shifts toward more environmentally friendly ink formulations and digital inks. Among raw materials, additives and colorants will benefit from demand for better performing printing inks with brighter colors. Packaging will remain the largest and fastest-growing market.

This study analyzes the two billion pound US printing ink industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 1998, 2003 and 2008, and forecasts for 2013 and 2018 by raw material (e.g., vehicles, colorants, additives), ink type (e.g., lithographic, flexographic, gravure, digital, letterpress) and market (e.g., packaging, commercial printing, publication).

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 43 industry players, including Sun Chemical, Flint Group and INX International.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


SECTION                                                                      PAGE

               INTRODUCTION                                                     x

          I.   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                                1

          II.  MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                               4
               General                                                          4
               Macroeconomic Overview                                           4
               Consumer Spending                                                9
               Manufacturing Outlook                                           11
               Retail Sales                                                    14
               Printing & Publishing Overview                                  16
               Packaging Overview                                              18
                   Packaging Shipments                                         19
                   Packaging Materials                                         20
               Pricing & Product Mix                                           23
               Historical Market Trends                                        25
               Printing Process Overview                                       27
                   Lithography                                                 29
                   Flexography                                                 30
                   Gravure                                                     31
                   Letterpress                                                 32
                   Digital                                                     32
                   Other                                                       33
               Technology                                                      34
               Environmental & Regulatory Considerations                       36
                   Alternative Inks                                            37
                   Ink Recycling & Deinking Issues                             39
               International Activity                                          40
               Foreign Trade                                                   41

          III. RAW MATERIALS                                                   44
               General                                                         44
               Printing Ink Vehicles                                           47
                   Resins                                                      48
                     Synthetic Resins                                          50
                     Natural Resins                                            52
                   Oils                                                        53
                   Solvents                                                    56
               Colorants                                                       58
                   Carbon Black                                                60
                   Other Pigments & Dyes                                       61
               Additives                                                       64
                   Waxes                                                       66
                   Surfactants                                                 68
                   Other Additives                                             69

          IV.  PRODUCTS                                                        72
               General                                                         72
               Lithographic Inks                                               75
                   Product Types & Formulations                                77
                     Web Offset Inks                                           79
                     Sheetfed Offset Inks                                      81
                   Markets                                                     83
               Flexographic Inks                                               84
                   Formulations                                                86
                   Markets                                                     88
               Gravure Inks                                                    90
                   Formulations                                                92
                   Markets                                                     94
               Digital Inks                                                    96
                   Formulations                                                98
                   Markets                                                    101
               Letterpress Inks                                               103
                   Product Types & Formulations                               105
                   Markets                                                    106
               Other Printing Inks                                            107
                   Product Types & Formulations                               110
                     Screen & Textile Inks                                    111
                     All Other Inks                                           113
                   Markets                                                    114

          V.   MARKETS                                                        117
               General                                                        117
               Packaging                                                      119
                   Rigid Containers                                           122
                     Rigid Container Industry Overview                        122
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      124
                     Paperboard Containers                                    126
                     Corrugated Boxes                                         128
                     Rigid Plastic Containers                                 129
                     Metal Cans                                               131
                     Glass & Other Containers                                 132
                   Flexible Packaging                                         133
                     Flexible Packaging Industry Overview                     134
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      137
                        Food Packaging                                        139
                        Non-Food Packaging                                    141
                   Labels                                                     142
                     Label Industry Overview                                  143
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      144
                   Retail Bags & Sacks                                        146
                     Retail Bag & Sack Industry Overview                      146
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      148
                   Product Types                                              149
                   Product Formulations                                       152
               Commercial Printing                                            153
                   Commercial Printing Industry Overview                      154
                   Printing Ink Demand                                        156
                   Applications                                               157
                   Product Types & Formulations                               158
               Publication                                                    160
                   Periodicals                                                162
                     Periodicals Industry Overview                            162
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      164
                   Newspapers                                                 165
                     Newspaper Industry Overview                              165
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      167
                   Books                                                      169
                     Book Industry Overview                                   169
                     Printing Ink Demand                                      170
                   Other Publication Markets                                  172
                   Product Types & Formulations                               173
               Other Markets                                                  174
                            
          VI.  INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                             177
               General                                                        177
               Market Share                                                   178
               Competitive Strategies                                         181
               Research & Development                                         183
               Manufacturing                                                  184
               Marketing Strategies                                           186
               Distribution                                                   188
               Company Profiles                                               189
                   Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated                    190
                   Akzo Nobel NV                                              192
                   American Inks & Coatings Incorporated                      193
                   Apollo Colors Incorporated                                 194
                   Arizona Chemical Company                                   196
                   BASF SE                                                    198
                   Braden Sutphin Ink Company                                 200
                   Cabot Corporation                                          202
                   Cargill Incorporated                                       205
                   Central Ink Corporation                                    206
                   Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Incorporated              207
                   Clariant International Limited                             210
                   Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Company KG                       212
                   Cook Composites and Polymers Company, see Total SA            
                   DIC Corporation                                            214
                   Dow Chemical Company                                       218
                   Dow Corning Corporation                                    220
                   DuPont (EI) de Nemours                                     221
                   Eastman Chemical Company                                   223
                   EFI Incorporated                                           225
                   Exxon Mobil Corporation                                    226
                   Flint Group                                                227
                   Fujifilm Holdings Corporation                              230
                   Graphic Packaging Holding Corporation                      232
                   Handschy Industries, see Graphic Packaging
                   Hexion Specialty Chemicals Incorporated                    234
                   Huber Group                                                236
                   Ink Systems Incorporated                                   238
                   INX International Ink, see Sakata INX                         
                   Lubrizol Corporation                                       239
                   LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA                           240
                   MeadWestvaco Corporation                                   242
                   Nazdar                                                     243
                   Quad/Graphics Incorporated                                 244
                   Rohm and Haas Company                                      245
                   Sakata INX Corporation                                     247
                   Sartomer Company, see Total SA                                
                   Sensient Technologies Corporation                          249
                   SICPA Holding SA                                           250
                   Siegwerk Druckfarben AG                                    251
                   Silberline Manufacturing Company Incorporated              252
                   Sun Chemical, see DIC Corporation                             
                   Superior Printing Ink Company Incorporated                 253
                   3M Company                                                 254
                   Total SA                                                   256
                   Toyo Ink Manufacturing Company Limited                     258
                   Van Son Holland Ink Corporation of America                 260
                   Wikoff Color Corporation                                   262
               Other Companies Mentioned in the Study                         263
               
                                LIST OF TABLES
                                        
TABLE NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
               Summary Table                                                    3

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Macroeconomic Indicators                                         9
           2   Personal Consumption Expenditures                               11
           3   Manufacturers' Shipments                                        14
           4   Retail Sales                                                    16
           5   Printing & Publishing Shipments                                 18
           6   Packaging Shipments by Type                                     20
           7   Packaging Shipments by Material                                 23
           8   Printing Ink Pricing                                            25
           9   Printing Ink Market, 1998-2008                                  26
          10   US Foreign Trade in Printing Inks                               43

               SECTION III -- RAW MATERIALS
           1   Printing Ink Raw Material Consumption                           46
           2   Vehicle Consumption in Printing Inks                            48
           3   Resin Consumption in Printing Inks                              50
           4   Process Oil Consumption in Printing Inks                        56
           5   Solvent Consumption in Printing Inks                            58
           6   Colorant Consumption in Printing Inks                           59
           7   Carbon Black in Printing Inks                                   61
           8   Other Pigments & Dyes in Printing Inks                          64
           9   Additive Consumption in Printing Inks                           66
          10   Wax Consumption in Printing Inks                                67
          11   Surfactant Consumption in Printing Inks                         69
          12   Other Additives Consumption in Printing Inks                    71

               SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
           1   Printing Ink Demand by Type & Formulation                       74
           2   Lithographic Ink Supply & Demand                                77
           3   Lithographic Ink Demand by Type & Formulation                   79
           4   Web Offset Ink Demand                                           81
           5   Sheetfed Offset Ink Demand                                      82
           6   Lithographic Ink Markets                                        84
           7   Flexographic Ink Supply & Demand                                86
           8   Flexographic Ink Demand by Formulation                          88
           9   Flexographic Ink Markets                                        90
          10   Gravure Ink Supply & Demand                                     92
          11   Gravure Ink Demand by Formulation                               94
          12   Gravure Ink Markets                                             96
          13   Digital Ink Supply & Demand                                     98
          14   Digital Ink Demand by Formulation                              101
          15   Digital Ink Markets                                            103
          16   Letterpress Ink Supply & Demand                                104
          17   Letterpress Ink Demand by Type & Formulation                   106
          18   Letterpress Ink Markets                                        107
          19   Other Printing Ink Supply & Demand                             109
          20   Other Printing Ink Demand by Type & Formulation                111

               SECTION V -- MARKETS
           1   Printing Ink Demand by Market                                  118
           2   Packaging Market for Printing Inks                             121
           3   Rigid Container Shipments                                      124
           4   Rigid Container Market for Printing Inks                       126
           5   Paperboard Container Market for Printing Inks                  128
           6   Corrugated Box Market for Printing Inks                        129
           7   Rigid Plastic Container Market for Printing Inks               130
           8   Metal Can Market for Printing Inks                             132
           9   Glass & Other Container Market for Printing Inks               133
          10   Flexible Packaging Demand                                      137
          11   Flexible Packaging Market for Printing Inks                    138
          12   Flexible Food Packaging Market for Printing Inks               141
          13   Flexible Non-Food Packaging Market for Printing Inks           142
          14   Label Demand                                                   144
          15   Label Market for Printing Inks                                 146
          16   Retail Bag & Sack Shipments                                    148
          17   Retail Bag & Sack Market for Printing Inks                     149
          18   Packaging Ink Demand by Type                                   152
          19   Packaging Ink Demand by Formulation                            153
          20   Commercial Printing Shipments by Process & Product             155
          21   Commercial Printing Market for Printing Inks                   157
          22   Commercial Printing Ink Demand by Type & Formulation           160
          23   Publication Market for Printing Inks                           162
          24   Periodicals Indicators                                         163
          25   Periodicals Market for Printing Inks                           165
          26   Newspaper Indicators                                           166
          27   Newspaper Market for Printing Inks                             168
          28   Book Indicators                                                170
          29   Book Market for Printing Inks                                  171
          30   Other Publication Markets for Printing Inks                    172
          31   Publication Printing Ink Demand by Type & Formulation          174
          32   Other Markets for Printing Inks                                176

               SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   Printing Ink Sales by Company, 2008                            180

                                 LIST OF CHARTS
                                        
CHART NUMBER                                                                 PAGE

               SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
           1   Printing Ink Market, 1998-2008                                  27
           2   World Printing Ink Market, 2008                                 41

               SECTION III -- RAW MATERIALS
           1   Printing Ink Raw Material Consumption by Type, 2008             46

               SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
           1   Printing Ink Demand by Type, 2008                               75

               SECTION V -- MARKETS
           1   Printing Ink Demand by Market, 2008                            119

               SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
           1   US Printing Ink Market Share by Company, 2008                  181

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