Inkjet printing has enjoyed excellent growth during the past decade. A look at how the mix between conventional and digital printing technologies has changed at major trade shows such as drupa and IPEX clearly shows this trend. Having taken a large chunk of the screen market, there is every indication that digital will soon take on conventional sheetfed printing.
Major inkjet press manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, EFI and its subsidiaries VUTEk and Jetrion, Xeikon, Fujifilm, INX Digital and others are making major inroads in terms ofproductivity.
As a result, inkjet ink is a growth area, led by Fujifilm Sericol, Sun Chemical, EFI, Nazdar, INX Digital, Collins Ink and ImTech. In spite of the recession, inkjet ink companies reported that they had good years, although growth was not as explosive as printers found capital less easy to come by, thus curtailing some investment in new equipment.
See full report at: The 2010 Inkjet Ink Report.
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