The FINANCIAL — Business inkjet shipments maintained their momentum in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with 2.2 million units shipped and 16.3% year-over-year growth. The overall worldwide hardcopy peripherals market recorded a year-over-year decline of -6.3% in 3Q15, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals (HCP) Tracker.
Total shipments fell to 25.8 million units, while the corresponding shipment value fell by -5.7% to $13.8 billion over the same period.
Notable highlights in the third quarter included:
• Shipments of Basic and Managed print services devices continue to grow, posting more than 380,000 units in 3Q15.
• The U.S. maintained positive year-over-year shipment growth with close to 5.6 million units.
• High-end color laser devices (45 ppm+) recorded double-digit year-over-year growth (15.3%).
• Kyocera Document Solutions outperformed all other top 10 vendors with 6.1% year-over-year growth, resulting in 415,000 units shipped.
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