The FINANCIAL — The worldwide production print market continues to show year-over-year growth in unit shipments, gaining 9.9% in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Production Printer Tracker , unit shipments increased to approximately 10,500 units (printers and MFPs) and shipment value increased 5.9% to more than $1.2 billion in the same time period.
Market H ighlights
• All four of IDC’s largest regional markets saw positive year-over-year unit growth in the production print space in 3Q15. Key contributors to the worldwide increase were Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) with 15.7% year-over-year growth, the U.S with 15.3%, Western Europe with 12.1%, and Japan with 1.0%.
• All categories in the production print market recorded year-over-year gains. Label & Packaging was up 15.0%, Production grew 12.7%, and Mid-Production increased 9.1%.
• High speed inkjet shipments grew 8.8% year over year. Canon, Ricoh and HP are the top 3 vendors in this space. Their combined market share accounts for more than half of the global high speed inkjet segment.
“All production-class technologies saw annual gains in the third quarter, showing the health of the worldwide digital production industry. As expected, after slipping in the second quarter, high-speed inkjet experienced a tremendous rebound in the third quarter, with system shipments growing 110% from the previous quarter and 9% annually. Hardware vendors are innovating — from monochrome laser to sheetfed inkjet — to create new applications for their customers, which is driving demand for new technology investments,” said Amy Machado , Research Manager, Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions.
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