Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: The Industry Measure - Reed Business Information
Published: October 2006
Product Code: R3427-46Description This report analyzes the prevailing economic environment, the current state of the printing industry (drawing on both U.S. government data as well as The Industry’s Measure’s own 12-year historical database of survey results), and details the major forces the industry will have to contend with in the next year. “Printing Forecast 2007” also takes a close-up look at the most resent Industry Measure survey results on such hot industry topics as workflow automation, offshoring of print, digital and variable-data printing, and more. The report also presents The Industry Measure’s latest investment projections for more than 200 equipment, hardware, and software categories.
Table of Contents - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- The Print and Prepress Markets
- Economic Background
- General Economic Trends
- The Printing Industry Today
- Challenges, Opportunities, and Investments
- New Equipment Investment
- General Printing Industry Trends
- The Design & Production Markets Today
- Business Conditions
- Current Business Conditions
- Challenges, Opportunities, and Investments
- Key Design & Production Trends
- The Publishing Markets Today
- Business Conditions
- Challenges, Opportunities, and Investments
- Key Publishing Trends
- Close-Up View of Some Key Industry Trends
- Integrated Automation
- Offshore Printing
- Media Mix
- Digital and Variable-Data Printing
- The Industry Measure Printing 2007 Forecast
- What’s Hot-ish
- What’s Not
- Six Forces to Be Reckoned With
- Notes and References
- APPENDIX: TWGA METHODOLOGY
- TrendWatch Graphic Arts Today
- Historic Background
- Survey Design
- Survey Sampling, Incentives and Response Rates
- Sampling Strategy
- Non-Response Bias
- Other Background Research
- Who’s Who at TrendWatch
- TrendWatch Report Editorial and Production
- Table of Figures
- Figure 1: Value of Industry Shipments, NAICS 323 (Printing and Related Activities), 1997-2005
- Figure 2: Industry Measure Business Conditions Index (BCI), Print and Prepress Establishments, 1995-2006
- Figure 3: Industry Measure Business Optimism Index (BOI), Print and Prepress Establishments, 1995-2006
- Figure 4: Does Your Company Plan to Purchase Any New Printing Equipment (Offset or Digital) in the Next 12-18 Months? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Figure 5: If Yes, Will Your New Equipment Purchase Be New or Used? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Figure 6: If Yes, Is Your New Equipment Intended to Add Additional Capacity or Replace Currently Existing Printing Equipment? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Figure 7: Industry Measure Business Conditions Index, Design & Production Establishments by Market, 1996-2006
- Figure 8: Industry Measure Business Conditions Index, Publishers by Market, 1997-2006
- Figure 9: Which of the Following Actions Has Your Company Taken Regarding Implementing an Automated Production Workflow
- (like Heidelberg Prinect, Agfa Apogee, Creo Prinergy, etc.)? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Figure 10: “Broadening Digital Printing Services” as a Sales Opportunity, All Print and Prepress Establishments, 2003-2006
- Figure 11: Have You Worked on Personalized, Customized or Variable-Data Jobs in the Past 12 Months? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Figure 12: How Would You Classify Those Jobs? All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Table of Tables
- Table 1: Gross Domestic Product, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, in Current Dollars and in Chained 2000 Dollars, 1997-2005
- Table 2: Top 10 Business Challenges, Sales Opportunities, and Planned Investments, All Print and Prepress Establishments, Fall 2006
- Table 3: Top 10 Business Challenges, Sales Opportunities, and Planned Investments, All Design & Production Establishments, Summer 2006
- Table 4: Top 10 Business Challenges, Sales Opportunities, and Planned Investments, All Publishers, Summer 2006
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