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Understanding the UK market
Sponsored by Fespa and available through your local Association, this is what you have been waiting for after months of research: the UK Market Report. Available free to DSPA members and incredibly good value at £250 to non DSPA members
The Digital & Screen Printing Association is constantly besieged for the type of information available in this report. Thanks to Fespa and DSPA president, Peter Kiddell, it has arrived.
The markets examined comprise those traditionally known as point-of-sale, graphics and industrial printing. This survey provides readers with up-to-date market information, plus a vision of the future as envisaged by current market leaders.
One clear observation is that these are rapidly changing markets. Processes include: large format digital printing, screen printing, large format offset litho and to a lesser extent digital display screens.
Those surveyed are companies using these technologies and providing a service (printers) to end users (media buyers), companies supplying these technologies (ink and equipment suppliers) and end users. As well as actual statistics on market size and development there are indications how process technologies are likely to evolve.
The survey can be provided on CD in PDF format (or via ftp website). Statistics are shown graphically and numerically. Links point to internet references that provide additional information. Information is easy to digest and relevant to business. The survey was carried out by process experts who have a deep market understanding and access to key decision makers.
Executive Summary
A summary of the findings. If you have time constraints, this summary provides all the key responses. This section is ideal as a discussion document at your next Board Meeting.
Service Providers’ Perspective
Companies surveyed for this section range from leaders in brand and retail communication to companies using printing processes as part of a manufacturing process.
How did we get here?
This shows how companies originated.
Where are we in 2007?
Turnover
Processes they use
Sales by process
Total sales for the sector they are in
Numbers of employees
Where will we be in five-years
How they see themselves in five-years
Equipment and Consumable Suppliers’ Perspective
This will be divided into machinery and ink suppliers)
Where are we in 2007?
Sales volume and equipment numbers
Where will we be in five-years?
Changing technologies will be having a considerable impact on the direction suppliers will take. The question is will it be demand or supply led?
End Users’ Perspective
Where are we in 2007
The internet has already had a dramatic effect on how we communicate but there are still key market areas that the industries address very well
Where will we be in five-years?
Will retail outlets simply be showrooms with demonstration facilities. Already small purchases can be made with what is effectively an electronic purse
Digital printing technology is fighting hard against digital display technology
Conclusions
This pulls the data together. It is likely to be enlightening and controversial but based on carefully researched data and opinion.
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