Key facts:
- Digital printing has an 18.6% share of the overall graphic and package/label printing market by value in 2025
- In the functional and industrial sector, screen printing grew by 9.6% CAGR in value between 2020 and 2025.
Globally, demand for print in the graphic, packaging, label, functional and industrial segments is forecast to increase slightly by 2.6% CAGR. This follows a period of very similar growth in the previous five years when volume grew by 1.0% CAGR and value by 2.8% CAGR. This report highlights advances in both screen and digital printing technology covering hardware, consumables and software. It compares screen and digital printing over the period 2020-30 in POS/signage, other graphic products, labels and packaging applications, as well as in the functional and industrial printing segments. The report looks at market trends affecting both supply and demand of these end-use applications over the ten-year period, and reviews how print production and technology supply chains are responding to these trends.
Key Questions:
- What are the main drivers behind changes in demand profiles over time?
- What areas of industry are growing/ declining in these markets and how are they affected by trends?
- How is technology advancing in both screen and digital print?
- Where are the differences in growth areas in the screen and digital markets?
This report is essential to:
- Raw materials suppliers including inks and consumables
- Equipment and machinery suppliers
- Print providers and packaging converters
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Report objectives
- Methodology
- Scope and definitions
- List of definitions
- Abbreviations and glossary of terms
- Exchange rates
Key drivers & trends
- Introduction
- Macro drivers and trends
- Market drivers
- Demographic and social trends
- Population growth
- Age structure
- Increasing urbanisation
- Sustainability
Technology developments
- Introduction
- Screen
- Flat screen printing
- Rotary screen printing
- Screen printing developments
- Digital printing
- Inkjet
- Inkjet head developments
- Inkjet ink and fluid developments
- Water-based inks
- UV and radiation cured inks
- Hybrid UV inkjet inks
- Solvent-based inks
- Inkjet press development
- Digital textile printing
- Wide format textile printers
- Agfa
- Durst
- EFI Reggiani
- Epson
- Homer
- HP
- Kornit
- Mimaki
- Zimmer
- Direct to garment (DTG) printers
- Direct to film (DTF) printers
- High-speed inkjet presses
- Narrow-web inkjet presses
- Wide-format inkjet printing
- Agfa
- Canon
- Durst
- EFI
- Fujifilm
- HP
- Mimaki
- Mutoh
- High-speed flatbed printers
- Sheetfed inkjet presses
Screen and digital printing markets
- Introduction
- Screen
- Digital
- Electrophotography
- Inkjet
Graphic & package printing markets
- Overview
- Indoor PoS/display & signage
- Outdoor PoS/display & signage
- Other graphic print
- Labels
- Packaging Functional & industrial printing markets
- Overview
- Decor
- Ceramics
- Electronics
- Glass
- Automotive
- Bio-medical
- Promotional
- Textiles
Geographic markets
- Overview
- Western Europe
- North America
- Asia
- Latin America
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Australasia