The Future Of Print Equipment Markets To 2030

• The global market for printing equipment sales is valued at $16.9 billion in 2025.
• Sales of print equipment have increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.5% since 2020.

There are several factors that determine demand for new printing equipment. Economic factors affect demand for end-use products and also influence business confidence. Recent geopolitical events, implementation of tariffs and high inflation, have created uncertainty in the market. In addition, most new printing equipment features high levels of automation which can significantly increase productivity, so more work can be printed with fewer presses.

This report covers a network of print equipment manufacturers that supply to an international customer base, along with smaller companies selling their products into local or regional markets. It also examines the equipment used for both analogue printing and digital print processes, with a focus on print-forprofit (including in-plant printing operations). It highlights the market for the range of prepress and postpress finishing equipment that is used as part of the overall print process.

Key Questions

• Who are the leading international printing equipment manufacturers?
• What geographic regions have fallen globally in recent years and where is showing promising areas of growth?
• What trends have affected demand for printing and accelerated changes in the printing industry?
• How does the demand, and growth, between analogue and digital printing methods vary?

This report is essential to 

• Producers of inks and consumables
• Printing machinery and equipment suppliers
• Retailers and brand owners

Executive summary

Introduction and methodology

• Introduction
• Report objective
• Scope and definitions
• Methodology
• Exchange rates
• Glossary of terms

Market overview – printing equipment markets, 2020–30

• Introduction
• Market overview
  • Transition from analogue to digital
• Recent market trends
  • Geopolitical influences
  • Impact of tariffs
  • Sustainability as a driver for change    
  • The drupa effect
  • Changes to supply chains
  • Summary

Sheetfed offset lithographic printing equipment markets

• Introduction
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
• Installed base
• Sheetfed press formats
• Major manufacturers
• Curing system developments
• Key technological and market developments

Web offset lithographic printing equipment markets

• Introduction
• Heatset web offset
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
  • Installed base
  • Major manufacturers
  • Key technological and market developments
• Coldset web offset
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
  • Installed base
  • Major manufacturers
  • Key technological and market developments

Gravure printing equipment markets        

• Introduction
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
• Installed base
• Major manufacturers
• Key technological and market developments

Flexographic equipment markets

• Introduction
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
• Installed base
• Major manufacturers
• Key technological and market developments

Screen printing equipment markets    

• Introduction
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
• Installed base
• Major manufacturers 
• Key technological and market developments

Prepress and postpress equipment markets

• Introduction
• Prepress equipment
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
  • Major manufacturers
  • Key technological and market developments
• Postpress equipment
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
  • Major manufacturers
  • Key technological and market developments

Electrophotographic printing equipment markets

• Introduction
  • Key end-use applications
  • Sales trends and forecasts
• Installed base
• Major manufacturers
• Key technological and market developments

Inkjet printing equipment markets    

• Introduction
• Key end-use applications
• Sales trends and forecasts to 2030
• Inkjet press formats
  • High-speed, single-pass web presses        
  • Narrow web inkjet presses
  • Wide format and flatbed
  • Imprinters and bespoke applications        
  • Sheetfed inkjet presses
• Installed base
• Major manufacturers
• Key technological and market developments

Geographic printing equipment markets

• Introduction
• Western Europe
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • UK
  • Other Western Europe
• North America
  • Canada
  • US
• Asia    
  • China
  • India
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Other Asia
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Other Latin America
• Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Other Eastern Europe
• Middle East
• Africa    
• Australasia

Company profiles

• Introduction
• Bobst    
• Canon    
• Comexi
• Duplo Corporation
• Durst    
• EFI    
• Fujifilm
• Heidelberg
• HP    
• Kodak    
• Koenig & Bauer
• Komori
• Landa    
• manroland Goss web systems
• manroland Sheetfed
• Mark Andy
• Müller Martini    
• Ricoh    
• Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology
• Xeikon    
• Xerox    

TABLES

• International printing equipment manufacturers, in alphabetical order    xxviii
• Exchange rates to the US dollar, 2020–24 (=$1)
• Global printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Global printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)    
• Global printing equipment sales, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Global printing equipment sales, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)    
• Largest 20 national printing equipment markets in 2020, 2024 & 2030 ($ million)
• Global installations of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Global installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Global analogue and digital printing press* sales, 2020–30 ($ billion)
• Trends in analogue and digital printing press sales in mature and emerging markets, 2020–30 ($ billion)
• Sheetfed offset litho printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Sheetfed offset litho printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)    
• New sheetfed offset litho press unit sales, by geographic market, 2020–30
• Installed base of sheetfed offset litho presses, by region, 2020–30    
• B-series sheet sizes
• Installed base of sheetfed offset litho presses, by press format, 2020–30
• Installed base of sheetfed offset litho presses, by format and region, 2020, 2024 & 2030 (% share by volume)
• New sales of sheetfed offset litho presses, by format and region, 2020–30
• Heatset web offset printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Heatset web offset printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Installed base of commercial heatset web offset presses, by geographic market, 2020–30
• Coldset web offset printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Coldset web offset printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)    
• Installed base of commercial coldset web offset presses, 
• 2020–30
• Gravure printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Gravure printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• New gravure press unit sales, by geographic market, 2020–30
• Installed base of gravure presses, by geographic market, 2020–30    
• Flexographic printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Flexographic printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• New flexo press unit sales, by geographic market, 2020–30
• New sales of flexo presses, by format and region, 2020–30
• Installed base of flexo presses, by geographic market, 2020–30
• Installed base of flexo presses, by format and region, 2020–30
• Screen printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Screen printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• New screen press unit sales, by geographic market, 2020–30
• Installed base of screen presses, by geographic market, 2020–30    
• Prepress printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Prepress printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Postpress printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Postpress printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Electrophotographic printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Electrophotographic printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)       
• New sales of colour electrophotographic presses, by type and region, 2020–30
• Global installed base of colour electrophotographic presses, by type, 2020–30
• Installed base of colour EP presses, by type and region, 2020–30
• Inkjet printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Inkjet printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Global inkjet press unit sales, by type, 2020–30
• New inkjet press unit sales, by type and region, 2020–30
• Global installed base of inkjet presses, by type, 2020–30
• Installed base of inkjet presses, by type and region, 2020–30
• Printing equipment sales, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Printing equipment sales, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)        
• National printing equipment markets, ranked by size, in 2020, 2024 & 2030 ($ million)
• Western European printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Western European printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Western European sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Western European installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• France: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• France: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Germany: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Germany: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Italy: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Italy: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Netherlands: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Netherlands: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Spain: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Spain: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• UK: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• UK: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Other Western Europe: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Other Western Europe: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• North American printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• North American printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• North American sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• North American installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Canada: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Canada: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• US: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• US: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Asian printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Asian printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Asian sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Asian installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• China: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• China: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• India: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• India: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Japan: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Japan: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• South Korea: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• South Korea: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Other Asia: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Other Asia: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Latin American printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Latin American printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Latin American sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Latin American installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Brazil: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Brazil: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Mexico: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Mexico: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Other Latin America: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Other Latin America: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Eastern European printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Eastern European printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Eastern European sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Eastern European installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Poland: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Poland: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Russia: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Russia: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Other Eastern Europe: printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Other Eastern Europe: installed base and sales of new analogue printing equipment, 2020–30
• Middle Eastern printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Middle Eastern printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Middle Eastern sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Middle Eastern installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• African printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• African printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• African sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• African installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Australasian printing equipment sales, by national market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Australasian printing equipment sales, by type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Australasian sales of new printing equipment, by type, 2020–30 (units)
• Australasian installed base of printing equipment, by type, 2020–30
• Bobst: financial summary, 2020–24 (CHF million)
• Canon Inc.: financial summary, 2020–24 (JPY billion)
• EFI: financial summary, 2016–18 ($ thousand)
• EFI: sales by operating segment, 2016–18 ($ thousand)
• Fujifilm Holdings: financial summary, 2020–24 (¥ billion)
• Heidelberg: financial summary, 2020–24 (€ million)
• HP Inc.: financial summary, 2020–24 ($ million)
• HP Inc.: printing sales, by segment, 2020–24 ($ million)
• Eastman Kodak Company: financial summary, FY2020–24 (US$ million)
• Koenig & Bauer: financial summary, 2020–24 (€ million)        
• Koenig & Bauer: sales, by region, 2020–24 (% value share)
• Koenig & Bauer: sales by product group, 2020–24 (€ million)
• Komori: financial summary, 2020–24 (¥ million)
• Possehl: financial summary, FY2020–24 (€ million)
• manroland Sheetfed: financial summary, 2021–24 (€ million)    
• Ricoh: financial summary, 2020–24 (¥ billion)
• Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology: financial summary, 2020–24 (¥ million)
• Xerox Holdings Corporation: financial summary, 2018–22 ($ million)

FIGURES

• Global evolution in overall unit sales of print equipment, 2020–30
• Global printing equipment sales, by machinery type, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Analogue vs digital sales, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Installed base for printing equipment, by type, 2020–30    
• Global printing equipment market, by region, 2024 (% share by value)
• Global printing equipment unit sales, by region, 2024 (% share by volume)
• Global printing equipment sales, by geographic market, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Effect of tariffs on key global economies
• Offset litho print process
• Evolution of sales of sheetfed offset litho presses, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)
• Evolution of unit sales of sheetfed offset litho presses, by region, 2020–30
• Distribution of sheetfed offset litho press installed base, by format, 2024 (% share by volume) 
• Gravure printing process
• Flexographic print process
• Manual flatbed screen printing
• ABG Doming flat screen web unit    
• Cylinder screen press
• Rotary screen printing process
• Installed base of colour electrophotographic colour presses, by type, 2020–30
• Trends in printing equipment sales, by region, 2020–30 ($ million)