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KN22060 KEY NOTE PRINTING JANUARY 2000

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report looks at the printing industry, which went through a year of massive change in 1999. The industry's products include labels, packaging, newspapers, magazines, stationery, brochures and advertising material.
The British Printing Industry Federation (BPIF) estimates that the output of the printing and graphics industry was worth £13bn in 1999. Key Note estimates that, in 1999, advertising literature represented around £3.3bn, books and brochures £1.5bn, packaging £1.15bn and newspapers and journals -- which appear less than four times a week -- £1.26bn.
Packaging and label manufacturers continue to find the UK and European markets very difficult to compete in. Financial printers and book printers have also experienced difficulties. The fact that margins are under pressure in every sector is confirmed by PrintWeek magazine's survey of the UK's top 500 companies, which shows that average operating profit margins in 1998 fell from 6.6 percent to 6.1 percent.
There is now a considerable amount of takeover activity in the industry. During 1999, the following companies were bought by foreign companies:

* Cox & Wyman Ltd
* Field Group PLC
* Kall Kwik Ltd
* Liberfabrica PLC
* Sidlaw PLC
* Wace PLC.

Although the future of print is assured in an increasingly electronic age, certain sections, such as financial printing, stationery and catalogues, are being affected by developments in electronic media.
Key Note forecasts that the value of UK sales in the printing market will increase by 8.5 percent in the period from the year 2000 to 2004.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SECTORS

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Major Market Sector Shares in the Printing Industry by Value ( percent), 1999

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

BY MARKET SECTOR

FOREIGN TRADE

Table 2: UK Manufacturers' Sales in the Printing Sector (£m), 1996-1999

Table 3: Growth in the Number of Magazine Titles, Year Ending December 1996-1999

Table 4: Retail Value of UK Book SalesÅ (£m), 1994-1999

Table 5: Output of Books in the UK by Number of Books, 1994-1999

Table 6: Exports and Imports of Printed Matter by Value (£m), 1994-1998

Industry Background

INTRODUCTION

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

PROFITABILITY

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 7: BPIF Members in Relation to Company Size (number of employees), 1999

Table 8: Output per Head in Printing and Other Industries ( percent), 1998

Table 9: Index of Production in the Printing Industry, 1993-1998

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

MARKET LEADERS

Table 10: The Top 30 UK Printing Companies by Turnover and Pre-Tax Profit (£m), 1997/1998/1999

Table 11: The Top 20 UK Printing Companies by Printing Turnover and Pre-Tax Profit Only (£m), 1997/1998/1999

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

MAJOR BUYERS

INTERNET BUYING

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

PAPER AND BOARD MILLS

EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

INKS AND VARNISHES MANUFACTURERS

Current Issues

STATE OF THE MARKET

AN INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING

NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

Forecasts

FORECASTS 2000 TO 2004

FURTHER RESTRUCTURING

PIRA INTERNATIONAL

Table 12: The Forecast UK Printing Market by Value (£bn), 2000-2004

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HOPPENSTEDT BONNIER INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

Text © 2000Key Note

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