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KN22067 KEY NOTE PRINTING DECEMBER 1997

ISBN 1-85765-766-7

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Executive Summary
Market Definition: INTRODUCTION; MARKET SECTORS; MARKET POSITION; MARKET TRENDS; Table 1: Major Market Sector Shares in the Printing Industry Market by Value ( percent), 1997
Market Size: THE TOTAL MARKET; BY MARKET SECTOR; FOREIGN TRADE; Table 2: UK Manufacturers' Sales in the Printing Sector (£m), 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1997; Table 3: Retail Value of UK Book Sales at Current Prices (£m), 1985-1996; Table 4: Output of Book Titles in the UK, 1985-1997; Table 5: Growth in the Number of Magazine Titles, December 1980-December 1996; Table 6: Security Print Products by Customer; Table 7: The 10-Year Trend in Regional Newspaper Sales (million), 1987-1996; Table 8: Exports and Imports of Printed Matter (£m), 1991-1996
Industry Background: INTRODUCTION; INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION; PROFITABILITY; INVESTMENT; TRADE BODIES; PUBLICATIONS; Table 9: The Top 30 UK Printing Companies Ranked by Turnover (£m), 1995/1996/1997; Table 10: The Top 20 UK Printing Companies Ranked by Printing Turnover Only (£m), 1996/1997; Table 11: Index of Annual Change in Productivity and Profitability in the Printing Industry (1993=100), 1991-1996
Competitor Analysis: THE MARKETPLACE; MARKET LEADERS
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT): THE TOTAL MARKET; LARGE PUBLICLY-QUOTED COMPANIES; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED PRINTERS
Buying Behaviour: USERS OF PRINTING
Outside Suppliers to the Industry: PAPER AND BOARD MILLS; EQUIPMENT MAKERS; INK AND VARNISH MANUFACTURERS
Current Issues: STATE OF THE MARKET; ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS; MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS; JOB LOSSES; IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGY; SALE OF IPC MAGAZINES
Forecasts: FORECASTS 1998 TO 2002; PAPER AND PAPER PRICES; EU PACKAGING RULES; THE INDUSTRY'S FUTURE; Table 12: The Forecast UK Printing Market (£bn), 1998-2002
Company Profiles: INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS; FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Sources: ASSOCIATIONS; PERIODICALS; DIRECTORIES; GENERAL SOURCES; HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES; GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS; OTHER SOURCES

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report looks at the UK printing industry. This industry supplies every part of the economy from publishing, public relations and advertising to food and drinks packaging, and engineering and electronics. The products printed range from brochures and magazines to cartons, boxes, stationery and address books.

Following the revision of statistics from the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), Key Note estimates that the value of the UK market was £11bn in 1997. The major sectors in the market are: books, brochures, leaflets, advertising literature, packaging and magazines.

There have been two key trends in the UK market in 1997 -- fierce price competition driven by increasing overcapacity in the industry and a rising sterling exchange rate. Both these trends have been undermining profitability. The latest research from PrintWeek magazine shows that for 1996 average profit margins fell very dramatically from 7.1 percent to 4.1 percent, and the quarterly surveys published by the BPIF in 1997 have shown that prices have remained under very great pressure.

The BPIF estimates that in 1997 there were around 12,000 companies in the printing and packaging industry, and that they employ around 170,000. It is quite a fragmented industry. The top three companies remain Rexam, St Ives and The British Printing Company Ltd (BPC). A significant feature of 1997 has been the large number of acquisitions and also management buyouts (MBOs). A number of companies such as Rexam are intent on focusing on fewer businesses and increasing their market share in those businesses, while divesting themselves of non-core activities, which in many cases leads to a management buyout.

Several reports and surveys on the industry in 1997 indicate that the industry needs to take a good look at itself. Its record on training, research and development (R&D) and its ability to implement new equipment and new technology easily are all being questioned. Key Note estimates that the market will grow by around 4 percent to 5 percent a year up until the year 2002, but very few market sectors will show any growth in profits.

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