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Subject: Ink & Paper

Subject Code: 9555

Md. Ataur Rahman

Instructor (Design & Printing)

M.CSE, B.CSE

Printing Ink

History of printing

1000 ad Chinese work with movable letters (wood)

5000 b.c. First prints by Chinese

1452 Gutenberg prints his first bible1797 Alois Senefelder invents the

litho print1798 First paper machine

developed for the paper production

1823 Perfecting press is developed

1812 Friedrich König invents the

cylinder printing machine

1830 Stereotyping for blockmaking

History of printing

1900 Development of newspaper rotaries

1930 Screen printing is invented

1962 Use of EDP in typesetting production

1982 Development of PostScript

1993 Development of PDF

1907 First prints in offset

1884 Typesetting machine developed by Ottmar Mergenthaler

1863 Rotary press for mass editions of books, magazines etc.

1991 First large-format inkjet photo printer

Types of printing processes

Gravure

Flexographic

Letterpress

Screen

DigitalOffset

Types of printing processes (cont.)

ScreenScreen printing

FlexoLetterpress printingLetterpress

Offset Sheetfed offsetHeatsetColdset

InkjetElectrophotography

Digital printing

GravurePad printing

Gravure printing

Intaglio

Printing ink as part of printing process

Layout

Prepress

Print form

Substrate

Printing ink

Printing press

Press operator

Print finishing

What is printing ink?

Colourants / Pigments 5 – 30 %

Binder systems 15 – 60 %

Solvents 20 – 70 %

Additives 1 – 10 %

Types of printing inks

Offset (Sheetfed, web offset)LetterpressIntaglio

Paste inks

FlexoOffsetScreen

Energy curing inks

FlexographyLiquid inksGravureScreenInkjet

Digital

Types of substrates

Plastics

Glass

Paper

Corrugated Board

Woven Material

Metal

Folding CartonsCorrugated Boxes

The right process for the right substrate

Paper, CardboardFlexo

PaperLetterpress

Paper, CardboardInkjet

Plastics

Paper, CardboardOffsetPaper, Cardboard, PlasticsGravurePaper, CardboardIntaglioPaper, CardboardPlasticsMetal

Screen

GlassWoven material

PaperElectrophotography

Typical products by process

Graphic Display

Glass

Rigid Plastics

Screen

Offset Newspapers

Brochures and catalogues

Books

Magazines

Metal Parts

Office & Home

Displays

Industrial Making

Inkjet

Banknotes, StampsIntaglio

Flexo Corrugated Boxes

Flexible Film Packaging

Newspapers

Magazines

Flexible Film Packaging

Gravure

Ink Market

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

22,000

24,000

26,000

Number of employees in 2005

= Paint

= Printing Inks

Total: ~ 18.500 employees (Printing Inks)

Estimate by CEPE

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World: Shares by areas

Value: EUR 10,5 Billion

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World: Shares by Ink types

Source: NAPIM / EuPIA

Volume: 1,3 million metric tonsValue: 3,8 billion Euro Volume: 1,3 million metric tonsValue: 3,8 billion Euro

European Ink Market

year-to-end of 2006

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40,000

80,000

120,000

160,000

200,000

240,000

280,000+4%

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Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Volume)

= 2005

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Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Volume)

= 2005

= 2006

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Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Value)

= 2005

= 2006

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+5%+0.2%

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Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Value)

= 2005

= 2006+2% +3%

+3% +22%

+2%

+12%

+13%

+37%

+7% +9%

+3%+2% +18%

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

Europe: Sales per ink type (Volume)

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+6%

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400,000

600,000

800,000

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Europe: Sales per ink type (Value)

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Ink Industry

Ink Industry in MotionRecent transactions since 1999

Year Company Merger Partner

1999 Coates Lorilleux, France DIC / Sun Chemical, Japan

2002 Gebr. Schmidt, Germany Flint Ink, USA

2003 CCI, USA Siegwerk Druckfarben, Germany

2003 Web-Offset SICPA, Switzerland Flint-Schmidt, Germany

2003 Trenal, Belgium ANI

2004 BASF Printing Systems / ANI, Germany / Scandinavia

CVC Capital Partners (Sponsor)

2005 SICPA PIBU, Switzerland Siegwerk Druckfarben, Germany

2005 Flint Ink / XSYS Print Solutions CVC Capital Partners (Sponsor)

2005 Micro Inks Huber

Ink Industry: Organisation Europe

Artists´ColoursPrinting InksPaints

EuPIA Organisation

Management Team

PIFOOD

ECPT

OSRA

LSDS

Co-driers

Technical / Legislation

Council

Communication Market Information

Printing Ink Members - Annual Conference

EuPIA TC Communication WG Statistics WG

EuPIA members

Every member of a national printing ink manufacturers’ association is automatically a member of EuPIA.

EuPIA: Key Message

CustomersEnd Users

Customers

Public Graphic Industry

End UsersPublic

Retailers

Retailers

Give awareness of the existence of an innovative industry that continuously moves, evolves and contributes to the progress of modern societies.

EuPIA: Key Objectives

CustomersEnd Users

Customers

Public Graphic Industry

End UsersPublic

Retailers

Retailers

To promote the added value of printing inks along the downstream users and the public

EuPIA: Key Strategies

CustomersEnd Users

Customers

Public Graphic Industry

End UsersPublic

Retailers

Retailers

Single statistics collection from all members in cooperation with national associations

Relationship with other international associations related to the graphic and packaging industry (NAPIM, Asian Flexo Technology Association, etc.)

Ink industry ...

The key to a colourful future.

Thank you Every Body