Key facts:
- In 2025 the global printing ink market will be worth $35.8 billion
- The market is forecast to grow between 2025 and 2030 with value increasing by 2.4% CAGR to $40.2 billion.
There are several macroeconomic trends that underpin and drive technology development in the printing ink market. There is a global drive towards increased sustainability in all printing and this is a key driver for ink developments, which include the use of sustainable and bio-sourced raw materials in printing inks, as well as formulations with improved deinking and recycling properties. There are also regulatory drivers with legislation affecting every aspect of print.
Definition:
The end-use applications for printing inks covered in this report fall into three broad segments: publications, graphics and labels & packaging. A broad range of drivers including economic, demographic, legislative, sustainability and environmental factors are having a significant effect on demand for these end-use segments.
Key Questions:
- What are the key challenges and opportunities in the global ink market over the next five years?
- How will regulatory compliance, and resulting changes in raw material classification, impact ink markets?
- What advancements in ink technology will improve print quality over the next five years?
- How are pressures on the supply chain and raw materials driving up ink prices?
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
- End-use segments
- Geography
- List of definitions
- Abbreviations and glossary of terms
- Exchange rates
Key drivers and trends
- Introduction
- Geopolitical influences
- Demographic and social influences
- Population growth
- Urbanisation
- Number of households
- Rise of the middle classes
- Age structure
- Marketplace drivers
- Content increasingly accessed online
- Short run and personalised content
- Regulatory requirements
- E-commerce
- Globalisation
- Sustainability
- Ink supply chain
- Mergers, acquisitions and insolvency
- Ink pricing
- Ink supply model
- Leading analogue ink companies
- DIC Corporation
- Flint Group
- Sakata INX
- Artience (formerly Toyo Ink SC Holdings)
- Siegwerk
- Hubergroup
- Leading digital ink companies
- Opportunities and threats for the global printing ink business
Technological innovations
- Sustainable ink development
- Indirect food contact inks
- UV LED inks
- Electron beam
- Bio-sourced raw materials
- De-inking
- Increasing use of water-based inks
- Water-based inkjet development
- Increased speed for water-based inkjet inks
- Single pass vs multipass (scanning)
- Inkjet nozzle compensation
- Print quality and automation
- High-value niche development
Printing ink market by type
- Overview
- Solvent-based inks
- Water-based inks
- Oil-based inks
- Radiation-cured inks
- Toner
Printing ink market by end use
- Overview
- Books
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Advertising
- Catalogues
- Directories
- Photobooks
- Transactional print
- Security
- Other commercial print
- Labels
- Packaging
Printing ink market by process
- Overview
- Sheetfed offset litho
- Heatset (web) offset litho
- Coldset (web) offset litho
- Gravure
- Flexo
- Screen
- Letterpress
- Other analogue
- Electrophotographic toners
- Inkjet
Printing ink market by geography
- Overview
- Western Europe
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- UK
- Other Western Europe
- North America
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Other Asia
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Other Latin America
- Eastern Europe
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Russia
- Other Eastern Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Australasia
FIGURES
- Ink consumption by end-market segment, 2020-30 ('000 tonnes)
- Ink consumption by end-market segment, 2020-30 ($ billion)
- Global printing ink volume 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Global printing ink value 2020-30 ($ million)
- Ink market by ink type - volume basis, 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Ink market by ink type - value basis, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Ink consumption by region 2020-30 ('000 tonnes)
- Ink consumption by region 2020-30 ($ million)
- Effect of tariffs on key global economies
- Regional population forecast 2020-30
- US number of households 1960-2024
- Size of middle class by region 2015-2030 (millions)
- Population pyramids - World, China & Western Europe 2024
- Demand for publication printing 2019-29
- Safety label on inkjet cartridge
- Growth of B2B e-commerce 2017-2026 ($ trillion)
- LED UV curing on web press
- Diagram of key components of typical inks
- HP Latex 800W water-based wide-format graphic printer
- Fujifilm Acuity Triton
- Simplified diagram of a typical inkjet ink
- Multipass (scanning) architecture in flat bed configuration
- Single-pass architecture in web fed configuration
- Image showing missing nozzles before and after correction
- Ink market by ink type - volume basis, 2020-30 (metric tonnes per annum)
- Ink market by ink type - value basis, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Solvent-based inks: global consumption by process, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume and value)
- Water-based inks: global consumption by process, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume and value)
- Oil-based inks: global consumption by process, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume and value)
- Radiation-cured inks: global consumption by process, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume and value)
- Canon PRISMA elevate XL high relief images
- Ink consumption by end-market segment, 2020-30 ('000 tonnes per annum and $ billion)
- Books: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Magazines: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Newspapers: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Advertising: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Catalogues: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Directories: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Photobooks: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Transactional print: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Security: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Other commercial print: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Labels: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Packaging: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Sheetfed offset litho: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Heatset (web) offset litho: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Coldset (web) offset litho: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Gravure: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Flexo: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Screen: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Letterpress: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Other analogue: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Toner consumption ('000 tonnes and $ billion) by end-use sector, 2020-30
- Inkjet ink consumption ('000 tonnes and $ billion) by end-use sector, 2020-30
- Inkjet: global printing ink consumption by type, 2025 & 2030 (% share by volume)
- Ink consumption by region, 2020-30 ('000 tonnes)
TABLES
- Timeline for developments in printing inks
- Global ink market - summary of key market drivers
- Key regulations applicable to inks and coatings
- Opportunities and threats for global printing ink businesses
- Global printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Global printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Solvent-based inks: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Solvent-based inks: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Solvent-based inks: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Solvent-based inks: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Water-based inks: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Water-based inks: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Oil-based inks: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Oil-based inks: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Radiation-cured inks: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Radiation-cured inks: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Toner: consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Toner: global consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Global printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each end use:
- Printing ink consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Global printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of end uses:
- Books
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- Advertising
- Catalogues
- Directories
- Photobooks
- Transactional print
- Security
- Other commercial print
- Labels
- Packaging
- Global printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each print type:
- Printing ink consumption by geographic market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Global printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of end uses:
- Sheetfed offset litho
- Heatset (web) offset litho
- Coldset (web) offset
- Gravure
- Flexo
- Screen
- Letterpress
- Other analogue
- Electrophotographic toners
- Inkjet
- Global printing ink consumption by region, 2020-30 (tonnes)
- Global printing ink consumption by region, 2020-30 ($ million)
- Western Europe: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Western Europe: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
- UK
- Other Western Europe
- North America: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- North America: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- Canada
- US
- Asia: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes an d$ million)
- Asia: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Asia: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Other Asia
- Latin America: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Latin America: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Latin America: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonne and $ million)
- Latin America: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Other Latin America
- Eastern Europe: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Eastern Europe: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Eastern Europe: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonne and $ million)
- Eastern Europe: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- Czech Republic
- Poland
- Russia
- Other Eastern Europe
- Middle East: printing ink consumption by country, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Middle East: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
For each country:
- Printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
List of countries:
- Turkey
- Other Middle East
- Africa: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Africa: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Africa: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Australasia: printing ink consumption by process, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Australasia: printing ink consumption by type, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)
- Australasia: printing ink consumption by end-use market, 2020-30 (tonnes and $ million)