Flexographic printing is a printing technology that originated in Germany in the early 20th century. Because it uses more environmentally friendly water-based inks, it is generally regarded as the most environmentally friendly printing method in the industry. In addition, with the successful development and widespread application of high-tech technologies such as laser engraving and flexo CTP, as well as new varieties of flexo ink and UV / EB inks, the environmental protection characteristics of flexo printing have been further verified and are increasingly favored by the printing market.
European and American markets: in full swing
According to data provided by the German and American Flexographic Printing Association (FTA), flexographic printing occupies an important position in the US and European printing markets, especially in the field of packaging and printing, and has already occupied a dominant position.
The United States was one of the first countries to adopt flexo technology. As far as packaging and printing are concerned, the United States can be called the "flexo printing kingdom." In 2012, packaging products printed using flexographic printing accounted for 58% of all packaging products, exceeding the total amount of offset printing. The strong environmental awareness and high marketization of the United States have enabled the flexible and low-cost features of flexographic printing to be fully exerted in the printing industry. It has penetrated into various fields such as food, medicine, cosmetics, electronics, daily necessities, and even newspapers. The market is huge and the products are numerous. The United States is also the country with the largest number of flexographic printing presses in the world, with more than 7,500 units, of which the proportion of medium-to-narrow flexographic printing presses with a format under 30 inches accounts for nearly 90%.
In Europe, flexographic printing occupies more than 65% of the market for flexible packaging printing in food and pharmaceuticals, and more than 40% in the label printing market. The countries with the largest number of flexographic printing companies in Europe are Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, with nearly 2,500 flexographic printing machines.
Domestic market: ascending
The flexographic printing in the mainland of China started late. It was only in the mid-1980s that it began to purchase simple laminated flexographic printing machines from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places, forming the initial stage of flexographic printing in China. In 2010, with the support of the former General Administration of Press and Publication and related policies, China began to use flexographic printing to print teaching materials, and then extended to various fields. Facts have proved that flexographic printing can not only meet the needs of packaging in terms of quality, but also cooperate with equipment packaging, improve production efficiency and reduce production costs, with remarkable results. Compared with 5 years ago, China's flexographic printing market has made significant progress. The share of flexographic printing in the entire domestic printing market is close to 18%.
According to the statistics of the China Printing Association Flexo Printing Branch in 2012: At present, there are more than a dozen companies officially producing flexo printing machines in China, including Shanghai Ziguang, Beiren Fuji, Xi'an Black Bull, and Guangdong Samsung. The installed situation of domestic flexographic printing machines is that there are more than 400 stacked flexographic printing machines; there are more than 700 flexographic printing machines of a unit type and satellite type, of which about 350 are medium-to-narrow flexographic printing machines. At present, the market for low-end domestic flexographic printing presses is oversupplied, and prices have generally fallen, but the demand for high-end flexographic printing presses is still high. In addition, due to the improvement in the processing and manufacturing level of domestic flexographic printing machines and price advantages, companies such as Beiren Fuji have begun to export flexographic printing machines to countries such as Japan and Vietnam.
With the development of the printing industry and the improvement of society's awareness of flexographic printing methods, in China, flexographic printing will surely have a bright future like countries in Europe and America.
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