Offset printing ink market situation analysis

With the progress of the printing industry, printing technology and printing equipment continue to improve, among which offset printing has its unique advantages, such as rapid and convenient plate making, low cost, high printing quality, wide paper use, and large number of prints. Gradually by the domestic and foreign printing manufacturers pay attention to and development, it has been rapid and extensive development, so that offset printing in the international printing industry has occupied a dominant low, offset printing ink has also been a relatively rapid development. In order to adapt to the needs of various printing equipments, substrates, various packaging and decorating products, and publishing and printing, the varieties of offset printing inks are increasing day by day, and the water quality of the ink manufacturing technology is continuously increasing, and the output of inks is expanding day by day. According to the relevant data, at present, offset printing inks account for about 40% of the total amount of printing inks, and this ratio is not listed in a considerable time.

First, the market status of offset printing ink

In recent years, with the development of the world economy and the continuous improvement of people’s cultural life, the ink industry in the industrially more developed countries has also experienced rapid development. The printing and publishing industry and printing and decorating products have gradually developed in the direction of diversification and gentrification, in order to meet Users demand, the pursuit of exquisite and high-grade print, printing plant constantly updated and improved printing equipment. The advent of high-speed, multi-color, low-pollution, and high-efficiency printing equipment has prompted printers to continue to make new demands on ink manufacturers. According to statistics, in the ink production of more developed countries, offset printing ink products mainly include offset bright fast drying ink, non-heat solid offset rotary printing ink, press rotation ink, etc., followed by ultraviolet drying ink and infrared drying ink. Waterless printing inks and various offset printing inks.

In order to meet the user's requirements for quality and price in different grades, according to the main printing requirements, including: color, density, dryness, water resistance, printing speed, machine stability and other major ink quality indicators Different grades of ink for users to choose.

In addition, in order to protect the environment and prevent pollution, foreign printing inks also put forward new requirements in terms of low toxicity, no pollution, etc. Environmental protection and non-pollution have been proposed by more and more users as an important requirement when purchasing inks. , has received widespread attention from users.

Second, the status of domestic ink industry

In recent years, with the development of China's printing industry, the development pace of the domestic ink industry is also accelerating, with the introduction of a large number of imported and domestic high-speed offset presses, the introduction of domestic offset presses, and the adoption of new printing substrates (for example, offset printing Printing from the past usually use coated paper, white paper, cardboard to expand the matt paper that is matt paper, gold version of paper, silver version of paper, aluminum foil and other printed substrates), printing of new technology and printing after processing special requirements , Ink companies rely on scientific and technological progress, continue to develop New Products that are marketable, improve aging products, product varieties are increasing, the quality is gradually approaching the international advanced level. The renewal of ink production equipment and the improvement of production technology have also gradually received the attention of manufacturers. Ink manufacturers also pay attention to the collection of market information, and continue to develop marketable new types of offset ink products, such as: adapt to high-grade offset printing per hour, high-speed offset light fast-drying ink, cardboard ink, matte powder ink (glossy ink), Newsprint inks, cold-set offset transfer inks, UV-curable inks, offset synthetic paper inks, iron printing inks, and newly introduced domestic thermosetting offset transfer inks, etc. The international advanced level has been recognized by printing customers at home and abroad. In addition to the sales in the domestic market to replace the high-grade inks that had to be imported in the past, some of them were exported to the international market. Some high value-added special offset inks have also been successfully developed to meet the requirements of special printing. At present, most of the products in the offset ink product overview map can be produced by major ink manufacturers in the country, meeting the needs of the printing industry.

In addition, the domestic major ink manufacturers pay attention to offset printing ink product quality standardization and internationalization, and some ink product colors have reached the United States PANTONE color standard. Ink enterprises passed the ISO9000 series quality management system and ISO14001 series of environmental management system certification, and laid the foundation for domestic offset printing ink to participate in international market competition.

At present, environmentally friendly offset printing inks are also increasingly drawing attention from print users at home and abroad.

Third, the main gap between domestic offset printing ink and similar foreign products

Although the output of Chinese offset printing inks has been increasing recently, the level of product quality has been continuously improved, and the variety of ink colors has been increasing. However, the gap between the production of similar products in industrialized countries and ours is still relatively large, and there are also many deficiencies in quality. Print packaging and publishing printing needs. The main gaps are as follows:

1. There is still a certain gap between domestic ink quality level and packaging level compared with similar products in the United States, Japan and Western European countries;

2. There are still gaps in the printing process requirements, high-speed adaptability, consistency of product quality, and ink stability.

3. The development of special special inks is in a slow state and cannot meet the printing requirements of the rapid development of packaging and decoration. Some products are still in short supply. For example: offset printing inks, offset printing printing inks, offset printing inks, and aromatic printing offset printing inks still need further development and improvement of quality;

4. Four-color inks suitable for high-speed overprint printing still need to be further improved in terms of high concentration, high transparency and vividness, and good overprintability;

5, environmental protection type offset ink still needs further development.

Therefore, the domestic ink manufacturers need to solve the problem is to continue to stabilize and improve the quality of existing products, improve product packaging, improve the quality of raw materials for ink production, existing products to achieve high quality, serialization, to meet market requirements, continue to develop the market Urgently needed new products.

Fourth, the development trend of offset printing ink

Since the 1990s, due to the rapid development and popularization of color desktop platemaking systems, the international color printing market has undergone significant changes. Printing products have grown rapidly toward colorization, and printing timeliness and quality requirements have become higher. Therefore, offset printing, as a printing method that prints high-quality prints economically, efficiently, and flexibly, will remain a major printing method for a long period of time.

Offset printing ink as one of the raw materials for offset printing, the future development of the target should be adapted to the printing of multi-color, high-speed, quick-drying, no pollution, low consumption development needs. We should absorb and learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries, face up to the status quo, identify gaps, catch up, and maintain our own advantages. We must improve our country’s ink production and equipment standards, technical standards and product standardization by introducing advanced technologies and equipment to improve offset printing. The quality of inks has enabled our country's printing inks to achieve high quality and serialization, and has worked hard for the rapid development of China's ink industry.

Source of information: pack.cn