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Business Trends and Overview of Competitiveness Issues in the European Printing Industry. Anne-Marie De Noose. The European Printing Industry. Western Europe (EU15) 90,000 companies 700,000 employees 82,5 billion EUR turnover. Figures for EU 25 are still difficult to collect.
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Business Trendsand Overview of Competitiveness Issues in the European Printing Industry Anne-Marie De Noose INTERGRAF
The European Printing Industry Western Europe (EU15) 90,000 companies 700,000 employees 82,5 billion EUR turnover Figures for EU 25 are still difficult to collect INTERGRAF
How and what about SECTORAL Statistics in the EU ?! • Poor and disappointing for a sector consisting mainly of SMEs ! • EUROSTAT is in charge of : • establishing classifications (both activities NACE & products, CPA, Combined Nomenclature), • Regulations on collection of statistics, centralizing data. • Source of data is either administrative (customs declarations, VAT returns) OR INTERGRAF
How and what about SECTORAL Statistics in the EU ?! Enquiries • The “enquiry” source is the less efficient ! • Regulation plans for obligatory collection in companies employing more than 20 workers; significant loss of information for printing sector • Companies miss time and expertise to participate, questionnaires are complicated. • PRODCOM : enquiry on production volume and value • STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS : data on com-panies (number & employment), investment, utilization of production capacity INTERGRAF
How and what about SECTORAL Statistics in the EU ?! • Individual national initiatives • Belgium : National Bank collects data • Printing national federations organize “opinion polls” : eg BPIF in UK, Febelgra in Belgium on various indicators (order books, paper price, sales prices), BVDM in De. • Results are produced as indexes, or bulletins INTERGRAF
Part1 : General economic trends INTERGRAF
INFLATION RATEAnnual average rate of change in Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs) INTERGRAF
FI NL IT FR DE AT Euro-zone PT IE BE EL ES LU 1.1 1.7p 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.6p 2.6p 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.8 3.8 4.7 SE PL CZ MT CY SK DK UK3 EU25 LT SI HU EE LV 1.1 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 Aug 052.4 2.5p 2.6 3.2 3.6 4.9 7.4 INFLATION RATEAnnual average rate of change in Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs)September 2005 EU Member States outside the euro-zone INTERGRAF
Real GDP growth rate at constant prices (1995) - percentage change on previous year INTERGRAF
GDP per capita in PPS GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS), (EU-25=100) Spring 2005 Report to the Council INTERGRAF
June 2005 compared to May 2005 Industrial producer prices up by 0.5% in euro-zone Up by 0.4% in EU25 INTERGRAF
Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year1, 4 EUROZONE Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05 May-05Jun-05 0.1 0.8 0.9 -1.3 1.1 EU 25 Books, newspapers and other sales in specialised stores Jan-05 Feb-05 Mar-05 Apr-05 May-05Jun-05 1.2 0.9 1.1 -1.9 0.9 INTERGRAF
Part 2 : Printing Industry Trends INTERGRAF
Trends in turnover as for printing industry as a whole in 2004/5 INTERGRAF
September 2005 INTERGRAF
Trends in turnover as for printing industry as a whole in 2004/5 INTERGRAF
Trends in turnover as for printing industry as a whole in 2004/5 INTERGRAF
CH globally stable in spite of some fluctuations FR After an improvement for the printing industry in the 3 first Qs of 2004, printing activities drew back in 4Q.Early 2005 trends remain hesitating, also negatively influenced by higher cost for raw material and transport. Sct Stable but unsatisfactory Trends in turnover as for printing industry as a whole in 2004/5 INTERGRAF
Short-term developments in turnover for industry as a whole, paper and graphic industry. Source : VSD Industry as a whole Paper Industry Graphic Industry INTERGRAF
Trends in turnover as for printing industry as a whole in 2004/5 INTERGRAF
Overview of market segments INTERGRAF
Belgium Trends in turnover in market segments INTERGRAF
. Trends in turnover in market segments INTERGRAF
Trends in turnoverinmarketsegments INTERGRAF
No country reported any longer a general decrease !! Reported increases range from 1% (DE) to above 10% (ES), (FR during part of 2004) and even 19% in PT. Strong variations in the distribution of increased shares, internet advertising improves in all countries. After general increase in first part of 2004, some countries mention a decline at the end of the year. Trends in advertising INTERGRAF
Trends in advertising INTERGRAF
Trends in advertising INTERGRAF
Trends in advertising INTERGRAF
NL Market is stable, however a shift from ads in periodicals towards addressed and non- addressed mail. Trends in advertising INTERGRAF
Forecast for 2nd half of 2005 : Total +1.5% Print + 0.8% Internet / new media +6.9% AUSTRIA : A comparison between the first 4 months of 2005 & 2004 shows the following developments (aspercentage) INTERGRAF
Switzerland, Source VSD Total number of ads Commercial ads Number of pages, variation Number of pages, variation Also mentioned nnon commercial ads INTERGRAF
Free sheets + Direct mail + +, but also +- - Magazines Large interest magazines - Specialized magazines +++ Newspapers national - + + regional + + + inserts in newspapers - Posters + + Directories + + Best performing advertising printed products INTERGRAF
Belgium Trends in employment level INTERGRAF
Trends in employment level INTERGRAF
Trends in employment level INTERGRAF
Trends in employment level INTERGRAF
Trends in utilization of production capacitygenerally improving in all countries ! Switzerland, Source VSD INTERGRAF
Belgium Utilisation of Production Capacity INTERGRAF
Trends in number of bankruptciesMergers of companies continue INTERGRAF