Thermal CTP refers to thermal platesetters with thermal plate-making technology, which is the most popular choice among printers. It has many advantages. For example, it is allowed to operate under daylight conditions (insensitive to light), easy to operate and has minimal impact on the environment, etc. In terms of type, thermal CTP is often divided into three types: semi-automatic, fully automatic and manual. In 2020, the market shares of the above three CTPs are 18.86%, 75.34%, and 5.80%, respectively.
At present, the CTP often said in the printing industry is a process in which the original image is directly imaged on the printing plate after digital processing, graphic and text unification, and proofreading batch samples, and then undergoes post-development processing. CTP technology can be divided into photosensitive CTP technology and thermal CTP technology. Among them, the thermal CTP technology can be divided into the following categories according to the plate material: (1) thermal ablation type; (2) thermal cross-linked plate (preheating type, negative type); (3) cracking plate (without preheating treatment, front pattern); (4) heat transfer plate; (5) thermally induced phase change plate.
From the application point of view, thermal CTP can be used in commercial printing, newspaper printing, packaging printing, book printing and other fields. In 2020, the market share of thermal CTP used in the above different fields is 43.48%, 13.05%, 24.95%, and 15.09%, respectively.
With the development of the world economy and the improvement of people\'s living standards, the demand for printed materials such as books, newspapers, picture albums, picture albums, and packaging printing and label printing such as paper packaging, plastic packaging, and metal packaging has shown steady growth. The rapid development of the printing industry and the large-scale promotion of green printing have provided broad development opportunities for the upstream CTP product industry. In addition, countries are committed to the development of environmentally friendly products and processes, and thermal CTP has attracted widespread attention as the most mature, stable and effective technology at present.
The Internet Facilitates Thermal CTP Industry Enterprises and the Industry Competition Intensifies
Europe is the largest revenue market for the thermal CTP industry, with a market share of 21.56% in 2015 and 20.52% in 2020, a decrease of 1.04%. In 2020, the market share distribution of China, North America, Japan and other places is 20.01%, 16.92%, and 10.35.
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Due to the high technical barriers of thermal CTP, the current market concentration is relatively high. The top three companies are FUJIFILM Corporation, AMSKY Technology Co, Ltd, and Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM) Inc, with 2020 revenue market shares of 19.26%, 18.81%, and 16.34%, respectively. Today, the main competition comes from operating companies. Although downstream demand is still strong, the digital economy has a certain impact on traditional paper printing, which hurts downstream thermal CTP demand and further strengthens the competitive landscape of enterprises.
Due to the characteristics of a large number of enterprises, wide geographical distribution, low procurement frequency, and a small number of single purchases among end customers in this industry, enterprises mainly contact end customers through distributors, and the direct sales model usually accounts for a small part. The rise of the Internet allows enterprises to build their websites, promote brand culture, fully introduce product functions, facilitate potential customers to understand in advance or review after the fact, improve corporate reputation, and shorten the distance between enterprises and customers. For the areas where dealers fail to cover or whose coverage is weak, the company can use the Internet to adopt the direct sales model as a supplement to the distribution model, which further expands the company\'s sales channels and improves the market coverage of products.
Commercial and Packaging Printing May Bring Opportunities to the Thermal CTP Industry
With the improvement of productivity, business development has shown a rapid expansion trend in recent years. Advertisements, white papers, brochures, etc., as the most commonly used marketing methods, all rely on CTP technology. In addition, the expansion of electronics and e-commerce has driven the demand for products in the consumer market, especially the increasing demand for packaging in emerging economies such as China and India. Hence, the application of commercial and packaging printing is expected to bring opportunities to the industry over the forecast period.
According to our research, the total revenue of the global thermal CTP market was USD 322.54 million in 2015 and increased to USD 351.04 million in 2019. We predict that the value of the global thermal CTP market can reach USD 378.43 million by 2026. The compound annual growth rate of the global thermal CTP is 2.32% from 2020 to 2026.
However, in recent years, with the advancement of digital information technology, communication channels have developed in a diversified direction, especially through the Internet, mobile digital information terminals and other channels. The development of digital information media is becoming more and more obvious. The downstream customers of thermal CTP are mainly in the printing industry, including book printing, newspaper printing, etc. Although digital information dissemination is difficult to completely replace traditional paper media dissemination of information, the demand for thermal CTP still has a negative impact.
In today’s globalized world, the manufacture and sale of a single product may involve stakeholders in different regions; for example, raw materials from Africa are made by Chinese workers and sold around the world through U.S. distributors. Globalization enables each region to give full play to its advantages and form a global industrial chain, which is one of the main reasons for the growth of the world economy in recent years.
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