The emergence and characteristics of domestic ink companies in my country

my country's total ink production accounts for 5-6% of the world's ink, ranking fourth, behind the United States, Japan, and Germany, and increasing at a rate of more than 10% every year. According to statistics, China's printing ink consumption was 220,000 t in 2001, 242,100 t in 2002, and 274,600 t in 2003: output was 205,000 t in 2001, 220,000 t in 2002, and 244,600 t in 2003. .In my country, offset ink has the largest share, accounting for 40-45% of the market, with an annual growth rate of nearly 6%. Flexographic ink is growing at an annual rate of 5%, gravure ink maintains steady growth, and screen printing ink has a growth trend. , alcohol-soluble ink and water-based ink demand will grow rapidly. --Back coating of edge strip

An interesting feature of the distribution of China's printing industry and ink manufacturing companies is that each manufacturer is consciously or unconsciously pursuing specialization. The top 10 ink manufacturers are basically offset ink manufacturers or gravure ink manufacturers. Those who use individual varieties of inks as their main products. Ink factories that have developed in recent years have performed more prominently, such as Zhongshan Yeshi Ink Co., Ltd. (gravure ink), Zhejiang Yongzai Chemical Co., Ltd. (gravure ink), etc. , basically take the path of specialization and market promotion. In recent years, domestic packaging and printing bases have also developed rapidly in various places, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, and Chaoshan regions. In recent years, ink has developed rapidly driven by the packaging and printing industry, and one of its obvious characteristics is that complete sets of printing equipment and ink are first introduced, and then the ink is localized, followed by the localization of printing equipment. Ink companies in Guangdong Province have also developed rapidly in recent years, and there are some manufacturers with large output. Guangdong Zhaoqing Tianlong Ink Chemical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Shenri Ink Co., Ltd., Guangdong Meining Ink Group Co., Ltd., Zhongshan Yeshi Ink Co., Ltd., Shantou Five Star Ink Factory, Jiangmen Dongyang Ink Co., Ltd., Zhuhai Letong Ink Coating Co., Ltd., etc. In particular, there were dozens of ink manufacturers in the Chaoshan area in the late 1990s, and several of them produced more than 2,000t. Characteristics of domestic ink companies:

1. Multinational companies and their joint ventures (about 10 or less) occupy the domestic high-end market, such as Toyo, Kanghua, DIC, Gaoshi, etc., and their main products include offset ink-plastic composite ink, newspaper printing ink, etc.; their products It has good quality and high printing speed, and is suitable for packaging and printed matter printed by high-end printing machines. and high-speed printing of newspapers. Its annual total ink output is approximately 100,000-120,000 tons. --Edge strip ink

2. A large number of private enterprises (about 1,000 or more) occupy the low-end market. Their main products are carton inks (mainly low-end water-based), gravure plastic inks, screen printing inks, etc. The quality of its products is guaranteed to a certain extent, and it is mostly used in domestic mid- to low-end printing machines to print packaging and printing of items that are in demand by the general public. Such as used in cartons, food bags, shopping bags, etc. It is difficult to estimate the total annual ink output, but it is estimated to be 80,000-100,000 tons. Private ink companies that are good at it do not seek perfection and specialize in developing their own characteristics. --Edge strip treatment agent

3. State-owned enterprises can produce various types of inks, mainly traditional products, and have certain competitiveness in mid-range products. At present, with the restructuring of enterprises, they have become the above two types of enterprises, leaving more and more enterprises in decline. The total annual output is about 40,000 to 50,000 tons.