Printing press

Leasing
Life
, in collaboration with Tallon &
Associates, publishes a monthly analysis of data on the demand for
used assets. This month we look at changes in demand for the
printing industry.

 

Pre-press
equipment

  • Demand remains steady for good quality
    late model equipment.
  • Very limited demand for older
    equipment.

 

Offset presses

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  • Shortage of new machinery has
    increased demand for second user equipment.
  • UK market continues to reduce for
    older traditional presses, however there is still limited demand
    from developing economies.
  • Slight increase in demand from
    printers looking to update older machines given competitive pricing
    at present making presses more affordable.
  • Lack of funding options proving to be
    a problem for many companies looking to invest.

 

Label printing

  • Late model presses still attracting
    interest from both UK based and International purchasers.
  • Demand reducing for older letterpress
    machines, with very little interest from UK purchasers.

 

Screen printing

  • Market continues to retract as wide
    format and digital machines become more cost effective.
  • Equipment becoming unsaleable with
    only very limited demand from developing economies.
  • High costs for decommissioning and
    shipping limit overseas.

 

Digital printing/ wide
format

  • Limited market for older equipment due
    to technological advances.
  • Demand for wide format equipment
    reduced dramatically over past 12 months due to slow down within
    the retail sector.

 

Print finishing

  • Demand for equipment starting to
    recover over past six months due to a shortage of equipment on
    second user market.
  • Seen recent demand from European
    purchasers.
  • Shrinking market for older
    equipment.

 

Direct
mail/envelope

  • A large number of closures within the
    sector over the past six months has resulted in a surplus of
    equipment on the market with limited demand for the same.
  • Larger operators will now only invest
    in modern high-speed machines and consequently demand for older
    machines reducing.
  • Recent sales for export to countries
    such as Turkey, Germany and Australia.

 

Packaging and
converting

  • Decline in the demand for Flexographic
    and gravure printing.
  • Demand for carton and converting
    equipment remaining static.
  • Global market for equipment and marketing
    periods of six months plus must be anticipated to source purchasers
    at realistic levels.

Demand for printing industry – July 2009-April 2010