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

 

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Pre-press
equipment

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

 

Offset
presses

  • UK market continues to reduce for older traditional presses.
    Still limited demand from developing economies.
  • Slight increase in demand for presses from small printers
    looking to update older machines given competitive pricing at
    present making presses more affordable.
  • Increase in demand noticed during late 2008 from overseas
    purchasers given favourable exchange rates.
  • Limited demand for late model and 6+ colour presses, with a
    number of machines on the market and limited funding available
    within the sector.

 

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Label
printing

  • Late model presses still attracting interest.
  • Demand reducing for older letterpress machines.

 

Screen
printing

  • Market continues to retract as wide-format and digital machines
    become more cost effective.
  • Older equipment becoming unsaleable with only very limited
    demand from developing economies.

 

Digital printing/wide
format

  • Prices continue to fall for both new and used presses. However,
    new prices are high given current exchange rates.
  • Limited market for older equipment due to technological
    advances.
  • Demand for wide-format equipment reduced dramatically during
    late 2008 due to slowdown within the retail sector. However, it has
    seen a slight improvement over the past one to two months.

 

Print
finishing

  • Demand for equipment starting to recover, with stronger
    interest from European purchasers.
  • Market for older equipment reducing.

 

Direct
mail/envelope

  • Seen a number of closures within the sector over the past six
    months resulting in a surplus of equipment on the market with
    limited demand for the same.
  • Larger operators will now invest only in modern high-speed
    machines, and consequently demand for older machines is
    reducing.

 

Packaging &
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.

 

Change in demand