State of the Industry: Labels, Digital Printing Making Significant Inroads
Global label production was 146.9 billion sq. ft. in 2012, with North America representing 22 percent of this volume. Global volume is projected to grow at an average annual compound rate of 3.4 percent from 2012 to 2016 (see Table 1 in the photo tab to the right). While conventional print, led by flexo, will continue to dominate, the greatest growth in label printing will be in digital printing, which is growing at 27 percent per year.
Jack Miller is founder and Principal Consultant at Market-Intell LLC, offering Need to Know™ market intelligence in paper, print and packaging. Previously, he was senior consultant, North America, with Pira International.
Known as the Paper Guru, Jack is the former director of Market Intelligence with Domtar, where he also held positions as regional sales manager, territory sales manager and product manager. He has presented at On Demand, RISI’s Global Outlook, PRIMIR, SustainCom World and at various IntertechPira conferences. Jack has written for Printing Impressions, Canadian Printer, Paper 360, PaperTree Letter and Package Printing, along with publishing a monthly e-newsletter, MarketIntellibits.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and has done graduate studies in Statistics and Finance.
