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Printing machinery and equipment pertain to the tools and devices utilized in printing and bookbinding processes, specifically for applying printing ink onto various printing mediums such as cloth, paper, or plastic.
The primary categories of printing machinery and equipment encompass typesetting machinery, offset printing machinery, flexographic printing machinery, gravure printing machinery, printing trades binding machinery and equipment, along with other varieties. Typesetting machinery is employed for letterpress printing, and its diverse capacities range from small to medium and large. The operations associated with these machines include autonomous, semi-autonomous, and manual processes. These tools find applications in packaging, publication, and various other end-user industries.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
Tariffs have impacted the printing machinery and equipment market by increasing costs of imported presses, electronic controls, precision rollers, and printing components. These impacts are most evident across offset, flexographic, and digital printing machinery segments, particularly in regions dependent on cross border industrial equipment trade such as Asia Pacific and Europe. Higher tariffs have raised capital investment costs for print service providers and packaging companies. At the same time, tariffs have encouraged local manufacturing, regional assembly, and adoption of cost optimized printing technologies, supporting long term market resilience.
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The printing machinery and equipment market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $65.86 billion in 2025 to $70.3 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth in newspaper and publication printing, expansion of commercial printing services, demand for mass communication materials, development of offset and flexographic printing, industrialization of printing operations.
The printing machinery and equipment market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $93.82 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growth in packaging and label printing demand, rising adoption of digital printing in branding, expansion of e commerce driven packaging needs, increasing investments in smart printing presses, demand for sustainable printing solutions. Major trends in the forecast period include rising adoption of digital and inkjet printing technologies, growing demand for packaging focused printing equipment, increasing shift toward automated and autonomous printing systems, expansion of short run and on demand printing capabilities, focus on energy efficient and low waste printing machinery.
The expansion of e-commerce is expected to drive the growth of the printing machinery and equipment market going forward. E-commerce involves the buying and selling of goods and services online. Rising demand for customized packaging, branded materials, and on-demand printing in e-commerce businesses increases the need for high-quality, fast-turnaround digital printing machinery, enhancing brand visibility and customer experience. For example, in August 2023, according to the United States Census Bureau, a US-based government agency, U.S. retail e-commerce sales in Q2 2024 reached $291.6 billion, marking a 1.3% increase from the previous quarter and a 6.7% rise from the same period in 2023. Total retail sales were estimated at $1,826.9 billion, reflecting a 0.5% increase from Q1 and a 2.1% year-over-year increase, with e-commerce accounting for 16.0% of total sales. Therefore, the growth of e-commerce is fueling the printing machinery and equipment market.
Major companies in the printing machinery and equipment market are focusing on developing advanced machinery, such as 3D printing systems, to enhance product offerings and achieve market leadership. A 3D printing machine creates three-dimensional objects by depositing successive layers of materials such as plastic, metal, or resin. For instance, in June 2023, Schaeffler Special Machinery, a Germany-based manufacturer of customer-specific machinery and systems, introduced advanced multi-material 3D printing systems. This innovative technology enables the production of highly precise 3D-printed parts by combining metals and ceramics, allowing customers to explore novel material combinations, incorporate new functionalities into components and tools, and achieve greater design flexibility for their products.
In September 2024, Seiko Epson Corporation, a Japan-based provider of office, commercial, and industrial printing hardware as well as visual-communications and manufacturing solutions, acquired Fiery, LLC for approximately $591 million. Through this acquisition, Epson aims to strengthen and accelerate its digital printing capabilities by integrating its hardware leadership with Fiery's software and workflow technology, driving growth across commercial and industrial printing markets worldwide. Fiery, LLC is a US-based provider of digital front-end (DFE) servers and workflow solutions that manage print data and optimize processes across production printing, packaging, signage, and other print-industry applications.
Major companies operating in the printing machinery and equipment market are Konica Minolta Inc., Canon Inc., Fujifilm Corporation, Ricoh Group, Dover Corporation, Xerox Corporation, Landa Corporation, Barry-Wehmiller, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Agfa-Gevaert NV, Bobst, Eastman Kodak Co., Windmoller & Holscher, Komori Corporation, Koenig & Bauer AG, Mark Andy Inc., SPGPrints B.V., Weber Packaging Solutions, M & R Sales & Service Inc., AstroNova Inc., Comexi Group, Rotatek Printing Machinery
Western Europe was the largest region in the printing machinery and equipment market in 2025. Asia-Pacific was the second largest region in the printing machinery and equipment market. The regions covered in the printing machinery and equipment market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa
The countries covered in the printing machinery and equipment market report are China, India, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, New Zealand, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa.
The printing machinery and equipment market consists of sales of printing presses, typesetting machinery, and bindery machinery. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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