This Week in Imaging: How Many Acquisitions this Year? Xerox, HP, Continue to Target on Copier Market
Acquisitions continue to be the name of the game. To date, we’re only in the fourth month of 2017, but...
Category: Market Reports & Forecasts
MFPs Driving Printer-Hardware Sales Growth in Western Europe
Unit sales of printer hardware across Western Europe increased by 2 percent year-over-year in first-quarter 2017, driven by positive performance...
Canon Says Business-Inkjet and Laser-Printer Expansion in China is ‘Key Priority’
China Daily reports that Canon Inc. is planning to expand its digital-printing business, as well as its video surveillance and...
Toshiba Tec Claims Largest Share in China’s A3 MFP Market
Toshiba Tec Corporation today reported that it’s 2016 A3 copier/MFP) market leader in China with a 16.4 percent share. This marks...
Epson May be Moving More Manufacturing to Europe
MENAFN reports that Seiko Epson of Japan may be moving more of its manufacturing to Europe, as it seeks to...
Ricoh Reports Impairment Loss, Lowers Profits Forecast for Fiscal Year
Ricoh Company of Tokyo, Japan, announced yesterday that it’s revising its forecast for its financial results for its fiscal year...
Wohlers Report Shows ‘Vibrant New Business Activity in 3D Printing,’ but Softened Growth Worldwide
Wohlers Associates, an independent consulting firm, reports that in 2016, 97 manufacturers produced and sold industrial additive (3D printing) manufacturing...
IDC: Lower Inkjet and Laser Printer, Copier/MFP Sales in India Due to Demonetization
According to market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), the printer and copier/MFP market in India declined 18.4 percent sequentially in...
Global Managed Print Services Market to Reach $94.97 Billion by 2024
Market-research firm Transparency Global Research reports that the global market for managed print services (MPS) is poised to register a...
Kodak Reports Much Improved Earnings for 2016
Eastman Kodak Company yesterday reported financial results for its fourth quarter and its full-year 2016, delivering net earnings of $16...
Global Large-Format Printer Market Shows Healthy Gains; HP Remains Leader
The Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC) found that large-format printer (LFP) shipments and revenue...
IDC: Small Increase in Global Printer and MFP Shipments in Fourth Quarter; Gains for HP, Epson
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market increased 0.6 percent year over year to 26.6 million units shipped in the fourth...
Global Portable-Printer Market to Grow at Compound Annual Growth Rate of 17.32 Percent
Last week when we reported on HP Inc.’s financial results for its first quarter of 2017, we noted that in...
IDC: 3D Printing Will Hit ‘Mainstream’ in Asia-Pacific Region Next Year
Market-research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has just unveiled its latest predictions for the 3D printing in a market report...
Western Europe Printer Shipments Decline, but Average Selling Price Increases
According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and copier/MFP market declined by 4,4 percent in...
Tough Year for Canon with Revenue Declines in Many Segments
Canon Inc. of Tokyo, Japan, today reported financial results for its fiscal year 2016 that ended on December 31, 2016,...
