Print Industry Trends in 2023
Rohan Roy
May 31, 2023
Insights|Print Business
The year 2023 has now almost arrived, and now it is time to explore the changes which might occur in the Print industry during the year. Several assumptions have been made for the same by the researchers, and most of them have a high chance of happening. This article will discuss everything regarding the future of the Print industry and whether it will rise in the year 2023. Currently, the industry is changing at a rapid pace, and it is changing itself according to the demand of the customers. Because of this reason, the print industry has flourished a lot over the past few years.
Future of the Printing Industry
Before having a look at the trends which might occur in the print industry, let's have a look at the future of the same. As discussed earlier, the printing industry has flourished significantly over the past few years. People thought that the COVID pandemic would affect the same growth, but the industry made rapid developments even at that time. Because of this, it has been estimated that the market value of the Print industry would reach approximately 500 Billion US dollars. This is a great number, and it shows the rapid developments and improvements in this industry.
Within the last five years, the printing industry has shown remarkable growth to business owners. People did not even think that the industry would be able to flourish at an unexpected rate, even during the pandemic times. The growth which it is expected to have in the next five years is around 2-3%. Last year, the market value of the printing industry had already crossed the 430 billion dollar milestone. America is known as the hub for printing industries as every year, around 900 billion dollars of revenue is generated through the same.
Current Trend in the Print industry
Now it's time to have a look at the current trends in the printing industry. Most of the time, the current trends are continued at the start of the next year. Currently, digital printing is a trend in the print industry. This technology has rapidly developed itself for a long time. Because of this reason, it is not getting old. Many of the researchers have even said that this technology may even bring out some new changes to improve it during 2023. This will keep it in trend again for some time.
Growth of Publications and Graphics
The Printing Industry as a whole is developing and improving. But there are a few sectors that have seen a decline in the last few years. The usage of print substrates is declining for a long time. Its usage in the year 2021 has been more than 10% less than that of the year 2020. But this also gives the individuals an idea that now the machines are being developed in such a way that fewer print substrates are being used. Although the printing industry wasn't much affected by the pandemic, the graphic industry sector has been affected significantly.
The Graphics Industry has seen a steady decline since the year 2020. Their sales for the display had almost stopped due to the lockdown and pandemic issues. Most of their sales happened because of the establishment of new places for the people to visit, but at that time, it even became difficult for these industries to find their orders and fulfill their cost requirements. Because of this reason, most of the Graphics Industry owners even decided to shut down their businesses as they were unable to run the same losses.
Growth with the help of eCommerce
Many researchers in this field have predicted that the growth of eCommerce will help the industry grow at a rapid pace. It can be seen that the ecommerce industry is growing rapidly, which now makes it easier for the Printing Industries to start promoting themselves and find a better market. If this is accompanied by improvement in the Print industry, then it would surely lead to growth that is even unexpected to top companies.
The pandemic times might have led to a decline for the other industries, but that did not occur for the e-commerce sector.
Some reports have shown that ecommerce packaging has increased by 40 percent since 2019, which is a great number. People are now finding it better to have the products delivered to themselves at their place. Therefore, this development also occurred in the Printing Industries over the last few years. Because of this reason, the market capacity of the Print industry has increased a lot more than the researchers had expected.
Trends and Predictions for the year 2023
It cannot be guaranteed that the Printing Industry will flourish in 2023. Many factors affect the same, like the economical conditions, supply of energy, and much more. Although there are some arguments between the researchers about the same growth, they have even talked about a few factors that might lead to an increase in the industry's market value. The behavior of customers towards the industry is changing now and then. Still, with the help of new and improved technologies, the printing industry companies can manage and cope with them.
The best part for which the companies of the Print industry are waiting in the year 2023 is the return of the Great Layoff. A few discussions and meetings are taking place for the same, and they are expected to reach a conclusion within the next few days. If the conclusion is reached within a short period, the printing industry will boom at the beginning of 2023.
Along with that, some companies are even working to improve the security of their printing systems. This will make them even more reliable for future use and the customers would also be able to rely upon them.
The metaverse is also helping the industry to bloom in the year 2023. It is trying to step into the printing industry as the company owners have understood that the metaverse is going to have great potential to help them grow.