The "Printing Industry in South Africa 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report on the printing industry in South Africa includes information on digitisation, newspaper and magazine circulation, manufacturing output, revenue and capacity utilisation, notable players, and corporate actions. There is information on influencing factors such as input costs, technology and innovation, and new opportunities.

The report includes profiles of sixty-seven companies such as the state-owned Government Printing Works, major players such as Media24, Novus, CTP, Bidvest, Mpact and Nampak, label and packaging printers such as Universal Labels, Taurus Packaging and SA Label Printers, and printing franchises such as Jetline.

The disruption that digitally-published media has brought to the printing industry cannot be underestimated. There has been a substantial decline in demand for printed newspapers and magazines, once the staple of the industry. Although there are 1,600 printing companies in South Africa, mostly small businesses, the industry is dominated by large, listed printing companies built on long-term contracts with high volume orders.

Pockets of growth include packaging, retail, advertising, and security printing for African governments, which are providing revenue diversification. A significant opportunity is digital printing processes for short-run and variable printing orders. The growth of digital printing has led to the growth of small print shops and bureaus.

Market Trends

• Increased adoption of digital printing to reduce costs and attract customers.
• Industry decline is driving innovation, consolidation, product diversification, and increased focus on supplying customers in Africa.
• Local paper supply is reducing, shifting the industry's dependence to imports.
• The decline has accelerated since the pandemic.
• The digitisation of previously printed media is resulting in decreased demand.
• The industry is focused on cost-cutting and reducing capacity.
• The industry is growing in its ability to print onto recyclable and biodegradable material using environmentally-friendly ink.
• The industry is looking to retail and advertising customers to boost demand.

Opportunities

• Book printing (especially education).
• Large format printing for the outdoor advertising industry.
• Printing onto packaging.
• Retail leaflet printing.
• Security printing (such as ID documents, passports).

Challenges

• Digital printing uptake remains slow.
• Expensive and insecure local paper supply.
• Lack of demand for printing.
• There is a lack of industry data.

Market Outlook

• The outlook for the printing industry is poor and characterised by further decline, driven by the digital publication of previously printed media.
• Companies able to invest in digital printing machinery which can print onto a wide range of materials using environmentally-friendly inks, may continue to grow.
• Digital printing is opening the way for smaller companies to open print shops and offer localised, small run services.
• The industry is expected to consolidate and diversify further into packaging, retail, stationery, educational book and security printing.
• Expansion into Africa is expected to be a key component of this diversification.

Key Topics Covered:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY

2.1. Industry Value Chain

2.2. Geographic Position

2.3. Size of the Industry

3. LOCAL

3.1. State of the Industry

3.2. Key Trends

3.3. Key Issues

3.4. Notable Players

3.5. Trade

3.6. Corporate Actions

3.7. Regulations

3.8. Enterprise Development and Social Development

4. AFRICA

5. INTERNATIONAL

6. INFLUENCING FACTORS

6.1. Unforeseen Events

6.2. Economic Environment

6.3. Labour

6.4. Environmental Issues

6.5. Technology, R&D, Innovation

6.6. Input Costs

7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

7.1. Competition

7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry

7.3. Barriers to Entry

8. INDUSTRY SUMMARY

9. OUTLOOK

10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Companies Featured

• 180 Degree Digital Print CC
• ABC Printers (Pty) Ltd
• Afripack (Pty) Ltd
• Altstadt Printing CC
• Apple Print And Packaging CC
• Arena Holdings (Pty) Ltd
• Associated Printing (Pty) Ltd
• Beith Digital (Pty) Ltd
• Benchmark Signage (Pty) Ltd
• Bidvest Paperplus (Pty) Ltd
• Businessprint (Pty) Ltd
• Colour Display Print (Pty) Ltd
• Colourtone Aries (Pty) Ltd
• Creda Communications (Pty) Ltd
• CTP Ltd
• Finishing Post (Pty) Ltd (The)
• Fishwicks Retail Solutions (Pty) Ltd
• Formeset Print (Pty) Ltd
• G M Graphix (Pty) Ltd
• Golden Era Printers And Stationers BOPS (Pty) Ltd
• Government Printing Works (The)
• Hirt And Carter (Pty) Ltd
• HP Labelling (Pty) Ltd
• HR Lithographic Printers CC
• IM Design Factory (Pty) Ltd
• International Trimmings And Labels SA (Pty) Ltd
• Jean And Ian Short CC
• Jetline Franchises (Pty) Ltd
• Kadimah Trading Corporation (Pty) Ltd
• Knox Printing Company (Pty) Ltd (The)
• Kwik Printing Works CC
• Lebone Litho Printers (Pty) Ltd
• Lexlines Press (Pty) Ltd
• Lotus Litho (Pty) Ltd
• MCC Label Paarl South Africa (Pty) Ltd
• Media24 (Pty) Ltd
• Minuteman Press International (Branch Of Minuteman Press International Inc)
• Mortimer Offset (Pty) Ltd
• Mpact Ltd
• Multiprint Litho (Pty) Ltd
• Nampak Products Ltd
• Novus Holdings Ltd
• Oranje Drukkery (Pty) Ltd
• Printafoil (Pty) Ltd
• Pro Bind Print Finishing (Pty) Ltd
• Pro-Touch Dies CC
• Rand Data Forms (Pty) Ltd
• Ren-Media CC
• RPC Astrapak (Pty) Ltd
• SA Label Printers (Pty) Ltd
• Sacks Packaging (Pty) Ltd
• Screen Image CC
• Screenline (1971) (Pty) Ltd
• Shereno Printers CC
• Shumani Mills Communications (Pty) Ltd
• Sign And Seal Labels (Pty) Ltd
• Tandym Print (Pty) Ltd
• Taurus Packaging (Pty) Ltd
• Tetra Pak South Africa (Pty) Ltd
• Thornbird Trade And Invest 100 (Pty) Ltd
• Tropic Plastic And Packaging Industry (Pty) Ltd
• Tshwane Press (Pty) Ltd
• Tygan Digital And Signage (Pty) Ltd
• Universal Labels (Pty) Ltd
• USS Graphics International (Pty) Ltd
• UVP Veltopak (Pty) Ltd
• Zelpy 1624 (Pty) Ltd

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