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Commercial Printing:
United States

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Industry Overview
Industry Size and Trends | Process Segmentation | Application Segmentation
Competing Technologies | Environmental Concerns

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Industry Forecasts
Market Environment | Process Forecasts | Application Forecasts

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Commercial Printing: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts revenues of the US commercial printing industry in US dollars to
2017. Total revenues are segmented by printing process in terms of:

lithographic
digital
flexographic
screen
other processes such as gravure, engraving, and letterpress.

Total revenues are also segmented by application as follows:

advertising
periodicals
labels and wrappers
other applications such as office products, books, and financial and
legal forms.

Publishers and content owners that print their own material in-house are excluded from
this report. Three-dimensional (3D) printing and the value of ancillary non-printing
services offered by commercial printers are also excluded.
To illustrate historical trends, total revenue is provided in an annual series from 2002 to
2012; the various segments are reported at five-year intervals for 2007 and 2012.
Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical
relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

2013 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.

Commercial Printing: United States

Sources
Commercial Printing: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from
various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated January, April, and
May 2013.
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

323110
323111
323112
323113
323114
323115
323116
323117
323118
323119

2732
2752
2754
2759

Commercial Lithographic Printing

Commercial Gravure Printing
Commercial Flexographic Printing
Commercial Screen Printing
Quick Printing
Digital Printing
Manifold Business Forms Printing
Books Printing
Blankbook, Looseleaf Binders, and
Devices Manufacturing
Other Commercial Printing

Book Printing
Commercial Printing, Lithographic
Commercial Printing, Gravure
Commercial Printing, NEC

Copyright & Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Commercial Printing: United States

Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Industry Size & Trends............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Commercial Printing Revenue Trends, 2002-2012 ...................................... 2
Process Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 3
Chart 2 | United States: Commercial Printing Revenue by Process, 2012 ........................................ 3
Lithographic. ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Digital. ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Flexographic. ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Screen................................................................................................................................................. 5
Other Processes. ................................................................................................................................ 6
Application Segmentation ........................................................................................................................ 7
Chart 3 | United States: Commercial Printing Revenue by Application, 2012 .................................... 7
Advertising. ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Periodicals. ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Labels & Wrappers. ............................................................................................................................ 8
Other Applications. ............................................................................................................................. 9
Competing Technologies ....................................................................................................................... 10
Environmental Concerns........................................................................................................................ 11
Industry Forecasts ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 12
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Commercial Printing Revenue (billion dollars) ............. 12
Process Forecasts ................................................................................................................................. 13
Table 2 | United States: Commercial Printing Revenue by Process (million dollars) ....................... 13
Lithographic. ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Digital. ............................................................................................................................................... 13
Flexographic. .................................................................................................................................... 14
Screen............................................................................................................................................... 14
Other Processes. .............................................................................................................................. 14
Application Forecasts ............................................................................................................................. 15
Table 3 | United States: Commercial Printing Revenue by Application (million dollars) .................. 15
Advertising. ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Periodicals. ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Labels & Wrappers. .......................................................................................................................... 16
Other Applications. ........................................................................................................................... 16
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 17
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 18
Donnelley (RR) & Sons Company .................................................................................................... 18
Quad/Graphics Incorporated ............................................................................................................ 19
Cenveo Incorporated ........................................................................................................................ 20
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 21
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 22
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