Offset printing plate industry development overview

Today we meet in this beautiful mountain town, offset printing plate industry for more than a year to jointly review the fruitful exchange of experiences, to explore the prospects for the development of the industry will certainly enhance our confidence for a better future. It should be frankly, over the past year is the history of the development of our industry's most difficult time. Due to the impact of the international economic crisis, the domestic and international market demand for printing supplies sharp decline in the international market for the industry, especially for our reliance worse. But all of us to work together with colleagues, adhere to the scientific concept of development, adhere to the leading technology, the development of high-end new products have achieved success. The 2008 and 2007 year-on-year, and still achieved double-digit growth.

Now, I will offset plate industry nearly two years, a brief description:
As prefabricated offset plate, PS plate in China for more than 30 years of development history. The technology is more mature, full range of specification roll production line, now the country has more than 80 articles, distributed in more than 60 enterprises. Also a large number of export products in addition to meet domestic demand, marketing more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. In more than 60 enterprises, both state-owned assets controlled by the central enterprises, there are a large number of private enterprises, joint ventures, wholly-owned company established by the internationally renowned multinational corporations. It can be said that China has become the offset plate production capacity in the world's largest country. Currently, the annual production capacity of 370 million square meters of various plates, the annual production value of over 80 billion yuan. 2008 the whole industry realized a total profit of 350 million yuan, about 4% of the average profit margin of the whole industry. In more than 60 enterprises, the annual output of six enterprises with more than 10 million square meters, of their annual output accounts for more than 50% of national output, the scale of production is relatively concentrated.

Printing Equipment Branch of China Printing Equipment Industries Association survey shows nearly 80 production lines of more than 60 companies across the country: the National Offset Plate in 2008 the total production volume of 278.73 million square meters, an increase of 15.39% from 2007. PS plate production volume of 217.52 million square meters, an increase of 5.59% from 2007; CTP version of the production capacity of 61.21 million square meters, an increase of 72% compared to 2007. The Offset Plate total sales of 269.59 million square meters, an increase of 11.72% compared to 2007. PS plate sales of 211.67 million square meters, compared with 2007 growth of 2%; CTP version of the sales volume of 57.92 million square meters, an increase of 71.36% compared to 2007. Offset printing plates total sales of 8.458 billion yuan, an increase of 15.86% compared to 2007. PS version of the sales of 5.482 billion yuan, the CTP edition sales of 2.976 billion yuan.

We can see from the above data, in 2008, especially in the second half of 2008, despite the huge impact of the international economic crisis, but because of the first half of the year continued the growth momentum in 2007, a larger increase, the annual average remains a higher growth rate. The growth rate is relatively high compared to other products of the printing equipment class, such as printing paper, printing inks, blankets, plates. Plate industry greater impact from the second half of 2008 to the first half of 2009, this time. In reviewing the development of the industry in 2008, 2009 and a brief description. In July this year, printing equipment branch operation on the part of the member companies in the first half of 2009, a survey of statistics. Annual statistical enterprise scale accounts for about 75% of the annual production scale of the industry-wide, so it has a representative. In this part of the enterprise of the statistics, 30% of companies with the first half of 2008, year-on-year, production increased, the average growth rate of more than 10%; 60% year-on-year decline, the decline should be about 20%. Greater decline in exports a large proportion of enterprises. Over the past few years, our industry's average annual growth rate of around 20% in 2006, 2007 and even reached more than 30%, while there has been a negative growth of 20% during the first half of 2008 to 2009, which in history from has not been. We did experience a harsh winter, so that all of us practitioners experienced a severe test. However, the difficulties we have encountered no means a disaster. Many enterprises to take active measures to ride out the storm. From the beginning of the third quarter of this year, with the stabilization and recovery of our national economy, the demand for foreign markets also increased, the economic environment has improved, the offset plate industry there have been signs of a gradual recovery. Enterprises operating rate increase, the increase in sales volume, so far, have all been full of some production equipment. External conditions improve will bring us great impetus, we should advantage of the opportunity, seize the opportunity, for the fourth quarter, faster development.

The Offset Plate 2008 annual export volume of 101.58 million square meters, an increase of 22% compared to 2007. Which PS version of the export volume of 65.275 million square meters, with basically the same as in 2007; CTP version of the export volume of 36.31 million square meters, an increase of 103.93% over 2007. Offset plate exports accounted for 37.68% of the total annual sales. The export volume of 47 million square meters in 2006, the export volume of 83.26 million square meters in 2007, respectively, an increase of 62% over the previous year, 77%. The 2008 Offset Plate export growth remained more than double-digit growth in 2007 dropped significantly, but compared to 2006,.

PS version of growth in terms of the growth of the total domestic production of offset plates, or the growth of total exports, are not large, or essentially flat, while the growth part of the CTP version from the data. CTP version of the rapid development in the past two years is one of the highlights of our industry.

CTP version available in China, ten years or so, but the slow initial development. Five years ago, the domestic production and sales of CTP over 100 million square meters, less diversity. A short period of five years, the development of the domestic annual production to more than 60 million square meters, the export of more than 30 million square meters. In 2008, domestic consumption of the CTP version accounted for about 15% of the annual consumption of all offset plates. Although this ratio is not very high, compared with printing developed countries there is a large gap, but the growth rate was encouraging. Currently, the country has more than a dozen production varying amounts, different types of CTP - thermal, photosensitive, silver, inkjet, UV-CTP, has been recognized by the different consumer groups. It can be said, has production of all types of CTP in China. Second Film Factory of Lucky Group, Sichuan Figure thermal CTP printing technology Co., Ltd. has formed a large-scale production, and exports a large number of domestic and international CTP plate market one can not ignore the important force. We wish they made more brilliant achievements. The CTP version China has very broad space for development. 2008 domestic consumption accounted for 15% of the consumption of the offset plate, but this ratio is very low, the gap is obvious, and therefore has great potential. With the growing popularity of CTP technology, along with printing companies in order to adapt to the market, the pursuit of high-speed, high efficiency, production of high-quality printed materials requirements and continuously improve, CTP version will have a more high-speed development. The next few years will be the golden age of the rapid development of our CTP version.

Situation on the aluminum substrate, in recent years, the efforts of the domestic aluminum substrate plant production grew quickly, basically to meet the growing demand of offset printing plates. Past use of manufacturers with what almost no choice now gradually formed a buyer's market, a fundamental change in the relationship between supply and demand. However, the domestic production of the aluminum substrate in the fine texture of high-end board base also one of the few, and stability is a prominent issue. As soon as possible to improve the level of quality of the aluminum substrate, not only to produce to meet the requirements for use of the PS version, but also be able to meet the requirements of the CTP version quality board base, our aluminum industry faces a daunting task. For this reason, many aluminum producers are vigorously enhance the level of equipment and technology, the introduction of the first-class equipment, and enhance their competitiveness. This will greatly change the situation of domestic plate base market a few high-end board based, to improve the quality of the structure of the aluminum-based products. Chongqing aluminum products factory, the predecessor of Chongqing the Obo Aluminum Manufacturing Co., Ltd., is one of the pioneers of China's printing aluminum substrate production, has a long history in the industry, and made important contributions to the establishment and development of the printed aluminum substrate industry early . Recently, they invested heavily in the expansion of the plant and equipment, greatly improving the production capacity and quality levels. We are looking forward for the development of our industry to make new contributions.

Experienced the hardships of the economic crisis, the existing problems in the process of development of the industry, as well as the prospects for the development of the industry, we should conduct a careful thinking and analysis.

In the past few years, the size of the industry has grown rapidly expand production capacity. Many people worried about the oversupply will bring the vicious competition in the development of the industry adversely. However, due to the printing industry demand growth offset plate faster, especially foreign markets for Chinese products particularly popular, the sharp rise in exports and increase the production capacity has been largely able to release. However, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, a drop in demand domestic production capacity exceeds market demand contradictions more acute. Generally speaking, an industry equipment operating rate is about 80%, not the relationship between supply and demand too much influence. During the economic crisis, many enterprises equipment operating rate of only about 50% of the original supply and demand imbalances are more serious. Someone crying wolf in the past, but only left exposed, this is really coming. This problem should now aroused great concern. Blind expansion of production capacity, especially in low-level duplicated construction should be stopped. Even after the economic recession, offset printing plate industry is able to return to an annual growth rate of more than 20 to 30%, to reproduce brilliant, we sent to the expectations are not too high. Personally, I think: bottomed out and survive the economic crisis, offset printing plate industry will enter the development trend of the times high-speed "sustainable development, will be a more steady pace.

Speaking in front of overcapacity, mainly refers to the the ordinary PS version overcapacity. CTP version of the high-end of our production capacity is still inadequate. Defects mainly technology and the use of quality instability. The CTP version most of the production is concentrated in the hands of a small number of foreign companies, with a total output of more than a dozen domestic company of more than 10 million square meters, some of which is still in the trial period. Generally speaking, the large-scale production of domestic enterprises CTP version is still in its infancy. Greater investment in technology research and development as well as marketing needs a greater effort. CTP to get rid of the film and proofing, plate making digitized to create the conditions for the offset of the whole process of digitizing the CTP application will become more and more widely, it is the unquestionable fact. We are confident, have the ability to capture this market. The our domestic offset plates practitioners should make unremitting efforts for this purpose.