1.TOP 1 DIC Co., Ltd.: March into the world
★ Annual sales: USD 4.59 billion.
★ Strength: an international group consisting of more than 70 companies, with about 20,000 employees worldwide. Products include sheet-fed offset printing ink, press and publication ink, packaging gravure printing ink, corrugated packaging ink, special coatings and so on.
★ Strategic Effect: The economic recovery in North America and Europe, the steady economic growth in China and Southeast Asia, and the slow economic growth in Japan led to an increase of 24.3% in operating income and 48.4% in net profit. From the perspective of specific products, the income of press and publication ink in Japan and Europe decreased, and the sales of packaging ink in North America and Europe increased. The income of gravure printing ink in the Asia-Pacific region has increased substantially, which has become the highlight of the company's income. It is estimated that DIC Co., Ltd. will realize net sales of 870 billion yen and net profit of 25 billion yen in 20 17.
2.FlintGroup Flint Group: strategic acquisitions
★ Annual sales: US$ 2.4 billion.
★ Strength: The number of employees is about 7,900, and the main products are solvent-based, water-based and oily printing inks and coatings.
★ Strategic Effect: Using the core technology of Saikang, Flint Group established a new digital printing department, which further expanded the market share of the Group in the field of digital printing. After the acquisition of American ink and coating company, the group occupied a place in the North American packaging market, and the research and development of AR (augmented reality) technology of the company became a part of Flint Group's long-term strategy. After two recent acquisitions, Flint Group has maintained strong growth in key market sectors. At the 20 16 Druba International Printing Exhibition, Flint Group exhibited advanced flexographic ink products, which attracted the attention of a large number of printing enterprises.
3.TOP3 Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.: Green
★ Annual sales: 65.438+260 million USD.
★ Strength: The number of employees is 8 1 16, mainly engaged in newspaper ink, UV curing ink, gravure ink, flexographic ink, etc.
★ Strategic Effect: In North America, the sales volume of Toyo ink gravure printing ink is increasing, and in Southeast Asia and India, environmental protection ink is widely welcomed. Sato, global product manager of Toyo Ink, said that strict environmental protection legislation in Asian countries such as China has made printing ink production greener, and the company will continue to develop innovative ink products that can meet the cost and performance requirements and effectively reduce VOCs emissions in the future. Since 20 16, with the further tightening of environmental protection laws and regulations, the product strategy of paying close attention to sustainable development has provided great growth opportunities for Toyo ink, and the sales volume of UV ink has increased steadily around the world, especially in Europe and Japan.
4.Top4 Sakata Ink Company: Differentiated Competition
★ Annual sales: 654.38+224 million USD.
★ Strength: The number of employees is about 3,877, mainly engaged in commercial sheet-fed ink, newspaper ink, flexible packaging gravure ink and flexographic ink.
★ Strategic Effect: "The economic recovery in North America ensured the steady growth of packaging ink sales, and the sales of Indian newspapers and offset printing ink continued to grow, with a year-on-year increase of 7%." Akio Morita, chairman of Sakata Ink Company, said: "The market demand in each sales area is different. The digital trend of paper media is very obvious in Japan, Europe and North America, and the market share of newspaper ink is declining, so we are making efforts in the field of packaging ink; Due to the demand of economic growth and population growth in developing countries such as India, the sales of newspaper ink continued to rise. " By introducing differentiated products in various sales areas and producing environmentally-friendly inks to meet different environmental protection needs, the profit of Sakata Ink is constantly rising.
5. Siemens Waco Group: Accelerate expansion
★ Annual sales: 65.438+220 million USD.
★ Strength: It has 5,000 employees in more than 30 countries, mainly engaged in solvent-based and water-based inks and coatings, and its products are mainly used for packaging products such as labels, folding cartons and corrugated boxes.
★ Strategic Effect: In order to expand the company's sales performance in various vertical market segments, St. Vic Group has "acted" many times. By continuously expanding the production scale in Asia and developing new products, the Group's packaging ink sales in this region showed a healthy growth. In North America, Shengweike Group has greatly increased infrastructure construction, improved production processes, invested in automated manufacturing, improved production efficiency and provided high-quality products. Group CEO Herbert? Oliver said that the group will continue to open new subsidiaries in traditional markets such as North America and Western Europe and emerging markets such as Asia and Latin America.