Anthony Locicero, Associate Editor11.20.17
The printed media industry continues to decline, especially with the ongoing shift to digital news consumption. Not only is this a concern for major news outlets, it also has an impact on ink manufacturers.
“In publication inks, there are no growth segments of note,” said Joern Bartelheimer, Siegwerk’s VP of publication gravure, EMEA – a sentiment echoed by Chris Parrilli, VP, publication heatset, Sun Chemical.
“Activity over the past year in the heatset market would show some ‘winners’ and some ‘losers’, but we are not seeing segment growth overall,” Parrilli said.
Nielsen Scarborough collected data noting the ever-declining percentage of people who read daily newspapers – with younger generations less inclined to pick up a copy. In its Newspaper Fact Sheet, Pew Research Center calculated the total 2016 US daily print and digital newspaper circulation at 35 million weekday and 38 million on Sunday, both down 8% from 2015.
“The newspaper segment continues to decline as
“In publication inks, there are no growth segments of note,” said Joern Bartelheimer, Siegwerk’s VP of publication gravure, EMEA – a sentiment echoed by Chris Parrilli, VP, publication heatset, Sun Chemical.
“Activity over the past year in the heatset market would show some ‘winners’ and some ‘losers’, but we are not seeing segment growth overall,” Parrilli said.
Nielsen Scarborough collected data noting the ever-declining percentage of people who read daily newspapers – with younger generations less inclined to pick up a copy. In its Newspaper Fact Sheet, Pew Research Center calculated the total 2016 US daily print and digital newspaper circulation at 35 million weekday and 38 million on Sunday, both down 8% from 2015.
“The newspaper segment continues to decline as
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