Chinese Printing Industry: Primed to Be Largest Market

The presence of the Chinese printing manufacturing industry is being noticed in the global printing family. For example, 20 years ago one or two Chinese companies may have been among the exhibitors at drupa. Times have certainly changed. At drupa 2012, more than 280 companies from China exhibited, occupying a total show area of 11,000 square meters. This figure doubled from 2008, and even more may be present at drupa 2016. The 2012 contingent of exhibitors made China the second largest country to exhibit and ranked them third in stand size. What a difference four years makes.