NPES First-Half 2006 Data Shows Strong Growth for Equipment

The equipment data discussed here includes prepress, press and postpress/bindery equipment sales and is collected through the NPES market data program. This is actual data reported by NPES members and it is believed to represent approximately 85 percent of total equipment market in the

U.S. If this trend continues through the balance of the year, this will be the best year our members have experienced since 1998, as the data in Figure 1 illustrates.