The World of Print is Flat Too!

As we look forward through 2006, Brazil and Mexico follow the Chinese in absolute growth terms (see Table 3 at right), while Russia, Ukraine and Romania offer the highest annual growth for the print market of any country over the past five years as their economies open and recover from many years of communist rule. According to the study, “China offers the greatest absolute growth; this attractive potential is opening up but organizations unaccustomed to dealing with Chinese bureaucracy and business practices need to learn the intricacies. Competition is growing in China with local suppliers of equipment and consumables joining the larger multinational brands.”