1. European Printing Ink Association

2. Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

3. Ink Market Ink Industry Ink History of printing 1000 adChinese work with movable letters (wood) 5000 b.c. First prints by Chinese 1452Gutenberg prints his first bible 1797Alois Senefelder invents the litho print 1798First paper machine developed for the paper production 1823Perfecting press is developed 1812Friedrich König invents the cylinder printing machine 1830Stereotyping for blockmaking

4. History of printing 1900Development of newspaper rotaries 1930Screen printing is invented 1962Use of EDP in typesetting production 1982Development of PostScript 1993Development of PDF 1907First prints in offset 1884Typesetting machine developed by Ottmar Mergenthaler 1863Rotary press for mass editions of books, magazines etc. Ink Market Ink Industry Ink 1991First large-format inkjet photo printer

5. Types of printing processes Gravure Flexographic Letterpress Screen Digital Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Offset

6. Types of printing processes (cont.) ScreenScreen printing FlexoLetterpress printing Letterpress OffsetSheetfed offset Heatset Coldset Inkjet Electrophotography Digital printing Gravure Pad printing Gravure printing Intaglio Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

7. Printing ink as part of printing process Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Layout Prepress Print form Substrate Printing ink Printing press Press operator Print finishing

8. What is printing ink? Colourants / Pigments 5 – 30 % Binder systems15 – 60 % Solvents20 – 70 % Additives 1 – 10 % Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

9. Types of printing inks Offset (Sheetfed, web offset) Letterpress Intaglio Paste inks Flexo Offset Screen Energy curing inks FlexographyLiquid inks Gravure Screen Inkjet Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Digital

10. Types of substrates Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Plastics Glass Paper Corrugated Board Woven Material Metal Folding CartonsCorrugated Boxes

11. The right process for the right substrate Paper, CardboardFlexo PaperLetterpress Paper, CardboardInkjet Plastics Paper, CardboardOffset Paper, Cardboard, PlasticsGravure Paper, CardboardIntaglio Paper, Cardboard Plastics Metal Screen Glass Woven material PaperElectrophotography Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

12. Typical products by process Graphic Display Glass Rigid Plastics Screen Offset Newspapers Brochures and catalogues Books Magazines Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Metal Parts Office & Home Displays Industrial Making Inkjet Banknotes, Stamps Intaglio Flexo Corrugated Boxes Flexible Film Packaging Newspapers Magazines Flexible Film Packaging Gravure

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14. Number of employees in 2005 = Paint Ink Market Ink Industry Ink = Printing Inks Total: ~ 18.500 employees (Printing Inks) Estimate by CEPE

15. = 2005 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Percentage World: Shares by areas Value: EUR 10,5 Billion Source: NAPIM / EuPIA

16. = 2005 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Percentage World: Shares by Ink types Source: NAPIM / EuPIA

17. Volume:1,3 million metric tons Value:3,8 billion Euro Volume:1,3 million metric tons Value:3,8 billion Euro European Ink Market Ink Market Ink Industry Ink year-to-end of 2006

18. +4% +3% +5% +0.1% +1% +5% Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Volume) = 2005 Tons = 2006

19. +1% +4% +17% +19% +17% +45% +3%+8% +4% +15% -2% -0.2% Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Volume) Ink Market Ink Industry Ink = 2005 = 2006 Tons

20. Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Value) = 2005 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink = 2006 +3% +0.9% +5% +0.2% -1% +5% Euro, 000‘s

21. Europe: Ink Sales per Country (Value) = 2005 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink = 2006 +2%+3% +22% +2% +12% +13% +37% +7% +9% +3% +2% +18% Euro, 000‘s

22. Europe: Sales per ink type (Volume) = 2005 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink +6% +7% -0.4% +6% +10% = 2006 Tons

23. Europe: Sales per ink type (Value) Ink Market Ink Industry Ink +5% +3% +6% +5% -3% +9% = 2005 = 2006 Euro, 000‘s

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25. Ink Industry in Motion Recent transactions since 1999 Ink Market Ink Industry Ink YearCompanyMerger Partner 1999Coates Lorilleux, FranceDIC / Sun Chemical, Japan 2002Gebr. Schmidt, GermanyFlint Ink, USA 2003CCI, USASiegwerk Druckfarben, Germany 2003Web-Offset SICPA, SwitzerlandFlint-Schmidt, Germany 2003Trenal, BelgiumANI 2004BASF Printing Systems / ANI, Germany / Scandinavia CVC Capital Partners (Sponsor) 2005SICPA PIBU, SwitzerlandSiegwerk Druckfarben, Germany 2005Flint Ink / XSYS Print SolutionsCVC Capital Partners (Sponsor) 2005Micro InksHuber

26. Ink Industry: Organisation Europe Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Artists´ColoursPrinting InksPaints

27. EuPIA Organisation Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Management Team PIFOOD ECPT OSRA LSDS Co-driers Technical / Legislation Council CommunicationMarket Information Printing Ink Members - Annual Conference EuPIA TCCommunication WGStatistics WG

28. EuPIA members Ink Market Ink Industry Ink Every member of a national printing ink manufacturers’ association is automatically a member of EuPIA.

29. EuPIA: Key Message Customers End Users Customers Public Graphic Industry End Users Public Retailers Give awareness of the existence of an innovative industry that continuously moves, evolves and contributes to the progress of modern societies. Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

30. EuPIA: Key Objectives Customers End Users Customers Public Graphic Industry End Users Public Retailers To promote the added value of printing inks along the downstream users and the public Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

31. EuPIA: Key Strategies Customers End Users Customers Public Graphic Industry End Users Public Retailers Single statistics collection from all members in cooperation with national associations Relationship with other international associations related to the graphic and packaging industry (NAPIM, Asian Flexo Technology Association, etc.) Ink Market Ink Industry Ink

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