The PAPER PRINT PACKAGING INDUSTRY FAIR ARABIA 2017, Cairo EGYPT

DATA: 26 January 2017 – 29 January 2017

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DOMENIU: INDUSTRIALS

#: International Fair

packaging industry

Unveiling PAPER PRINT PACKAGING INDUSTRY FAIR ARABIA 2017 – Cairo EGYPT

Egyptian government has a vision for 2030. A new Egypt will possess a competitive, balanced and diversified economy, dependent on innovation and knowledge, based on justice, social integrity and participation.

To make the best out of the opportunity given by the government, the organisers are bringing innovative technologies, the world leaders in the three segments, the business aspirants and the investors under one roof. For sellers, it is an opportunity that cannot be missed to showcase their exclusive products to the global audience.

The size of global Paper Industry is expected to touch US $256 billion by 2017. Globally, the US leads in pulp production with close to 50 million tons annually, followed by China with 17.2 million tons.

Majority of the world’s paper and pulp producers are based in North America, Europe and Asia and is widely consumed across the world.

The Paper Industry in MENA region is at a nascent stage. However, there are focused activities in the segment to increase its productivity.

For upgrading facilities, increasing market share and most importantly, upgrading/ developing technologies are the activities that attracts the most investments.

Annual paper consumption in Egypt is 0.5 million tons. The paper, tissue, paperboard and pulp segments are expected grow at an annual rate of 10%.

Of the total demand, 78% is met from imports and the remaining from domestic supply about 0.35 million tons of imports. The main source of domestic supply is from Bagasse (residue left after the extraction of juice from sugarcane)

The 85 million population in Egypt mainly constitutes a young population predicted to have a higher influence on the growth rate of paper industry. This is because the spending capacity of the new generation is higher.

The ease of starting a business in Egypt has jumped from the 43rd to 21st position in 2012. This has made Egypt a gateway between East, West, North and South.

MENA & Egypt are ready for business as never before and seek professional support to improve their capabilities and raise the living standards of their population.

Globally, printing markets are going through a transformation as many of the newspapers and books have started coming out with e-versions. However, labels and packaging are the reason behind the surge in growth of printing segment.

Global printing industry is expected to touch $980 billion by 2018. Print technology also has changed over the last decade.

Digital printing is consistently increasing its share. Digital’s share of the whole market will double from 9.5% in 2008 to 19.7% by 2018.

US is the biggest print market, however, China is expected to overtake US. India has moved from the tenth position to the fifth position.

The printer segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.5% for the next three years.

The forecast for 2018 is that the printing revenues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) would grow 7.2% per annum reaching US $26 billion.

It was predicted that the Middle East Print market would touch US$20 billion in 2016. The market is moving fast and there seems to be an increase in personalised and shorter print messages. The demand for printing of labels, flexible packaging, active and intelligent packaging formats and photo-books in the recent past is also picking up.

Egypt’s Printing and Packaging segment exports are estimated to be worth US $250 million and it is targeting an investment of US $1 billion by 2020.

Advertising prints contribute significantly to the printing segment of Egypt. As a new age concept, digital advertising is the fastest growing sector within the advertising industry in Egypt. According to a report, Egypt has about 350 digital printing presses, producing an average of 200 million colour pages and 900 million black and white pages.

The industry experts see the growth in demand will increase once the package printing picks up. Foreseeing the demand, many have already started ramping up their existing capacities.

The Egyptian government has been supportive of the printing industry as a whole. It has cut most tariffs on raw materials and inputs, completely eliminating duties on key industrial elements, including the different types of printing machinery, equipment, spare parts etc. These products were formerly subject to duties of 6% to 21%.

Rising demand from automotive and construction segments is driving demand for plastic. Typically, automotive in the modern era contains more than 1,000 plastic parts. The use of plastics and polymer composites has touched 150 kg in today’s cars.

Global packaging industry is expected to grow at an annual rate of 4% and touch US $975 billion in 2018.

According to a latest report, sales of packaging are concentrated in Asia, which accounted for 36%, followed by North America and Western Europe accounting for shares of 23% and 22% respectively.

The market is expected to change significantly by 2018 and Asia is predicted to represent over 40% of global demand.

The drivers of the segment are growing urbanisation, paper print packaging industry fair investment in housing, development of retail chains, construction and burgeoning healthcare and cosmetics segments.

Medium-term forecasts for food packaging industry a growth rate of 3.4% till 2018, which is valued at about US $284 billion. Liquid packaging over the period is projected to increase at 3.3% at a value of US $102 billion.

Corrugated board, folding paper, flexible plastic, rigid plastic and wood are some of the commonly used packaging material packaging industry.

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