Rapid growth of ink production in China

First, China's ink production has grown rapidly In recent years, China's ink production has developed rapidly. In 1995, the output of ink was 106,900 tons. In 2000, it increased to 134,200 tons. The average annual growth rate during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period was 4.7%. In 2002, China's ink production increased to 17.09 tons, an increase of 27.4% over 2000. The average annual growth rate of the first two years of the "10th Five-Year Plan" period was as high as 12.9%.
With the rapid development of China's economic construction and printing technology, China's ink production has undergone great changes in terms of quantity, variety, and quality. In particular, high-end varieties such as color inks and flexographic printing inks have experienced rapid growth.
According to statistics, China has a total production capacity of printing ink of about 250,000 tons/year, and the total ink production accounts for about 6% of the world's total ink production. It has become the fourth largest ink producing country in the world (the United States, Japan and Germany are the first , two, three). Apart from satisfying domestic demand, some products are exported to more than 50 countries and regions such as Eastern Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia. The quality of some major ink products has approached or reached the advanced level of similar foreign products. From the point of view of the overall level of ink production, although there is still a gap between North America, Europe, and Japan, it is already in a relatively advanced position among developing countries. In particular, the self-sufficiency rate of medium-to-high-end varieties is rising.
II. In 2003, China's ink production still showed a significant growth trend. In 2003, the production of ink in China continued to maintain a good growth trend, with a large increase in output. From January to December, cumulative ink production (enterprises above designated size) reached 203,900 tons, an increase of 19.3% over the same period of last year.
Since March 2003, the monthly output has been above 15,000 tons. In November, the output reached 19,700 tons, and the monthly production history was again refreshed.
Third, the main ink production enterprises output China's existing ink production enterprises more than 300. According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2003, there were 11 production enterprises with output of more than 5,000 tons and 3 companies with more than 10,000 tons. In 2003, Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. had reached an ink production of 16,600 tons, an increase of 9.0% over the previous year, accounting for 8.2% of the country's total output, ranking first in the country, followed by Hanghua Ink Chemical Co., Ltd., 2003 production of 14,300 tons, It accounts for 7.0% of the country's total output. Taiyuan Gao's Lowry Ink Chemical Co., Ltd. produced 13,900 tons in 2003, accounting for 6.8% of the country's total output.
Fourth, the domestic market demand will continue to grow The sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in November 2002 put forward the grand goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. China's economic construction has entered a new period of historical development. China's economic construction will continue to develop steadily. In 2003, GDP growth reached 9.1%. Due to the rapid development of economic and cultural undertakings, the demand for ink in the domestic market has been boosted. It is expected that the demand for ink in the domestic market will increase by more than 10% per year in the near future. First of all, China's paper printing industry has achieved rapid development, which is the traditional consumer field of ink in China. In 2003, the output of mechanism paper increased to 24.77 million tons, an increase of 13.6% over the previous year. Among them, the output of newsprint, letterpress and offset printing paper reached 2.07 million tons, 900,000 tons and 510,000 tons, respectively, an increase of 10%, 19% and 29% respectively over the previous year. The development of economic and cultural undertakings and advances in printing technology have led to a rapid increase in the demand for printing inks.
In recent years, with the advancement of science and technology, water-based inks have been widely used in gravure, flexo, screen, and spray applications. The water-based ink has good stability, non-toxic, odorless, no burning, no harm to the human body, and has unique and excellent environmental protection performance. No need to make any changes on the gravure or flexographic printing press can be used. Compared with the use of solvent-based inks, the use of water-based inks can not only achieve the same printing effect, but also reduce the environmental pollution, but also reduce the printing costs, thereby increasing economic efficiency.
In ink production, the ink's color standard is very important. It is reported that at present, 13 companies including Tianjin Dongyang, Shenzhen Shenri, Hanghua ink, Shanghai DIC, Tianjin Yunxing, and Zhongshan Youcheng have officially obtained the concession rights for US ink color standards.
We know that color cannot be accurately expressed in language and text. Colors are transmitted through computer files. Due to the difference in the principle of coloration, the color displayed on a computer screen or the color printed by a color printer may have a large difference between each other and the actual color of an ink product. Pantone color matching system (English name PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM, abbreviated as PMS) is a world-renowned color communication system covering printing, textile, plastics, graphics, digital technology and other fields, has become an international common color standard language. Adopting Pantone Standard in the United States will help China's ink products to enter the international market.
In the process of opening to the outside world and competition in the market, China's ink production enterprises must strengthen technological development, increase product variety, and improve product quality to meet the growing demands of domestic and foreign markets.