Rapidly developing China's ink industry

In 2002, China's total ink production was 220,000 tons and sales revenue was 4.6 billion yuan. China's total ink production in 2002 increased by 7.32% year-on-year, and sales revenue increased by 6.98% year-on-year. China's ink industry achieved a rapid development year after the previous year after entering the WTO. Its total production volume continues to maintain its fourth position in the world, second only to the United States, Japan and Germany.

After the liberation, after several five-year plans, especially since the reform and opening up, along with the sustained and stable development of China's national economy, China's ink industry has made great progress, and in 2002 it has achieved rapid development and further success.

In 2002, the total production of ink in the country was 220,000 tons and sales revenue was 4.6 billion yuan. Based on this calculation, China's total ink production in 2002 increased by 7.32% year-on-year, and sales revenue increased by 6.98% year-on-year. China's ink industry has achieved a rapid development year after entering the WTO after the previous year. Its total production volume continues to maintain its fourth position in the world, second only to the United States (1.16 million tons), Japan (500,000 tons) and Germany (450,000 tons). In recent years, China's printing ink industry continues to grow at a rapid rate, output continues to expand, product varieties continue to increase, quality continues to improve, and grades continue to increase. Its total production volume in 2000, 2001 and 2002 were 18.5, 20.5 and 22.0 million tons, respectively, year-on-year growth of 8.7%, 10.5% and 7.32% respectively. There are more than 1,000 kinds of color inks made in China, and the share of medium and high-end products has expanded. The quality of some products has approached or reached the level of similar foreign products. The self-sufficiency of ink in China has been continuously enhanced, and some products have been exported. In 2001 and 2002, China’s ink exports were 0.97 million tons and 0.95 million tons, respectively, and foreign exchange earnings were US$48 million and US$47 million, respectively. The achievement of these achievements was mainly due to the fact that some of China’s large-scale ink production enterprises have expanded their efforts in recent years through the introduction of advanced technologies and efficient equipment, increased technological transformation, increased scientific research, continued integration of industrial structures, and joint ventures. Production, improved quality, increased variety and enhanced product market competition. In addition, some small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises have gradually expanded their market scope with their diversified products, flexible market strategies and price advantages. Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. was established by Tianjin Ink Co., Ltd. and Japan Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. in the early 1990s. In recent years, its annual sales volume, turnover, and operating profit of inks are With the increase in the number of digits, the market share of products has increased year by year, and it has now become the largest ink manufacturer in the country. Its scientific, standardized and strict enterprise management has achieved remarkable results. It has taken the lead in adopting ISO 9001 quality management system, ISO 14001 environmental management system and GB/T28001 occupational safety and health management system in the domestic industry. And with its superior product quality, it obtained the PANTONE ink color standard concession. The company has also been awarded the title of "Foreign-Invested Advanced Technology Enterprise" for five consecutive years, and has been awarded the title of "Double Excellent Foreign-Invested Enterprise in China" for four consecutive years. Hangzhou Hanghua Ink Chemical Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between China's related parties and Japan's T&K TOKA Co., Ltd., with a total investment of 13.7 million US dollars, an annual production capacity of 14,000 tons or more, annual sales of 10,000 tons or more, sales revenue of more than 250 million. Yuan, the scale of the country ranked second in the industry, efficiency has been in the same industry for four consecutive years among the best, passed the ISO 9002 international quality system certification, and won the United States PANTONE ink color standard concessions. Shanghai DIC Ink is a joint venture between Shanghai Zijiang (Group) Co., Ltd. and Dainippon Ink Chemical Co., Ltd. With a total investment of 13.76 million US dollars, DIC introduces advanced technologies, formulas, and detection methods. The production and testing equipment are made in Japan and Switzerland. , Germany and the United States and other countries to introduce, for the international advanced level, the production of various types of high-grade ink, to replace imports. The company has a high starting point, with all its hardware and software in place, making full use of advanced equipment, advanced technology, and outstanding talents to continuously develop new products and produce high-quality products to meet market demands. PANTONE's products cover many fields such as contemporary printing, textiles, and digital technology. Its color composition system has become a de facto international color standard language. With the development of the ink industry in China, the color standard of domestic ink has gradually approached the PANTONE standard in the United States. Nowadays, some large ink companies in China, such as Tianjin Dongyang, Shenzhen Shenri, Hangzhou Hanghua, Shanghai DIC, Tianjin Yunxing and Zhongshan Youcheng, etc., have officially obtained the concessions for the US PANTONE color standard, which is China's ink industry. With international standards, the products have created extremely favorable conditions for the world. At present, the overall level of China's ink industry is already at the forefront of developing countries in the world. There is still a certain gap compared to North America, Europe and Japan. However, the total output has ranked fourth in the world and there is no doubt.

At present, the country has more than 300 professional ink production companies, more than 20,000 employees, and an annual comprehensive production capacity of over 250,000 tons, which already has a considerable scale. China's ink professional production companies in more than 20 domestic provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, in the coastal areas such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong and Hebei and other places concentrated more than 70% of the country's enterprises. Among them, there are many large-scale backbone enterprises such as Tianjin Ink Co., Ltd., Tianjin Toyo Ink, Hangzhou Hanghua Ink, Shanghai Peony Ink, Shanghai DIC Ink, Shanghai Reliance Ink, and Shenzhen Seri Ink. The industrial structure of China's ink industry has now emerged a pattern of joint development of state-owned enterprises, joint-stock companies, private companies, and joint ventures with various forms of ownership. Joint ventures have become the main force of China's ink industry. At present, among the total ink production in China, the inks produced by the joint ventures have accounted for more than 70%. These enterprises have large production scale, high technology starting point, advanced equipment, combined with scientific management, standardized production, and vigorous research and fast information. Feedback, so that the product's output and quality are very competitive and occupy a dominant position in the market. As early as before China officially became a WTO member, China's ink industry, like the paper industry, has been in close contact with the giants of foreign industries in the same industry, has frequent contacts, and eventually cooperated with it, setting up a joint venture in the country. Toyo Ink of Japan ranks third in the world ink industry and has taken the lead in investing in China since the 1990s. It has successively established Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. with related companies in inland China. Company, Jiangmen Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. Today's world's largest ink manufacturer - Dainippon Ink & Chemicals (DIC), merged with US Sun Chemicals Corporation and Gao's Laurie Company, with annual sales of nearly $4.8 billion accounting for approximately 40% of world total sales. Also investing in China's mainland, companies with joint ventures in China include: Shanghai DIC Ink Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Shenri Ink Co., Ltd., and Taiyuan Gaoshi Lowry Ink Chemical Co., Ltd. Not long ago, the company also invested in the development of organic pigments and printing inks in Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, China. The total investment is expected to reach US$70 million. According to another report, DIC’s plan to expand the ink business in the Asia Pacific region is to achieve sales of 800 million U.S. dollars in the region by 2010, and decided to develop Shanghai DIC ink into its core production and sales base. Flint Ink Co., Ltd. of the United States ranks second in the world today and has more than 100 subsidiaries around the world. Founded in 1920, the annual sales revenue reaches 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, and it can not withstand the enticing power of our vast market, almost At the same time as China’s accession to the WTO, it established its first office inland in China in Shanghai, China’s largest municipality. Only six months later, the company invested in Beijing, the capital of China, and cooperated with four powerful newspaper organizations including Beijing Youth Daily, Economic Daily, Workers Daily, and Liberation Army Daily to form Fulin Ink (Beijing) Printing Ink Co., Ltd. , And in Daxing County to build an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons of web offset ink production line. It is reported that this project will be completed and put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2003. The further introduction of foreign capital will actively promote the rapid development of China's ink industry and improve the overall level of China's ink industry.

Although China has a quarter of the world’s population and its ink production ranks fourth in the world, it is still less than 7% of the world’s total ink production (more than 3 million tons), and per capita possession of ink is less than 0.2 kg. Lagging behind the advanced countries in the world. Ranked among the top three ink producing countries in the world, the per capita ink consumption is 5.5 kg in Germany, 4.4 kg in the United States and 3.9 kg in Japan. At present, China's ink production companies do not have a market share of more than 10%. The domestic low-end ink has been able to meet the needs of the domestic market, even oversupply, while the high-grade ink gap is larger. At present, this part of high-end products can only be made up through imports. In 2001, China imported 24,700 tons of ink, accounting for 12.65% of the country's total ink consumption. In 2002, it imported 20,800 tons of ink, accounting for 13.30% of total ink consumption in the country. China's imports are mainly high-grade inks and special special inks that cannot be produced domestically. This shows that there is a gap between domestically produced inks and developed countries in terms of production volume, quality, and product types and grades. In addition, there are also certain gaps between the international advanced level in many aspects such as water resistance, transferability, and color density, as well as the homogeneity and stability of the product. In the future, besides increasing output, domestic inks should also pay attention to adding varieties, improving grades, and improving quality, so that they can be adapted to the needs of today's multi-color, high-speed, fast-drying, non-polluting and low-consumption modern printing. Actively develop products that are still in shortage or even blank, such as water-based inks, waterless offset inks, and non-aromatic hydrocarbon offset inks. For high-value special inks such as fluorescent inks, jet inks, conductive inks, and fragrance inks, as well as edible inks and DNA inks that are emerging in the world, China should start as soon as possible to increase research and development efforts in order to improve overall domestic ink production as soon as possible. Level to adapt to the growing demand of the printing industry and enhance its competitiveness in the international market.

In 2002, China's ink industry reached new heights, and printing inks gained another year of rapid development. This is a great encouragement and support for the high-speed development of China's news publishing and printing industry. However, we should see that at present, China’s annual per capita consumption of printed matter is not as high as one-twentieth in the developed countries, and per capita possession of ink is only 4.34% of the world’s top three average levels. The gap is so large that it is precisely our country’s The market has great potential for development and the development space is extremely broad. Faced with the new situation of world economic integration and the further entry of foreign capital, China's printing and ink industry will face fiercer market competition. This is an opportunity as well as a challenge. It needs to work hard and take measures to take the initiative and respond actively.