Printing and paper handling machines and machinery industry 2008 - 2022

Production and sales of printing and paper handling machines like machinery industry

This report documents the fluctuating course of production and sales of printing and paper handling machines from 2008 to 2022 compared to the German machinery industry.

June 19th, 2023 - Production and sales in the printing and paper handling machines and machinery industry are based on the pre-crisis year 2008 as a common starting point and set at 100. Different developments are thus visible at a glance.

From the pre-crisis year 2008 to 2022, the production of printing and paper handling machines stagnated on average per year by +0.1%, that of machinery industry by -0.6% p.a.

Despite major fluctuations, production in this sector is on average on a par with the machinery industry.

Muted growth in sales of printing and paper machinery as in machinery industry

The course of sales is similar to that of the production of printing and paper handling machines, albeit with greater fluctuations.

The sales of printing and paper handling machines grow on average by +1.8% each year, while those of machinery indusrtry increase by +1.2% p.a. in the period from 2008 to 2022.

Like production, sales of printing and paper handling machines essentially develop in line with the machinery industry in the period from 2008 to 2022, with moderate growth.

A look at foreign and domestic sales shows significant fluctuations for printing and paper handling machines.

The sector's foreign sales grow on average by +2.8% each year while the machinery industry's foreign sales increase by +2.1% per year.

The sector's foreign sales thus develop essentially in sync with the machinery industry.

From 2008 to 2022, domestic sales of printing and paper processing machinery stagnate at -0.6% per year, slightly more than machinery industry at -0.1% per year.