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CAP Ventures Forecasts Overall Growth in Business Paper Industry

(Weymouth, MA) February 9, 2004…According to new projections by CAP Ventures, the paper market will continue to grow. This market is expected to increase from 7,699 million tons in 2002 to 8,503 million tons in 2007, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2%.

Nevertheless, not all segments of the paper industry will experience growth over the forecast period. Fax paper, typewriter paper, and copier paper will register slight declines. The proliferation of e-mail is largely responsible for the decline of single-function fax machines. PCs and attached printers have attributed to the decline of typewriter paper, which is expected to decline rapidly at a CAGR of -50% over the forecast period. With the migration from copying to printing and improved electronic workflows, copier paper will also experience a decline.

Growth is expected to occur in the laser, inkjet, and direct-to-press paper segments. In terms of pages, these segments are expected to show respective CAGRs of 3.4%, 5%, and 19.1%. The versatility of inkjet printing has increased, creating new opportunities for inkjet imaging on delicate fabrics, heavy fabrics, photographs, art papers, magnetized sheets, films, and leather, as well as plain papers.

“One of the more explosive markets is the full color laser printer paper segment, which is projected to see a 43% growth rate over the forecast period,” commented Merilyn Dunn, a Director at CAP Ventures. “This explosive growth rate is driven by reduced prices for laser printers, and the increased speed and functionality of color laser printing.”

CAP Ventures' paper forecasts are segmented into thirteen parts, each providing an executive summary, methodology, detailed charts, trends and analysis on specific segments. In an industry that continues to experience consolidation, the need for in-depth market knowledge and the ability to identify growth segments is a key requirement.

The thirteen-part series includes the following reports:

1. U.S. Copier Paper Forecast: Details the cut size papers consumed by U.S. single-function and multifunctional copiers in terms of prints, pages, tons, and revenue. This document is segmented by monochrome and color imaging speed, imaging technology, and operating environment for analog and digital copiers.
2. U.S. Direct-to-Press Paper Forecast: Details the cut size and continuous forms papers consumed by U.S. digitally-driven direct-to-press devices in terms of prints, pages, tons, and revenue.
3. U.S. Duplicator Paper Forecast: Details the cut size papers consumed by U.S. standalone and connected duplicators in terms of prints, pages, tons, and revenue.
4. U.S. Fax Paper Forecast: Details the cut size and continuous forms papers consumed by U.S. single-function and multifunctional fax machines in terms of prints, pages, tons, and revenue for workgroup and personal fax machines.
5. U.S. Impact Printer Paper Forecast: Details the cut size and continuous forms papers consumed by U.S. single-function impact printers. Includes summaries for line matrix, line character, dot matrix, and daisy wheel printers.
6. U.S. Inkjet Printer Paper Forecast: Details the cut size and continuous forms papers consumed by U.S. single-function and multifunctional inkjet printers. Includes summaries for color and monochrome printing, personal and workgroup printing, as well as information on 14 single-function and 7 multifunctional segments.
7. U.S. Laser Printer Paper Forecast: Details the cut size and continuous forms papers on rolls consumed by U.S. single-function and multifunctional laser printers and is segmented by function color.
8. U.S. Typewriter Paper Forecast: Details the U.S. single-function typewriter paper market, providing details in terms of electronic office, portables, electric and manual typewriters.
9. U.S. Thermal Transfer Printer Paper Forecast: Details the U.S. single-function thermal transfer printer paper. Summaries in this document are categorized in terms of monochrome and color and then subdivided by wax and dye diffusion printers.
10. U.S. Prints Forecast Summary: Summarizes the cut size and continuous forms prints produced by U.S. single-function and multifunctional devices.
11. U.S. Pages Forecast Summary: Summarizes the cut size and continuous forms pages produced by U.S. single-function and multifunctional devices.
12. U.S. Tons Summary: Summarizes the cut size and continuous forms tons consumed by
13. U.S. single-function and multifunctional devices.
14. U.S Media Revenue Summary: Summarizes the revenue generated by cut size and continuous forms consumed by U.S. single-function and multifunctional devices.

Clients of CAP Ventures’ North American Communications Supplies Consulting Service can access this forecast series immediately.  If you are not a client and would like more information on these forecasts or to make a purchase, please contact Scott Phinney at , ext. 123 or via e-mail at .

CAP Ventures is a strategic consulting firm for providers and users of business and visual communication technologies and services. We deliver key research, analysis, forecasting, benchmarking, and strategy recommendations to make a competitive difference in our clients’ businesses. Additional information about CAP Ventures is available on the Web at www.infotrendsresearch.com.