Major Printer Manufacturers Gain in H1 2008

The trends of sales suggest that smaller printer manufacturers are beginning to disappear into oblivion and the major manufacturers are stamping their mark all over the market. A report published by Gartner claims that HP has strengthened its position in the EMEA printing products tree while smaller vendors are losing ground.

In the first half of 2008, the total number of shipments (printers, copiers and multifunctional products) into EMEA has increased by 2.2% to 23.8 million over the same period last year. Other regions experienced a larger rise at 14+%.

HP’s shipments saw a steep incline of 6% taking it to the top, at 44.6% share in the market. Canon secured the second spot with a rise of 10.6% and captured 16.4% of the market. Epson gained by 22.5% and controls 12.9% of the market. Brother dropped its share by a dip of 0.9% and currently has a 6.3% market share. Samsung has leapfrogged Lexmark to claim the fifth spot.

Manufacturers outside top five have dropped by a whopping 28% this year to 3.63 million. Market share has plummeted from 19.5% to 13.7%.

Tosh Prabhakar, senior research analyst at Gartner, said - “The results for the first half of 2008 showed single-digit growth across the print markets in EMEA, with second quarter results showing signs of an economic slowdown which could continue into the rest of the year.”

via Channel Web