Printer, copier market falls
08 Nov 2013
The combined printer and copier market in India fell by 4.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2013. Hewlett-Packard remained the market leader with a 52-per cent market share.
The combined serial inkjet and page printer, copier and multifunction product (MFP) market in India totaled 681,584 units in the second quarter of 2013, a 4.7-per cent fall from the second quarter of 2012, according to a study by Gartner.
The total end-user spending in the second quarter totaled $235.4 million, a 13-per cent decline from the same period last year. The monochrome market posted a decline of 1.5 per cent, and the colour market remained flat.
''Vendors continued to introduce new products in the country in order to meet the changing needs of different customer segments,'' said Zalak Shah, research analyst at Gartner. ''With the IT marketplace transforming, print providers are looking at offering integrated solutions and trying to expand to Tier II and Tier III cities of India''.
HP remained the market leader in the Indian printer; copier and MFP market, as its market share totaled 52 per cent, followed by Canon with 24 per cent share. Epson accounted for 9 per cent, while Samsung Electronics accounted for 8 per cent of the market in the second quarter of 2013.
The A4 page size MFP segment continued to grow in the second quarter of 2013 and posted an increase of 12 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2012. HP continued to perform well in this segment, with a growth rate of 37.4 per cent and a market share of 59 per cent. Samsung, again at No.2, dropped slightly with its market share at 20.3 per cent, Canon's shipments declined a little, and it accounted for 12.1 per cent of the market.
The A3 page size MFP segment showed an increase of 14.7 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2012. Canon again led the market with 27.9 per cent market share; while Konica Minolta was No 2 with a 17.2-per cent market share. Canon continued to perform well in the low- and mid-speed monochrome device market for this segment. Konica Minolta's performance remained stable as compared to the second quarter of 2012.
The page printer market overall experienced a decline of 16.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2013. The market leaders in this segment remain the same with HP at 51 per cent market share, followed by Canon at 32 per cent market share, and Samsung with 9 pe rcent market share. HP, Canon and Samsung showed a decline of 13 per cent, 22.8 per cent and 26 per cent.
Colour printers in the 11-20 ppm segment and monochrome page printers in the 41-69 ppm segment did well in the printer market compared to the second quarter of 2012.
| India Printer, Copier and MFP Unit Shipment Estimates, 2Q13 (Thousands of Units) | |||||
| Vendors | 2Q13 Shipments | 2Q13 Market Share (%) | 2Q12 Shipments | 2Q12 Market Share (%) | 1Q13-1Q12 Growth (%) |
| HP | 351.7 | 51.6 | 367.5 | 51.4 | -4.3 |
| Canon | 161.6 | 23.7 | 164.2 | 23 | -1.6 |
| Epson | 59.2 | 8.7 | 57.8 | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Samsung Electronics | 52.6 | 7.7 | 59.2 | 8.3 | -11.2 |
| Others | 56.5 | 8.3 | 66.4 | 9.2 | -15.0 |
| Total | 681.6 | 100 | 715.2 | 100 | -4.7 |
| Note: Totals may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding | |||||
| Source: Gartner (Novemer 2013) | |||||
