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Fewer than 28,000 Commercial Printing and Prepress Establishments Remain in the U.S., a Decline of 4.1% from the Previous Year.


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River.
, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46985) has announced the addition of 2006 Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving.  Market Demographic Profiles A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market segment. This typically involves age bands (as teenagers do not wish to purchase denture fixant), social class bands (as the rich may want  to their offering.

This 2006 Industry Measure/TWGA special report provides snapshots of the U.S. graphic communications markets--print and prepress establishments, graphic design and production firms, and publishing companies. These snapshots include top-line demographic data (estimated number of establishments, graphic production desktops, estimated value of shipments/revenues, and capital expenditures), 12-month investment projections for a variety of capital equipment, hardware, and software categories, prevailing industry trends (business conditions and the forces that are causing those conditions), market outlook for 2006 and beyond, and guidance for industry firms, vendors, investors, researchers, and analysts.

The print and prepress markets included in this Demographic Profile include commercial printers, quick printers, periodical periodical, a publication that is issued regularly. It is distinguished from the newspaper in format in that its pages are smaller and are usually bound, and it is published at weekly, monthly, quarterly, or other intervals, rather than daily.  printers, book printers, and prepress service bureaus and trade shops.

The design and production markets included in this Demographic Profile include graphic design firms, ad agencies, commercial photographers, and corporate design departments in a broad cross-section of industries.

The publishing markets included in this Demographic Profile include book, magazine, and catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  publishers.

Highlights of this Report:

* There are fewer than 28,000 commercial printing and prepress establishments in the U.S., a decline of 4.1% from the previous year.

* There are nearly 90,000 production workstations in print and prepress firms, almost two-thirds of which are Apple Macintoshes Apple Macintosh - Macintosh  

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THE U.S. COMMERCIAL PRINTING MARKETS

THE U.S. DESIGN & PRODUCTION MARKET

THE U.S. PUBLISHING MARKET

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS REPORT

HOW THIS REPORT IS ORGANIZED

FOR MORE INFORMATION

SECTION 1: THE U.S. COMMERCIAL PRINTING MARKETS

MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data.  

INDUSTRY PROFILE

KEY INDUSTRY TRENDS

OUTLOOK FOR THE COMMERCIAL PRINTING BUSINESS

SECTION 2: THE U.S. DESIGN & PRODUCTION MARKETS

MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS

INDUSTRY PROFILE

KEY MARKET TRENDS

OUTLOOK FOR THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION BUSINESS

SECTION 3: THE U.S. PUBLISHING MARKET

MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS

INDUSTRY PROFILE

KEY MARKET TRENDS

OUTLOOK FOR THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS

APPENDIX: TWGA METHODOLOGY

TRENDWATCH GRAPHIC ARTS TODAY

HISTORIC BACKGROUND

SURVEY DESIGN

WHO'S WHO Who’s Who

biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922]

See : Fame
 AT TRENDWATCH

Table of Figures

Table of Tables

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