WideFormat Printing Advisory Service

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Wide-Format Printing Advisory Service
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WFS Service Core Components

• Lyras WFS is an online competitive research
  designed to help printer OEMS and ink and media
  vendors identify and quantify the best
  opportunities for their businesses. Supported by
  an experienced team of analysts and researchers,
  the service tracks and quantifies the burgeoning
  wide-format UV curable printer market and the
  changing dynamics of the wide-format aqueous and
  solvent printer markets.

WFS Forecast 360
Primary Research
Written Analysis
Analyst Inquiry Bank
Wide-format printer specs
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Answers to Critical Questions
Expert analysis and forecasts provides answers to
key questions

• What opportunities are the best for my company to
  pursue?
• What are the highest growth segments in this
  market?
• How can I protect and grow my market share?
• How do my customers make purchasing decisions?
• What are my best channels for distribution?

Forecasts

• Updated annually, including shipment and revenue
  data
• Five years of projections, current year forward
  plus two years of historical data
• North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, Latin America

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Commercial Printing and the Digital Transition
Acquisitions
The Acquirers
Triangle
IJT
Companies Acquired
Companies Acquired
Dotrix
RasterGraphics
Hitachi
Indigo
Colorspan
ScitexVision 230M
Sericol
Encad
Dimatix
Dimatix
Avecia
ScitexDigital
Enovation
NexPress
Vutek
Inca Digital 57M
Lyson
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Commercial Printing and the Digital Transition
Acquisitions
Other potential acquirers
Xaar
Nur
Grandinnovations
Printer companies remaining
Zünd
Durst
Mimaki
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WFS Forecast Segmentation Printers and Ink
Hardware
Aqueous ink CAD printers
Low-end Flatbed Printers
Low-end Print width lt 1 meter Print width gt 1
meter
CAD printers
Aqueous ink graphics printers
Midrange Flatbed Printers
Graphics printers Print width 22-44 inches
Midrange Made outside China/Korea Made in
China/Korea
Eco- and mild-solvent
High-end Flatbed Printers
Graphics printers Print width 44 inches
High-end Made outside China/Korea Made in
China/Korea
True solvent
UV-curable
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WFS Forecast Segmentation Media
Self-adhesive stock
Fine-art media
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Building a Lyra Forecast A Complex Process
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Publicly Available Data
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Primary Research Data
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Regional Pricing Data
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Forecast 360 Modeling
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Privately Disclosed Vendor Data

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Wide-Format Printing Advisory Service Analyst
Inquiry
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Analyst Inquiry Ask the Experts
Informed, confidential, and targeted Call or
e-mail your analyst to support your
decision-making

• Additional research from Lyras published reports
• Specific forecast cuts fitting client-specific
  needs
• Insight and opinion on recent market events
• Objective feedback on product planning and
  development, marketing and sales strategies,
  product management, competitive issues, future
  trends, opportunity assessment

Examples

• What is your competitive assessment of the new HP
  ColorSpan in the low-end UV-curable market?
• What data do you have on OEM and aftermarket
  preferences from the 2007 Wide-Format
  Print-for-Pay Survey?
• Could you provide what you think are the major
  trends in the wide-format solvent market and
  provide some charts to illustrate those changes
  for a presentation to my management?

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Why Choose Lyras WFS?
Comprehensive Full worldwide service covering all
regions

• Asia Pacific
• EMEA
• Latin America
• North America

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