Digital printing technology continues to upgrade and popularize, and sales of digital printing ink continue to increase.

Digital jet printing refers to the process of using digital equipment and jet technology to directly print ink onto the printing material to form a pattern according to the set program through the RIP (Raster Image Processor) control system. The ink used in this process is called Digital printing ink refers to a type of special colored colloid.

According to different pigment components, digital inkjet printing ink can be divided into two categories: dye-based ink and pigment-based ink. Among them, dye-based ink has the advantages of complete color spectrum, good stability, bright coloring, clear layers, high cost performance, not easy to clog the nozzle, and easy to be absorbed by materials. It is currently the most widely used subcategory in the domestic digital inkjet printing ink market; while pigment-based ink The biggest advantage of ink is that it is waterproof and lightfast. According to different raw materials, dye-based inks can be divided into three categories: reactive inks, dispersed inks, and acid inks.

Compared with traditional inks, digital inkjet printing inks have the advantages of high quality, stable performance, high safety, and strong jetability. They are currently used in textiles and clothing, integrated circuits, glass manufacturing, ceramic manufacturing, advertising images, packaging and other fields. More extensive. Under the current background of the continuous popularization of domestic digital jet printing technology, the market demand for digital jet printing ink continues to increase and the scale continues to expand.

In 2021, my country’s digital printing textile output reached 3.58 billion meters, a year-on-year increase of 24.6%. In this context, according to the “China Digital Printing Ink Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center Shows that the domestic digital printing ink market sales in 2021 have reached 131,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%. In the future, as the process of domestic digital printing ink replacing traditional printing continues to accelerate, the replacement rate of digital inkjet printing ink for traditional ink will also continue to increase, thereby driving its market sales to continue to grow. It is estimated that by 2025, my country’s digital printing ink market sales are expected to grow to 275,000 tons, and the industry has broad prospects for development.

At present, the world’s leading digital inkjet printing ink companies are mainly concentrated in Europe, Japan, the United States, Taiwan, China and other regions. Major companies include Taiwan’s Yongguang Chemical, Germany’s Lanxess Group, the United States’ DuPont, the United States’ Huntsman, Japan’s FUJIFILM, etc. Such foreign capital and Taiwan-funded enterprises occupy a dominant position in my country’s digital inkjet printing ink market; while my country’s digital inkjet printing ink industry started relatively late, and local enterprises are far behind foreign leading enterprises in terms of scale, funding, and R&D strength. Therefore, domestic The level of localization of the market is low.

Industry analysts said that in recent years, under the background of continuous upgrading and popularization of domestic digital printing technology, my country’s digital printing ink The industry has also seen the emergence of a number of leading local companies with strong comprehensive capabilities, including Anoqi, Honghua Digital, Tianwei New Materials, Shanghai Beitong, Serudan, etc. In the future, under the background of continuous technological upgrading, brand building and process improvement by local enterprises, the localization level of the domestic digital inkjet printing ink market is expected to continue to improve, and the industry has huge development potential.