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Printer, Copier and Multifunctional Product Market Declined 24 Per Cent in First Half of 2009
Egham,
UK, 08.2009, The combined printer, copier and multifunctional product
(MFP) market in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) totalled nearly
18 million units in the first half of 2009, a 24.4 per cent decline
over first half of 2008 shipments, according to Gartner, Inc.”The
impact of the global recession has been detrimental for consumers,
businesses and vendors respectively during the first half of 2009,”
said Tosh Prabhakar, senior analyst at Gartner. “Banks and finance
institutions continue to hold back on lending, limiting the
availability of credit for investment in new hardware devices. With
reduced budgets, businesses cannot invest in new equipment and continue
to hold onto existing devices, which as a result is hampering new sales
and impacting revenues for the print vendors. However, as vendors see
hardware sales decline, there is an upturn in vendors widening their
document management software and services capabilities to help
businesses reduce and better manage costs.”In the EMEA printer,
copier and MFP market, each of the top-five vendors recorded a decline
in the first half of 2009 (see Table 1). The vendors worst hit by the
global recession were Hewlett-Packard and Canon which saw their
shipments fall 31.5 per cent and 25.8 per cent respectively.”We foresee
the market in the second half of the year continuing to show
double-digit decline, and in the worst-case scenario could reach a 30
per cent decrease,” Mr Prabhakar said.”Now that many end-user
organisations have frozen their hardware spending, vendors are
increasingly looking at alternatives such as managed print services and
document-managed software as ways to increase revenue,” said Mr
Prabhakar. “Vendors must sell services to businesses that will help
them better control costs, save on running costs, reduce cost-per-page
issues and consolidate devices.”
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