Color Cartridge Production Increasing, HP Still King
Recharger
Magazine’s Production Survey takes us back to basics — how many
cartridges do remanufacturers produce in-house and what types of
cartridges are these? The answers are not too surprising — toner still
rules the roost, color is gaining momentum and HP is an aftermarket
favorite.
To discover what is happening in production work areas
around the industry, we surveyed attendees of Recharger Magazine’s
World Expo 2005 in Las Vegas. A total of 471 people answered the
survey, including 195 people who indicated that they do not
remanufacture cartridges in-house. The remaining respondents answered
at least one of the other survey questions. The number of people
answering the individual questions will be noted with each question.
The
overall survey respondents represent companies that have been in
business for an average of 10.8 years, and they sell 75 percent of
their cartridges to end users and 25 percent to resellers. The
geographic distribution of respondents is 68 percent from the U.S. and
32 percent from outside the U.S.