According to a new IDC study, revenue expanded a mere 0.9% as prices continued to fall. The surge in popularity of MFPs and the increasing use of networking and departmental printers has resulted in a significant slowdown in the single-function printer market. As a result, IDC expects the UAE printer market to be flat this year and start contracting in 2006.
The falling demand for inkjets meant that this technology accounted for slightly less than half of all printer shipments in the UAE in 2004. Due to rock-bottom prices, however, the form factor made up just over a fifth of revenue. By contrast, mono laser printers amounted to 36.7% of shipments and just under 49% of revenue last year. Due to aggressive pricing and technology advances, the segment exhibited 36.7% shipment growth but only 15.7% revenue growth in 2004. The color laser segment was the most dynamic, expanding by 38.4% in shipments, but it started from a very small base.
"Color laser printers will stay hot for the foreseeable future," says Naser Sha'sha'a, Senior Analyst, IDC CEMA. "But the rest of the single-function printer market is on its last legs in terms of growth. After this year, demand for mono lasers will be flat and then start to drop along with the rest of the market as users start buying MFPs."
HP was the hands down leader on the UAE printer market last year. The vendor captured a volume share more than double that of second-ranked Epson and more than triple that of third-ranked Canon. Together these three vendors represented more than 93% of the UAE printer market in 2004. "Although dealers and resellers still account for the bulk of printer sales in the UAE," says Sha'sha'a, "vendors increasingly need shelf space in retail outlets, where a lot of home users and small office users now shop for inexpensive electronics. Making sure their models and logos are visible will help vendors ensure loyalty and new customer acquisition as users migrate to MFPs."
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After expanding by nearly a third in 2003, the United Arab Emirates printer market grew only 2.2 per cent in shipments to over 262,000 units.
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IDC's United Arab Emirates Printers 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares (IDC#ZP04M) study examines the UAE market for electronic printers - monochrome and color
as well as impact and non-impact - used with all levels of computer systems, breaking
down the 2004 market by unit shipments, value, average selling price, and speed.
Covering the inkjet, laser, SDM, and high-end printer markets, the study also provides
profiles of the top vendors and forecasts through 2009.
For more information, please contact Jyoti Lalchandani (+971 4 391 2741) in the Middle
East or Africa or Tatiana Hinova in Central and Eastern Europe (+420 221 423 140).
For the Middle East & North African markets, IDC retains its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with analysts researching several technology areas including PCs, Systems, Office Automation, Software, Services,
Telecommunications/Internet, Storage and Vertical Markets. Besides standard research studies, IDC analysts analyze and undertake specific customer studies covering multiple technology areas and countries/regions.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Naser Sha'sha'a
Senior Analyst
IDC Middle East & North Africa
+971- 4- 3912743
Mr. Jyoti Lalchandani
Regional Director
IDC Middle East & North Africa
+971- 4- 3912742
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Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorWednesday, August 03 - 2005 at 11:21 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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