Ink and equipment manufacturers see good opportunities in digital market.(european REPORT)

Demand for digital printing is continuing to grow strongly in Europe, but in some industrial and commercial sectors, it is not replacing conventional printing systems as quickly as previously had been expected. Overall growth in the digital market is falling well short of previous predictions of a average annual rate of more than 20 percent in Europe.

"In a fragmented market it is difficult to give exact figures, but the annual growth rate in Europe in digital seems at the moment to be around 10 percent in value terms," said John Birkenshaw, manager for the printing se