At present, the whole situation of our offset printing plate market is that the production of ps plate increases rapidly while the aluminum bases are in short supply.Besides, the new ctp plates vary a lot and the competition is increasingly intense.The develop priority of offset printing is ctp plate and the focus of ctp plate is about processless CTP plate ,UV-CTP plate.

1. Thermal processless plate

Thermal processless plate has become a main direction of reaserch,new projects are being introduced continuously.Now almost all the processless ctp plates are based on thermal except fujifilm’s processless Violet laser materials.The new technologies are polar transform ,laster ablation,bottom electrophilic ink, thermal melting ect.

2. The technology of processless violet laster material

The violet laster ctp material is made up of violet laster polymerization resin plate.Now we can make the plate exposure and image with 30mw、60mw、1OOmw violet laster diode.But the processless violet laster materials plate is only free from chemical reagent treatment.It still need to be washed by the clean water.On october 2005,the BrilliaPro-V  produced by processless violet laster was displayed in Europe by fujifilm.

3.UV-CTP plate

The plate of UV-CTP is ctcp,and the cost of plate material is only half the other types of ctp plate.It can be operated in bright room and the consumption is very stable.The prospect of market is inviting.Now LEKAI company has launched huaguang UV-CTP plate in china.

(2)The development level

According to the statistics,the national total productive capacity is about 360 million square meters and the total production volume is about 279 million square meters.It increased 55% compared with 2006 which is 180 million square meters.It was 15.39%more that the year 2007.The growth is the highest in history.The statistics reveals that offset printing plate of our country has entered the high-speed development period and we have become the largest producer of offset printing plate.

1 PS plate

PS plate industry has been developing continuously and the capacity expands persistently.The production capacity is 300 million square meters in 2007. It increased by 15%each year.The number is 218 million square meters in 2008 which is 5.59%more than 2007.PS plate industry is in a transition period of outside to inside which is really beneficial to the health and steadty development.

2 CTP plate

Since 2007,the production of ctp plate has achieved rapid development.According to the survery,the total output of ctp plate in 2007 is 35.6 million square meters.The annual increase is 92%. The number becomes 61 million square meters in 2008,72.2% compared to the year 2007.

(3) Market profile

In 2008,the sales figure is 8458 million yuan which is 15.86% in contrast to 2007.PS sale fingure is 5482 million yuan while the CTP plate is 2976 million yuan.The total profit is about 25 million yuan. The average rate of profit of the whole industry is about 4%.Among these,the profile of CTPplate is more than the PS plate.

Despite the great influence of the international economic crisis, offset printing plate industry still increased by 15%, which benefited from the rapid increase of export.The total export volume of the whole year is 101 million yuan which is 22% more than 2007.Among these,PS plate is 65 million yuan ,CTP plate is 36 million yuan.According to the number,we can know that the increase of CTP plate is more than the PS. Besides,the increase of conventional PS plate is slow in consumption of our own country and export.This indicates that the need of high standard plate is larger and larger.

In terms of industrial distribution,our offset printing plate is developing in large scale and regionalizing.Before long,it will become the world printing plant.