[June 14, 2011]

Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Market Continues Positive Trend with 7.2% Year-Over-Year Growth in First Quarter, According to IDC

Emerging markets continued to outperform in the hardcopy peripherals space, growing at an average of 13% year over year compared to worldwide shipment growth of 7.2% in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, the worldwide hardcopy peripherals market recorded more than 36 million unit shipments in the first quarter of 2011. Similar to the last two quarters, monochrome laser led the pack in terms of growth with close to 8.5 million units shipped and 19% year-over-year growth.

IDC (News - Alert) expects the earthquake and tsunami in Japan will have little to no impact on the global imaging market and that the negative impact will be felt more strongly for laser devices than for inkjet. "So far, we have had no reports of stock shortages for hardware. We anticipate the laser forecast for Japan will return to positive growth by early 2012," said Phuong Hang, program manager, Worldwide Hardcopy Peripheral Trackers.

Technology Highlights

• Losing share to laser technology, inkjet registered at 63% of overall shipments in 1Q11, down 4 points from a year ago, while laser devices grew 3 points to 33% share over the same period in 1Q10. All regions except Japan saw year-over-year growth in laser shipments with Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) and Latin America (LA) seeing the highest growth at 29% each.
• 1Q11 marked the fourth consecutive quarter where monochrome laser surpassed color laser in terms of year-over-year growth, with close to 8.5 million units shipped producing a 22% gain. Monochrome laser printers remain the dominant type of laser in the office, accounting for 62% share of all monochrome devices.

Vendor Highlights

• HP remains the undisputed leader in the global HCP market with 42.4% market share. The vendor grew 10.5% year over year, the second highest year-over-year trend among the top 5, With the exception of Japan, the vendor posted positive year-over-year growth across all regions.
• Canon (News - Alert) continues to be a distant second-ranked vendor with 17.4% market share and over 5.3 million units shipped. Canon enjoyed an 11.3% year over year gain, the highest among the top 5, due to double-digit growth in emerging markets, including Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and Latin America.
• Epson continues to hold the third place ranking with 14.1% share and close to 4.4 million units shipped. With the exception of Latin America and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Epson saw year-over-year declines in unit shipments across all regions. Latin America was Epson's best performing region with 27% year-over-year growth, followed by Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) with 2% growth.
• Samsung (News - Alert) and Brother ended the quarter in a statistical tie for the fourth position with shipments of roughly 1.8 million units and year-over-year growth of 1.1% and 4.2%, respectively.

Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Market Share and Year-Over-Year Growth, First Quarter 2011

Source (News - Alert): IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, June 2011

U.S. Hardcopy Peripherals Market Share and Year-Over-Year Growth, First Quarter 2010

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, June 2011

Notes:

• IDC tracks A2-A4 devices in the Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals
• Hardcopy Peripherals include single-function printers, printer-based multifunctional systems (MFPs), and single-function digital copiers (SF DC). Data for all vendors are reported for calendar periods.

The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripheral Tracker provides total market size and vendor share for single-function printers, multifunctional printers (MFPs), and single-function digital copiers (SF DC). Regional views are also available for 8 regions, including United States, Canada, Latin America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Japan, Asia/Pacific, and the rest of the world (ROW). Country-level data is available for 72 countries.

For more information about IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, please contact Phuong Hang (Phang@idc.com).

About IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. For more than 47 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com.

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