Market Overview:
The global thermal paper market exhibited moderate growth during 2015-2020. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to grow at a CAGR of around 5% during the forecast period (2021-2026). Thermal paper, also known as audit roll, is a recording media widely used to display information. It is coated with a mixture of dyes and chemicals that can change color when exposed to heat, unlike regular paper, which requires a ribbon or toner. It is widely used in lightweight devices, such as fax, casino, point-of-sale (POS) systems, cash registers, credit card terminals, kiosks, pay-at-the-pump, and mobile printers. These devices find application in retail, gaming, food and beverage (F&B), tourism and hospitality, and banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sectors worldwide.
Due to its convenience and high reliability, thermal paper finds extensive usage in grocery stores, shopping malls, gas stations, catering, gaming houses, lottery systems, coffee shops, and bakery stores for printing labels, tickets, and receipts. This, along with the expanding retail sector, represents one of the critical factors fueling the demand for thermal paper to carry out POS transactions. Moreover, the increasing sales of passenger vehicles are positively influencing the utilization of portable POS machines to issue parking tickets. Additionally, the widespread adoption of mobile POS terminals in public utility spaces, along with the growing shift towards digital payment methods at offline stores, is strengthening the market growth. Apart from this, the rising need for detailed descriptions of ingredients in food and beverage products on account of stringent labeling regulations is also contributing to the market growth. Furthermore, the escalating adoption of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags is anticipated to drive the demand for thermal papers in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries for maintaining charts and other medical items.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global thermal paper market report, along with forecasts for growth at the global, regional and country level from 2021-2026. Our report has categorized the market based on region, technology and application.
Breakup by Technology:
- Direct Thermal
- Thermal Transfer
Breakup by Application:
- Point of Sale (PoS)
- Lottery and Gaming
- Tags and Labels
- Others
Breakup by Region:
- North America
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Appvion Operations Inc, Gold Huasheng Paper Co. Ltd., Hansol Paper Ltd., Henan JiangHE Paper CO. LTD, Jujo Thermal Ltd. (Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd), Koehler Group, Lecta Group, Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited, Nakagawa Manufacturing Inc., Oji Holdings Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd. and Thermal Solutions International Inc.
Key Questions Answered in This Report:
According to the estimates by IMARC Group, the global thermal paper market is expected to witness a CAGR of 5% during 2021-2026.
Sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had led to the implementation of stringent lockdown regulations across several nations resulting in temporary closure of numerous end-use industries of thermal paper.
The rising application of thermal paper across several retail and distribution channels for printing labels, tickets, receipts, etc., represents one of the key drivers for the global thermal paper market.
The expanding utilization of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors for maintaining charts and other medical items represents one of the key trends in the global thermal paper market.
On the basis of the technology, the market has been bifurcated into direct thermal and thermal transfer. Currently, direct thermal holds the majority of the total market share.
On the basis of the application, the market has been divided into point of sale (POS), lottery and gaming, tags and labels and others. Among these, point of sale (POS) represents the largest segment.
Region-wise, the market has been classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America, where Asia Pacific dominates the global market.
The key companies in the global thermal paper market are Appvion Operations Inc, Gold Huasheng Paper Co. Ltd., Hansol Paper Ltd., Henan JiangHE Paper CO. LTD, Jujo Thermal Ltd. (Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd), Koehler Group, Lecta Group, Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited, Nakagawa Manufacturing Inc., Oji Holdings Corporation, Ricoh Company Ltd., and Thermal Solutions International Inc.
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Thermal Paper Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Technology
6.1 Direct Thermal
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Thermal Transfer
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Application
7.1 Point of Sale (PoS)
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Lottery and Gaming
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Tags and Labels
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4 Others
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
8.1 North America
8.1.1 United States
8.1.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.1.2 Market Forecast
8.1.2 Canada
8.1.2.1 Market Trends
8.1.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Asia-Pacific
8.2.1 China
8.2.1.1 Market Trends
8.2.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2.2 Japan
8.2.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2.3 India
8.2.3.1 Market Trends
8.2.3.2 Market Forecast
8.2.4 South Korea
8.2.4.1 Market Trends
8.2.4.2 Market Forecast
8.2.5 Australia
8.2.5.1 Market Trends
8.2.5.2 Market Forecast
8.2.6 Indonesia
8.2.6.1 Market Trends
8.2.6.2 Market Forecast
8.2.7 Others
8.2.7.1 Market Trends
8.2.7.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Europe
8.3.1 Germany
8.3.1.1 Market Trends
8.3.1.2 Market Forecast
8.3.2 France
8.3.2.1 Market Trends
8.3.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.3 United Kingdom
8.3.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.3.2 Market Forecast
8.3.4 Italy
8.3.4.1 Market Trends
8.3.4.2 Market Forecast
8.3.5 Spain
8.3.5.1 Market Trends
8.3.5.2 Market Forecast
8.3.6 Russia
8.3.6.1 Market Trends
8.3.6.2 Market Forecast
8.3.7 Others
8.3.7.1 Market Trends
8.3.7.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Latin America
8.4.1 Brazil
8.4.1.1 Market Trends
8.4.1.2 Market Forecast
8.4.2 Mexico
8.4.2.1 Market Trends
8.4.2.2 Market Forecast
8.4.3 Others
8.4.3.1 Market Trends
8.4.3.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
8.5.3 Market Forecast
9 SWOT Analysis
9.1 Overview
9.2 Strengths
9.3 Weaknesses
9.4 Opportunities
9.5 Threats
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
11.1 Overview
11.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
11.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
11.4 Degree of Competition
11.5 Threat of New Entrants
11.6 Threat of Substitutes
12 Price Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1 Market Structure
13.2 Key Players
13.3 Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1 Appvion Operations Inc
13.3.1.1 Company Overview
13.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.2 Gold Huasheng Paper Co. Ltd.
13.3.2.1 Company Overview
13.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3 Hansol Paper Ltd.
13.3.3.1 Company Overview
13.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3.3 Financials
13.3.4 Henan JiangHE Paper CO. LTD
13.3.4.1 Company Overview
13.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.5 Jujo Thermal Ltd. (Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd)
13.3.5.1 Company Overview
13.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6 Koehler Group
13.3.6.1 Company Overview
13.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.7 Lecta Group
13.3.7.1 Company Overview
13.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.8 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
13.3.8.1 Company Overview
13.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.8.3 Financials
13.3.8.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.9 Nakagawa Manufacturing Inc.
13.3.9.1 Company Overview
13.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.10 Oji Holdings Corporation
13.3.10.1 Company Overview
13.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.10.3 Financials
13.3.11 Ricoh Company Ltd.
13.3.11.1 Company Overview
13.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.11.3 Financials
13.3.11.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.12 Thermal Solutions International Inc.
13.3.12.1 Company Overview
13.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2015-2020
Figure 3: Global: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2021-2026
Figure 4: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Breakup by Technology (in %), 2020
Figure 5: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Breakup by Application (in %), 2020
Figure 6: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2020
Figure 7: Global: Thermal Paper (Direct Thermal) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 8: Global: Thermal Paper (Direct Thermal) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 9: Global: Thermal Paper (Thermal Transfer) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 10: Global: Thermal Paper (Thermal Transfer) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 11: Global: Thermal Paper (Point of Sale (PoS)) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 12: Global: Thermal Paper (Point of Sale (PoS)) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 13: Global: Thermal Paper (Lottery and Gaming) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 14: Global: Thermal Paper (Lottery and Gaming) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 15: Global: Thermal Paper (Tags and Labels) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 16: Global: Thermal Paper (Tags and Labels) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 17: Global: Thermal Paper (Other Applications) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 18: Global: Thermal Paper (Other Applications) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 19: North America: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 20: North America: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 21: United States: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 22: United States: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 23: Canada: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 24: Canada: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 25: Asia-Pacific: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 26: Asia-Pacific: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 27: China: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 28: China: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 29: Japan: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 30: Japan: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 31: India: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 32: India: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 33: South Korea: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 34: South Korea: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 35: Australia: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 36: Australia: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 37: Indonesia: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 38: Indonesia: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 39: Others: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 40: Others: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 41: Europe: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 42: Europe: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 43: Germany: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 44: Germany: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 45: France: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 46: France: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 47: United Kingdom: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 48: United Kingdom: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 49: Italy: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 50: Italy: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 51: Spain: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 52: Spain: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 53: Russia: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 54: Russia: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 55: Others: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 56: Others: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 57: Latin America: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 58: Latin America: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 59: Brazil: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 60: Brazil: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 61: Mexico: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 62: Mexico: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 63: Others: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 64: Others: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 65: Middle East and Africa: Thermal Paper Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 66: Middle East and Africa: Thermal Paper Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 67: Middle East and Africa: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 68: Global: Thermal Paper Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 69: Global: Thermal Paper Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 70: Global: Thermal Paper Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
List of Tables
Table 1: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2020 and 2026
Table 2: Global: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Breakup by Technology (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 3: Global: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Breakup by Application (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 4: Global: Thermal Paper Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 5: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Competitive Structure
Table 6: Global: Thermal Paper Market: Key Players