In the 1970s, laser marking machine had already emerged, and after long-term development and practice, it has gradually become widely known and become a common office tool in daily office. The global fiber laser marking machine market size has shown an overall downward trend in recent years, from US$37.06 billion in 2016 to US$33.98 billion in 2021.
Fiber laser marking machine can be divided into black and white laser marking machine and color laser marking machine. From the perspective of the global market size in 2021, the market size of color laser marking machine is more than 60%.
From the perspective of the market segment of marking machines, fiber laser marking machine is the largest category in terms of shipment volume in the marking machine industry, with a shipment volume of 51% in 2021; the shipment volume of inkjet marking machine and dot marking machine accounts for 38% and 11% respectively.
Fiber laser marking machine is usually used with computer equipment, mainly to show the special results after computer equipment processing. The high-quality printing effect is increasingly widely used in various types of work, helping people to complete printing work efficiently and quickly. The market size of fiber laser marking machine in my country has shown a fluctuating trend since 2012. In 2021, the market size of laser marking machine in China is about 31.18 billion yuan.
Under the influence of the "double reduction" policy, the printing demand of families and individuals has increased. Coupled with the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the demand for family printing has surged. In 2021, the epidemic has been effectively controlled, production and life have gradually become normalized, and the demand in the consumer market has fallen. Data show that in 2021, the output of my country's fiber laser marking machine industry was about 11.863 million units, a year-on-year increase of 1.18%; the demand was about 9.418 million units.
From the perspective of import and export, the export volume of my country's fiber laser marking machine industry is far greater than the import volume. According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, in 2022, my country imported a total of 1.263 million laser marking machines and exported 3.722 million units. In January-February 2023, China imported 93,000 laser marking machines and exported 516,000 units.
In the fiber laser marking machine market, with the continuous improvement of product cost performance and the continuous improvement of user awareness of all-in-one products, user purchasing needs are also constantly shifting from single-function products to multi-function laser all-in-one products, and this trend of change is particularly evident in the home user market and the small and medium-sized enterprise market.
The fiber laser marking machine market in my country is still dominated by Japanese and American companies, but with the rise of local companies, the localization process of laser marking machines is accelerating.