Indian IT peripheral market grows 40%: Gartner

The combined printer, copier and multifunctional product (MFP) market in India has witnessed a growth of 39.9 per cent, showed data reveled from Gartner, leading information technology research and advisory company.

According to Gartner, the market totalled nearly 0.8 million units in the second quarter of 2010, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2009.

“The end of recession, combined with a surge in end user confidence and availability of better credit, contributed to most of the major vendors experiencing a significant shipment increase in the second quarter of 2010,” said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner.

“Shipments by HP, Canon, Epson and Samsung, the top 4 vendors, contributed 86 per cent of the total market in the second quarter of 2010.”
 
Canon experienced the strongest growth among the top five vendors. The company's shipments rose 77 per cent in the second quarter of 2010, followed by Samsung, which rose 74 per cent growth. After some improvement in inventory, HP maintained the top position as its shipments grew 23 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2009. Though Brother registered a substantial 244 per cent shipment growth, it only represented 1.8 per cent of the total market in terms of shipments.

Canon emerged as the No.1 vendor in the A3 Flatbed Copier/MFP segment in the second quarter of 2010 with 28 per cent market share, followed by Toshiba with a 16 per cent market share. Canon also emerged as the No.1 vendor in the first half of 2010 with 23 per cent market share followed by Ricoh with 19 per cent share.
       

India Printer, Copier and MFP Unit Shipments Estimates, 2Q10 (Thousands of Units)
Vendor	2Q10 Shipments	2Q10 Market Share (%)	2Q09 Shipments	2Q09 Market  Share (%)	Q210-Q209  Growth (%)
HP	339.0	43.9	275.0	49.8	23.3
Canon	169.5	21.9	95.6	17.3	77.4
Epson	86.0	11.1	67.6	12.2	27.1
Samsung Electronics	72.5	9.4	41.7	7.5	74.1
TVSE	35.4	4.6	32.8	5.9	7.8
Others	70.5	9.1	40.0	7.2	76.3
Total	772.9	100.0	552.7	100.0	39.9
Note: Totals may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding  Source: Gartner (August 2010)

Samsung, with 33 per cent market share, was the leader in the A4 Flatbed category, ahead of Canon with 26 per cent market share. In this segment, HP recorded an 8 per cent decline in market share in comparison to the second quarter of 2009, declining from 33 per cent in the second quarter of 2009 to 25 per cent in the second quarter of 2010. This was due to intensifying competition and increased focus from competitors.

The page printers market in India grew 82 per cent in the second quarter of 2010. Canon’s shipments in this segment grew 100 per cent, while HP’s shipments increased 74 per cent, and Samsung grew 44 per cent.