From Technologies to Market

Inkjet printhead
market and
technology trends
2016

Report
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

3. Printhead industry ecosystem 63

o Report objectives and scope 4 Main printhead manufacturers

Supply chain organization
o Definitions & Methodology
6 Trends in the supply chain and analysis
New entrants
o Executive Summary 10

4. Application trends 71
1. Introduction 30
Global printing applications overview
Printhead dies and modules
Global application trends
Digital printing vs. Analog
Consumer market trends
MEMS technology for digital printing
Office market trends
Piezo & Thermal ejection techniques
Large format & Wide format market trends
Single pass printing
Industrial & commercial printing (Document, textiles, printed
3D printing electronics, Medical-dispensing, packaging…)
Focus 3D printing
2. Market forecast 53
5. Technology trends 112
MEMS Players market share
Thin-Film PZT
Market segmentation
2014-2021 volume shipment forecast by segment Single-pass printhead

2014-2021 market forecast by segment Technology trends

2014-2021 revenue forecast by technology (Piezo – Thermal)
6. Company profiles (HP Inc., Epson, Fujifilm Dimatix) 127
Breakdown between disposable and permanent printheads
Global MEMS printhead market trends 7. Conclusions 145
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REPORT OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
The objectives of this report are the following:
Provide an understanding of MEMS printhead market evolution
Unit shipments and revenues generated in printing industry
MEMS printhead player market share

Clarify the different market segments and applications

Understanding of printhead market segmentation by type of printhead devices
Market information and market share by segment

Offer a clear understanding of each market segment’s trends, drivers, and issues
Focus on industrial segment and related applications
Detailed analysis of printhead requirements by applications

Deliver key information on MEMS printhead players

Changes in supply chain organization
New project per players

Discuss MEMS technology trends for printhead devices

Focus on the most advanced technologies

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 INKJET HEAD EJECTION TECHNOLOGY BREAKDOWN
Major manufacturers
Inkjet head ejection
technology

MEMS Continuous Drop-On-Demand

printhead
player
landscape is
expected to Thermal Piezo
increase in the
3 coming
years
MEMS projects

Non-MEMS based
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 MEMS TECHNOLOGIES
Definition & context

• MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems)

• Definition for the report: we consider MEMS as devices that include moving parts
(or fluids) in the µm to mm range and use a photolithography process for
manufacturing.

• Definition : a MEMS printhead is a complete inkjet ejection device

manufactured with following features
What is • Actuator + ink pass + nozzles plate.
considered • Printhead manufacturing using semiconductor wafer level micromachining Micro-injector array – Source: hong-Kong
as MEMS techniques that allow serial production => multiple chips manufactured in the University of Sciences & Technologies
devices? same time.
• Example of inkjet printhead: Epson PrecisionCore heads or Fujifilm Dimatix
Samba head

• There are some hybrid MEMS devices that use silicon micromachining for a
portion of the printhead (actuator, nozzles, ink pass). Examples : Ricoh,
Panasonic, HP Scitex X2, Konica.
Micro-machined printhead – Source: Ricoh

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 DROP-ON-DEMAND INKJET PRINTHEAD PIONNEERS
Fully photo-
Technology x Development Hybrid MEMS printhead Single-pass MEMS
lithography process
Market Penetration phase printheads
100% MEMS printhead

HP PageWide Technology
Epson Micro Piezo MEMJET printhead
Canon Thermal EPSON Piezo
technology development FINE (Full High productivity
PrecisionCore Thin
Lithography Nozzle Film technology No scanning
Engineering) Very high resolution (2400 dpi)
technology
HP disposable printhead with Nozzle plate (Nickel
attached to silicon die) Higher ejection quality
From Better drop control
Resolution (up to1200 dpi)
consumer to Canon concept of
thermal ejection
industrial Increased flexibility (letters & drawing) Wide format textile
requirements Better resolution (up to 600 dpi) printing

Packaging printer
– Corrugated,
carton
Direct to Garment Printed electronics
Era of the dot (textile) Label printing

Matrix printer
(non-inkjet) CAD & Graphics
Consumer market Large formats SMB business & Document printing
photo printer 3D printers
– graphic arts Web Presses

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

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 MEMS INKJET PRINTHEAD SUPPLY CHAIN
Who is working with whom?

Several new
players
interested in
MEMS
technologies

• From 2015, the number of project to develop MEMS printhead in the Industrial sector is increasing: Konica Minolta,
Océ-Canon group, Ricoh of XAAR are looking at MEMS technologies to access high resolution market like Textile
printing, packaging & label, as well as 3D printing.
• Piezo MEMS development is more accessible due to piezo MEMS foundries : ST Microelectronics piezo MEMS foundry
activity started in 2015. Other piezo MEMS foundries are Rohm, SSS, Silex.
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 MEMS PRINTHEAD MARKET IN VALUE
2014 - 2021 MEMS printhead market forecast in US$M value
By market segments
1200

1000

800
Reaching $1B
in 2021 – a
+2% 600
forecasted
CAGR on the
5 next years
400

200

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Consumer Office Large & wide format Industrial & commercial

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 MEMS INKJET PLAYERS MARKET SHARES
Market share in 2015

• We estimate a MEMS printhead market of $ 892M in Funai Others

2015, shared by 10 to 15 companies. 2% 3%
Fujifilm Dimatix
2%

• MEMS Inkjet printhead market is mature and not so

fragmented today, led by international (giant) Epson
Thermal companies. 8%
printheads
represent • The major players addressing consumer market – HP &
more than 85% Canon, followed by EPSON – represent more than
of the MEMS 90% of the market in value.
printhead Total: $ 892M
HP
market • Epson has only 8% market share despite a 14% market
Canon 57%
28%
share in printer shipment. This is explained by the use
of Epson Micro Piezo technology (first Epson
technology before PrecionCore), that is not MEMS
based.

• Several other players are sharing the 3% remaining:

Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Kodak, MEMJET
Source: Yole développement

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 MARKET APPLICATION DYNAMICS
30+ slides of market description and trends

Detailed
information
in major
inkjet
segments

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 PIEZOELECTRIC THIN-FILM DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES
Processes and players
Wet Dry

CSD – CVD PVD

Chemical Solution Chemical Vapor Physical Vapor
Techniques Deposition Deposition

Several inkjet MOCVD Sputter deposition

players Spin coating
developed their Epitaxy Pulsed Laser deposition
own process. Dip coating (PLD)
PECVD
Foundries are Ebeam PVD
also offering Spray coating, LSMCD
LPCVD Evaporative deposition
deposition Inkjet Printing (Ricoh)
services for
Inkjet
printheads

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 THIN FILM PZT DEPOSITION CAPABILITIES
Focus on STMicroelectronics development
• STMicroelectronics, with Partners, developed capabilities to process non-CMOS materials for innovative MEMS
devices production.

• STMicroeletronics is ready to offer PZT deposition services.

Demonstrator
on
• Major ST achievements linked to Industrial MEMS Printheads:
professional
• High resolution: 1200 dpi – 55µm nozzle pitch
MEMS
• Droplet size of 3pL
printhead
• Scalability of the design
using thin film
PZT – ready • Manufacturing cost < 0,5$/nozzle
Surface deplacement measurement - Courtesy of
for custom STMicroelectronics – Project Lab4MEMS
production

Courtesy of STMicroelectronics – Project Lab4MEMS

Fully integrated professional inkjet printhead

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