5
M
M
X
X
-
-
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
N
N
/
/
0
0
1
1
N
N
/
/
M
M
X
X
-
-
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
N
N
/
/
0
0
1
1
N
N
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S
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Market Analysis
A3 Market Overall
The emergence of the A4 MFP market is widely predicted to have a detrimental effect on the A3 MFP market – and
whilst the A4 market is undoubtedly growing fast (and likely to continue doing so), its impact on the A3 market has
been negligible so far.
As you can see from the graph, up until 2007 H2 (confirmed data), the A3 MFP market enjoyed consistent growth,
and whilst Infosource are predicting a blip during 2008 H1, they also predict a return to strong growth at least until
the end of 2008.
Source: Infosource
A3 MFP Market (Unit Sales)
440,000
450,000
460,000
470,
000
480,000
490,000
500,000
510,000
520,
000
530,000
540,000
2004 1H
2004 2H
2005 1H
2005 2H 2006 1H 2006 2H 2007 1H 2007 2H
2008 1H
(PREL)
2008 2H
(PREL)
Source: Infosource