What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental regulators (Environment Agency, US EPA/state agencies) for VOC/solvent permits; company registries | Per site permit, annual renewal | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (Eurostat SBS, ONS, BLS) at class level; print unions (GMB, Unite, CWA); plant HR systems | Annual by NACE class and region; per-shift rostering internally | public |
| financial filings | Companies House, SEC/EDGAR, national business registers; parent publishers' annual reports | Per legal entity, annual (some quarterly) | public |
| incident/safety/claims | HSE (UK RIDDOR), OSHA inspection and injury records, plant EHS systems, insurers | Per reportable incident per establishment | public |
| waste & emissions | E-PRTR / national pollutant release registers for larger sites, waste contractors (paper waste, ink sludge), plant EHS reporting | Per site, annual tonnage by pollutant/waste stream | public |
| pricing | Newsprint price indices (RISI/Fastmarkets FOEX, PPI Europe), ink and plate suppliers, print buyers' consultancies | Per tonne, weekly/monthly by grade and region | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Print plants' ERP/MIS; publisher clients; audit bureaux (ABC UK, AAM) for circulation-linked print orders | Per contract job / per print order; monthly aggregate for circulation audits | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Printing plants (newsprint reel stock), newsprint mills (UPM, Norske Skog, Stora Enso), paper merchants | Per reel / daily tonnage per site | partnership |
| energy consumption | Plant facilities teams, utility suppliers, mandatory energy audit/ESOS and EU ETS-adjacent reporting where applicable | Per site, monthly meter reads; half-hourly for large sites | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Newspaper distribution contractors (Smiths News, Menzies, Dawson Media Direct), plant despatch systems, haulage firms | Per van run / per drop per night | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Print plants' quality labs (ISO 12647 densitometry, register, colour), Fogra/IFRA (WAN-IFRA colour standards and certification), newsprint… | Per press run sample / per certification audit | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Press manufacturers' remote-monitoring services (KBA, ManRoland Goss), plant automation/closed-loop colour and web-break sensors | Per press unit, second-to-minute time series | exclusive |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Contract printers' scheduling/MIS; publishers negotiating press slots | Press hours per night per press line; weekly capacity utilisation | exclusive |
| production output | Newspaper printing plants (contract printers such as Newsprinters, Walstead, Gannett/DFM plants) via press control systems (ManRoland, KBA… | Per press run / per edition per night, copies produced, waste copies | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Plant engineering CMMS, press OEM service contracts, spare-parts suppliers | Per asset / per work order | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.