Printed materials, including books, illustrated magazines, advertising materials, posters, and consumer product packaging, are an integral part of today’s global economy, science, and culture. Modern printing equipment, supplies, and new technologies allow the creation of a wide assortment of printed products – from exclusive printed, electronic or combined editions, high-quality advertising posters, or brochures to creative packaging with a complex design. Originality, exclusivity, and prestige can be given to printed products using hybrid and ultraviolet technologies, elaborate engraving, metallic color treatment, coloring with traditional, matte, and shimmering varnishes, etc. The efficient functioning of printing equipment companies is a fundamental component of global economic development. Therefore, it deserves thorough research to optimize the development of printing equipment manufacturers. This article aims to analyze the features of manufacturing and the main trends in the printing machines production in the world. During the research, we used the bibliographic method to study the scientific literature on the use and manufacture of printing equipment, as well as general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, generalization) for helpful clarification of individual aspects of manufacturing equipment for the printing industry. According to the study results, we achieved the following tasks: ‒ identified the most well-known manufacturers of printing equipment; ‒ outlined production trends in the printing industry; ‒ considered the location of publishing industry enterprises in the world countries; ‒ assessed the distribution of printing equipment production by types of machines and the demand for offset printing machines in different countries.