The inks market: shades of gray.(Market Update)

From: JCT CoatingsTech | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Challener, Cynthia | Copyright information

The printing ink industry, including ink manufacturers and their suppliers of key ingredients such as solvents, resins, waxes, oils, and other additives, has faced challenging, market conditions in recent years, with little change expected in the months to come. Higher raw material and energy costs, increasing globalization, competition from China and India, offshore production of key substrates, and growing interest in electronic media all threaten the profitability of the printin...

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