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European Pigment Producers Make Gains in High-End Pigments

A rising proportion of higher-margin pigments are being developed, formulated and manufactured in Europe.

The European printing ink industry has a long-standing reliance on imports of commodity organic pigments and their intermediates from Asia, mainly China. However at the premium end of the market, it has been able to take advantage of an expanding output in Europe of specialty pigments. Some domestic European pigment producers have been importing basic pigments from Asia, which they have turned into finished, value-added products. Now a rising proportion of the higher margin pigments are be...

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