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Waxes and Additives

Suppliers are working hard to strike a balance between higher raw materials costs and availability concerns and providing the innovations that their ink customers are seeking.

Waxes and additives play an important role in formulating inks, particularly as ink manufacturers look for ways to bring the most value to their customers. For suppliers of waxes and additives, this requires striking a balance between innovation and raw material cost and supply concerns. “The wax and additives industry faced many challenges in 2011,” said Craig Baudendistel, director of sales for Shamrock Technologies. “Raw material prices continued to increase across the board, and in some cas...

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