Printing Equipment Manufacturers See Ink Distribution as Opportunity

The steady expansion of European printing equipment manufacturers into the ink sector is accelerating due to the current troubles of the print media stemming from the rapid rise of the internet. Makers of print presses in Europe – led by the Big Three from Germany of Heidelberg, manroland and Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) – are being forced to diversify their businesses in the region and elsewhere in the developed world in the search for new sources of revenue and profit. One consequence of the ...