German Ink Companies Look to the Future

Germany’s printing industry, the largest in Europe, has been suffering more than most of its counterparts in the region this year because of the poor state of the country’s economy. GDP growth has slowed to less than 1 percent while consumer spending has been almost static. Unemployment has risen to close to 10 percent of the German workforce after increasing continuously since the beginning of 2001. Furthermore, economists are predicting that growth rates will at best improve only margina...