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The European Ink Market Overview

Printing ink manufacturers are hoping to raise prices this year, but they are concerned about uncertainty in advertising trends.

European ink producers appeared to have done well in 2000, with their sales volume increasing at the highest growth rate in recent years. But they lost out because once again they were unable to achieve increases in their selling prices to offset a strong rise in raw material prices stemming from higher crude oil costs. In fact, ink prices generally went down so that the margins of ink makers were squeezed even further.   “Ink sales went up on average by around 3.5 percent in volume te...

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