European Pigment Producers Focus Efforts on High-Performance Pigments

The decline of the European sector for standard printing ink pigments reached a new low when BASF announced in April it was drastically reducing staff and the product portfolio at its plant in Paisley, Scotland. The announcement has come at a time when the European coatings and printing ink sectors have been hit by a shortage of raw materials, including pigments. This has been raising new concerns among European-based ink producers about the region’s reliance on low-cost Asian producers for its...