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Price Increases and the Ink Industry

Higher raw material costs are driving up ink prices.

After a relatively stable period for key raw material ingredients, the past year or so has seen rising prices and pressure on availability on materials. This, in turn, has led major ink manufacturers to announce their own price increases.       In the past three months, Sun Chemical, Flint Group, Siegwerk and ACTEGA have announced significant price increases for inks. In addition, BASF and Sun Chemical have announced higher prices on pigments, and BASF has raised prices on UV resins.  On th...

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