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Shortages Due to COVID-19 Drives Price Increases on Solvents, Inks

Costs of key solvents are leading to higher prices for solvent-based packaging inks.

As the world battles COVID-19, people are trying to find ways to make up for shortages in key items. Hand sanitizers are very difficult, if not virtually impossible, to find on shelves. This has led many people – my wife included – to make their own batches of hand sanitizers. There are formulations online. However, getting the materials for this has also proven to be difficult. In the case of hand sanitizers, isopropyl alcohol is essential, and it is hard to get. As an example, Polymeric Group...

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