Ink Manufacturers Continue to Face Economic Pressures

Since the end of 2000, most printing ink manufacturers have found very little to cheer about from their business. During the past three years, the slumping economy has taken its toll in the U.S., and ink companies have felt the effects of the printing industry’s declining fortunes, particularly on the publication and commercial side. At the end of 2002, there had been a glimmer of hope that the ink industry would see a better 2003, as margins improved slightly and the fourth quarter saw an incr...