Mexico’s Ink Industry Anticipates Growth in 2003

Growth in the Mexican market for all segments of printing inks should rise from an estimated value of $150 million in 2002 by about 3 percent in 2003, keeping pace with the rise in gross domestic product, industry officials say. While this recovery is expected to be strong, it will still be shadowed by the 6.6 percent rate that the economy expanded in 2000. “The Mexican market runs pretty much like the U.S. market; theeconomy is struggling, and the printing business was down to about 1.5 percen...