Raw Material Report

For ink manufacturers, 2002 has not offered much reason for cheer. At best, ink company executives have been reporting that their companies are having good months for sales, followed by slow periods. Suppliers have been reporting similar results. If there was reason for optimism for the near future, the economic problems of the past two years could be looked at as being difficult times that were overcome by improving efficiency and trimming costs. However, there is little evidence of co...