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The 2017 Waxes and Additives Market

Leading additive suppliers report they are seeing opportunities in the ink industry’s growth segments.

The additives market is increasingly important for ink manufacturers. Formulators count on waxes, defoamers, surfactants, dispersants and other key ingredients to make their inks perform at their best on press. Additives are a sizable market. Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney is beginning its Global Coating & Ink Additives, 2017-2022 study, and the firm estimates that worldwide consumption of the major additives in inks and coatings was 2.7 billion pounds, worth more than $5 billion in 2017....

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