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The 2018 Waxes and Additives Report

Major suppliers of waxes and additives reported challenges ahead for pricing and availability of key raw materials.

From waxes and surfactants and dispersants to rheology modifiers, dispersants and many others, additives play a major role in ink formulations. Depending on the type of additive, the finished ink will have a wide range of properties. It is also a sizable market: In its third Global Coating & Ink Additives study, released last year, Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney estimated the global consumption of the five leading additives (dispersants, rheology modifiers, foam control, slip/rub and wett...

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