The European Ink Report

Much of Europe’s printing ink industry faces a year of struggle in 2011 against static demand and the continued challenge of rising raw material costs. The traditional inks sector in the region looks unlikely ever to regain the amounts of annual total sales in the pre-recession period. Of the major segments, only packaging inks seem to have a chance of returning to the levels of consumption prior to the financial crisis of 2008. But even that market may not make a full recovery for two to three...