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The Publication Ink Report

Publication ink sales have decreased during the first six months of 2003, and ink companies hope that improved printing forecasts signal better days ahead.

So far, 2003 has been another difficult year for the publication and commercial printing ink industry. Judging by the results of the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers’ (NAPIM) survey of ink companies, the first six months of 2003 brought the same bad news that the ink industry has had for the past three years. Overall, the volume of publication and commercial inks is down 2.9 percent year-to-date, and the dollar value is off by 5.1 percent, signalling further erosion in the pric...

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