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The Raw Material Report

While pricing of key ingredients remains a concern, availability is becoming a serious issue for the ink industry, as the supply of key raw materials such as acrylic acid is not keeping up with demand.

In recent years, ink industry purchasing executives have been particularly concerned with pricing issues in order to keep their own company’s costs down. Typically, availability was not an issue. This year, however, much has changed. Key suppliers to the ink industry are being heavily impacted by both the dramatic increase in the price of crude oil and natural gas as well as availability of important raw materials. As a result, suppliers have been forced to pass on price increases, leaving the ...

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