Friday, January 11, 2013

Ink Industry Under Cost Pressure

Printing Ink Industry Still under Cost Pressure in Raw Material Market – No Relief in the Short Term: Leading printing ink manufacturer Siegwerk anticipates difficult raw material markets and signalizes selective price increases for 2013.
They are indispensable for producing print products such as packaging, advertising brochures and newspapers. And in recent years they have constantly increased in price. This refers to tree resins, pigments, additives such as bonding agents and solvents – the raw materials and components used for the printing ink industry.