Article: FLEXOGRAPHIC INKS TO LEAD GROWTH IN THE PRINTING INKS MARKET

Current economic expansion is expected to drive up demand for printing inks 6%/yr through the year 2000 by stimulating the flow of goods and services in a variety of sectors and increasing demand for printed and packaged goods. In addition, industry analyst Luci Young of Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH) concludes that product mix changes will generate growth, even though water-based inks are often lower in cost than their solvent-based counterparts. In particular, prices will increase based on raw material trends such as decreased use of heavy metal pigments (in favor of higher cost, less efficient replacements) and toward more expensive vegetable oils. Furthermore, the ...

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