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The 2018 Raw Material Market

Ink manufacturers are coping with numerous supply and pricing problems, including photoinitiators and pigments.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

After a few years of relative stability, the raw material market took a turn for the worse in 2017, and any hope for improvement during 2018 was quickly extinguished. Ink manufacturers find themselves battling headwinds throughout their supply chain, with key ingredients for photoinitiators for UV LED inks in short supply and pigments and other ingredients following suit. Add to this the inevitable higher prices that come with short supply as well as concerns over the potential of a tariff wa...

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