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The Packaging Ink Market

The market for packaging inks remains strong, with water-based, solvent-based, sheetfed and UV/EB inks all having their areas of growth.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The packaging field remains the strongest area of growth in printing, and the numbers of consultants and trade associations appear to back this up. For example, in its report, The Future of Packaging in North America to 2017, Smithers Pira estimates that the North American packaging industry had sales of $169.1 billion in 2012, with an estimated growth to $186 billion by 2017. In terms of segments, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) estimates in its FPA Flexible Packaging Industry Segme...

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