The North American sheetfed printing ink industry is facing some of its most difficult challenges now, as consolidation of its customer base and the overall shrinking of the commercial printing market make competition among ink manufacturers that much more intense. It seems, then, like an unusual time for a major international sheetfed ink manufacturer to decide to open U.S. operations. However, in the eyes of Neusäß, Germany-based Epple Druckfarben, the 15th-largest ink manufacturer according ...