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Flint Group North America Raises Prices on Spot Color Inks, Varnishes and Pressroom Chemistry for the Print Media Market

Major drivers are raw material supply and demand imbalance, rising oil costs

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Flint Group North America has announced an 8% price increase on spot color inks and overprint varnishes used in sheetfed and heatset applications. In addition, they announced price increases of US/CAD$0.75 – $1.25 on press washes used in sheeted and offset web applications. The increases take effect April 1, 2012, subject to existing contracts. “The global raw material market continues to suffer from an imbalance in supply and demand,” explained Doug Labertew, vice president, sheetfed. ...

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