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Siegwerk Anticipates Difficult Raw Material Markets and Signals Selective Price Increases for 2013

Printing ink industry still under cost pressure in raw material market – no relief in the short term

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Siegwerk anticipates difficult raw material markets and signals selective price increases for 2013. They are indispensable for producing print products such as packaging, advertising brochures and newspapers. And in recent years, they have constantly increased in price. This refers to tree resins, pigments, additives such as bonding agents and solvents – the raw materials and components used for the printing ink industry. Take, for example, titanium dioxide, which has risen by 40% in price si...

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