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Violet 23 Drives Price Increase for Sun Chemical

Coal tar, from which Carbazole is produced, is used widely in other industries, thus limiting the amount available to manufacture Carbazole

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Sun Chemical is announcing an immediate 25% price increase for all its products containing the raw material pigment Violet 23. The increase has become essential due to cost of the pigment going up by 70% in the past 12 months with further increases expected. Supply of Violet 23 started to become an issue at the end of 2009 when availability of Carbazole, the key material from which Violet 23 is produced, started to reduce in China and India. Carbazole is only used in the pigment industry, but...

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