Europe’s printing market has been in the doldrums for longer than expected. The predicted economic recovery after the Iraqi war has failed to take place, plunging the sector into one of its most difficult period for years. Ink makers went into 2003 knowing it would be a hard year. Now they realize it is going to be tougher than they envisaged. They are facing the challenge of finding ways of achieving respectable levels of profitability until Europe’s main economies pick up again. Ink companie...