Packaging in Europe has proved recently to be a more buoyant market for ink makers than other customer sectors. Last year, total packaging sales went up by an estimated 1 percent to 2 percent in the region, similar to the average rise in GDP. But this increase was not enough to ease persistent pressures on costs, which continue to be a driving force behind a trend toward consolidation and a streamlining of supply chains. End-users want to depend on fewer packaging companies, which in turn try ...