The global economic recession is taking a major toll on virtually all industries, and printing ink is no exception. The past year has been a difficult one, and 2009 does not appear to be getting off to a good start. There are not a whole lot of growth areas to be found for the ink industry, and what segments are growing (energy curing and digital come to mind) are not expanding at the fast rates they had been earlier in the decade. However, printed electronics (PE) is an area that is intriguin...