The ink sector should now enjoy a few years at least of a relatively strong growth in demand in Europe, mainly due to a pick-up in the region’s economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Western European countries is expected this year to expand by an average of around 3 percent, a rate which will be almost 50 percent higher than in 1998. “The clear message is that the European economy is moving into a period of solid and broadly-based growth, sustainable in 2000 and beyond,&#8...