Ink makers and their customers in Europe are bracing themselves for a tough year in 2008 as aslowdown in large sections of the region’s economy starts to hit demand for printed products. However, the impact of a fall in economic growth could be less harsh than expected. Continued buoyancy in the economies of many Eastern European countries, many of them members of the European Union, could cushion the effects of a downturn in business in much of Western Europe. Russia, who...