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Ink Industry Faces More Pricing Pressures

Shortages in key materials, higher oil prices, natural disasters, inflation and logistics are just a few of the causes of higher prices.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

This has been another tough year for ink industry purchasing executives and their teams. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended supply chains, and even as the pandemic is starting to lift even slightly, there is complete chaos in the supply chain, as we note in this slideshow. These are just a few of the factors: • Shortages in key materials: There has been bottlenecks in the raw material supply. Pigments, resins, solvents and photoinitiators are among the key materials that are skyrocket...

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