David Savastano, Ink World Editor10.22.10
The resin market has been in difficult straits the last few years, as the price of key raw materials such as gum rosin have skyrocketed while supply remains uncertain. Meanwhile, there has been consolidation throughout the supply chain. As a result, pricing and supply of resin remains, in a word, volatile as resin manufacturers watch what is going on with great concern.
However, Arez International has chosen to take a more positive approach, by adding two new plants and developing an innovative technology that will reduce the future need for gum rosin.
Founded in 2004 by John O’Mahoney, Arez International has grown to become a major player in the resin market, supplying in excess of 30,000 tons of resin annually from its two manufacturing facilities in the rosin-rich region of Guangdong Province of China. Still, the concerns over the stability of supply as well as volatile pricing have led Mr. O’Mahoney to take action.
“The resin industry is in
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