M&A Activity Among Printers Impacts Ink Industry

Three weeks ago, I wrote an online article detailing the changes that consolidation among ink manufacturers and ink industry suppliers is having on the ink industry in general. With the announcement on January 23 that RockTenn is acquiring Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, we can also see that the ink industry’s customers are also continuing to undergo consolidation, and that will further impact ink makers. The particulars of the deal are interesting among themselves. RockTenn is a much sma...