David Savastano, Editor03.09.18
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For the ink industry, 2017 was a busy year. In our annual North American Top 20 Companies Report, leading ink manufacturers discussed the issues they are facing. Raw materials were front and center in these discussions.
After a relatively stable period for key raw material ingredients, the past year has seen rising prices and pressure on availability for materials, driven by environmental and supply issues. This, in turn, has led major ink manufacturers to announce their own price increases. In the past three months, Sun Chemical, Flint Group, Siegwerk and hubergroup have announced significant price increases for inks. The industry has seen the following increases:
Sun Chemical cited higher carbon black, oil, and pigment costs as it announced price increases on offset inks, coatings and consumables beginning Feb. 15, 2018 across North America.
Sun Chemical increased flexible packaging products pricing by high single digits,
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