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    Packaging Drives Growth in Asia-Pacific Ink Market

    India, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia are seen as particularly strong opportunities.

    Packaging Drives Growth in Asia-Pacific Ink Market
    N.K. Lee, chairman of KMI, left alongside his son, Jason Lee, president of KMI. (Photo courtesy of Kwang Myung Ink)
    Packaging Drives Growth in Asia-Pacific Ink Market
    A Kwang Myung Ink tanker truck. (Photo courtesy of Kwang Myung Ink)
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    David Savastano, Editor07.28.19
    The Asia-Pacific region is the largest geographic market for printing ink, with Ink World estimating the ink market at more than $6.5 billion. It is not a homogenous region - China, the largest economy in the region, will be the subject of a separate Ink World report in our September-October 2019 issue. Meanwhile, Japan, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia are some of the key nations in the region.

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