Sun Chemical to increase ink prices in North America

Citing continued increases in the costs of raw materials and volatility in the global supply chain, Sun Chemical will raise prices on April 1, 2011 in North America by: 

• 4 percent for SunLit Diamond, SunLit Intense and SunLit Exact sheetfed process color inks
• 8 percent for all other sheetfed process color inks
• 7 percent for all energy curable (EC) narrow web, tag and label printing inks
• 7 percent for all EC packaging printing inks
• 7 percent for all EC commercial printing inks

‘Although it is impossible for us to totally change what is happening to the dynamics of our supply chain, at Sun Chemical we continue to work extremely hard to control our own costs as well as work closely with our supply chain partners to curtail cost, but it has not been enough to offset the drastic raw material price increases we have seen this past year across all our product lines,’ said Brian Breidigan, vice president, product management sheetfed, North American Inks, Sun Chemical. ‘We will continue to work closely with our customers to help them get the most possible out of their inks, and to develop new value oriented products and services that can help them grow their business despite this challenging marketplace.’

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