Sun Chemical to increase ink prices in US

Citing continued increases in the costs of raw materials and the impact of recent events in the global supply chain, Sun Chemical will raise prices in the United States by 4 percent for packaging solvent-based inks; 8 percent for packaging water-based inks; 6 percent for UV flexo inks; and 14 percent for commercial and packaging energy curable (EC) paste inks and EC coatings, effective September 15, 2010.

’Raw material suppliers continue to consolidate, leading to fewer industry supply options to choose from and significantly higher costs in manufacturing inks,’ said Grant Shouldice, director, product management, energy curable, North American inks, Sun Chemical. ‘At Sun Chemical, we continue to work on controlling our own costs closely with our supply chain partners, to improve our internal operations and to develop new value oriented products that can help customers grow their business.’ 

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