How the ink industry’s largest company got to where it is today, and how its leaders plan to avoid the mistakes that decimated Inmont and others.

New technologies highlighted by Drupa and price increases based on rising raw material costs are among the year’s most notable trends.

Gold and silver are more than just the color of Olympic medals. Adding gold and silver pigments and inks will make packaging sparkle and shine, creating a new, exciting look.

Led by VP/GM George Sickinger, Borden Chemical employees buy division and form their own printing ink company.

NPIRI’s 44th Technical Conference offers new short courses and timely information to attendees.

Braden Sutphin introduces new plant, products at Labelexpo 2000.

UV inks are picking up marketshare as printers learn about the benefits offered by UV technology. Driving demand are improved productivity and better performance characteristics.

As printers begin to require more from the inks they use, quality control has become more than just meeting specifications.

Rising crude oil prices have led to cost increases that practically span the raw material spectrum.

A market that showed so much initial promise is coming back to life on the heels of new technologies.

Although there is considerable opposition building against OSHA’s standard, it could be approved and implemented as early as 2001. Do you know what the standard says and how it will affect your business and the industry?

Economic recovery and recent acquisitions by key industry players have turned the spotlight on the Latin America printing ink market.

As Drupa 2000 illustrated, digital technologies are improving the capabilities of the variable data, small offset markets.

Ault Award winner Ronald T. Barry leads CCI into its next quarter-century

The fastest growing imaging technology for office and industry is making big gains with ink manufacturers and OEMs.

As the cost of doing business rises, printing ink manufacturers are looking closely at their pricing

Bob Gans reflects on 50th anniversary of Gans Ink & Supply, and the numerous civic and professional awards that he has received.

Flexographic printing is continuing to notch up fast growth rates in the European packaging sector. But as it continues to gain a larger share of the market, mainly at the expense of litho offset, it is facing tougher challenges which could slow down its fast expansion.

While accepting that sales will rise, many ink makers believe they will struggle even to maintain what they perceive as existing low margins, let alone stop them from declining even further.

Pigment manufacturers are concerned about increasing raw material costs.

Improved print quality, technological advancements and global growth opportunities have led flexography to be looked at as a premier printing process, on par with gravure and offset.

Improved performance, government regulations are the keys to future gains in the water-based ink market.

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Although it is only a small part of the ink industry, manufacturers of screen inks have seen demand rise, especially for UV screen inks.