SRI Consulting Sees Negligible Growth for Printing Inks

The global printing inks market is expected to grow a meager 0.7%/year for the next five years, according to a recent report from SRI Consulting (SRIC; Menlo Park). Global printing inks consumption was 4.2 million m.t. in 2008 with a market value worth $19.5 billion. Consumption in North America, Western Europe, and Japan peaked in 2000 and declined due to the growing popularity of electronic media over print, SRIC says. Consumption is expected to continue to decline over the next five years in developed regions, but experience moderate growth in portions of the...

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