Crude Oil Prices Push Up Ink Costs

• Solvent liquid ink colors, extenders/blend vehicles and additives — 5%
• Solvent liquid blacks and all solvent and water whites — 7%
• Water-based ink colors and blacks — 4%
• Conventional sheetfed paste inks — 6%
• All energy curable products — 6%

Increases on other brands of ink went into effect on July 1st. Central Ink implemented a range of price increases, including $0.12/lb. on all non-heatset black inks and 8% on colors, along with a flat 6% for all heatset inks. Sun Chemical’s Performance Pigments division raised its pigment prices by 10% to 30%. In addition, the Flint Group North America Publication and News Inks divisions imposed a surcharge of $0.10/lb. on all heatset, coldset and news inks.