Yeah, I am aware that Hostmann has taken several shots attempting to get it right. I have also heard that Hostmann is struggling in the US market with their paste inks and have gone through a restructuring process with their management team which has left several of their top technical people out of work. Like I mentioned I have been using HS ink for quite some time and have had excellent success, but over the past 6 or 8 months I have personally seen their product and service go to hell. They have fired my sales rep claiming he wasn't selling enough to justify his salary. The rep that replaced him has limited experience and is very green and I'm sure his salary reflects this. Unfortunately my company is part of the Consolidated Graphics group and this limits me to who I can purchase ink from. My options are Hostmann-Steinberg, Sun Chemical and INX. I recently tried INX but had issues with the process yellow. We could only run about 4000 sheets and the meter roller would load up. We run Komori Lithrones and from what I've heard this seems to be a problem with INX and Komori presses. Any thoughts on Sun Chemical?
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