Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Energy Curable Inks

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Sun Chemical has announced they will increase prices of all ultraviolet (UV) & electron beam (EB) inks in Europe by 4-6%, effective July 1, 2018.

Reasons for the increase include:

• Governmental initiatives & regulations geared toward environmental protection have caused many suppliers of photoinitiators to either cease or reduce production for limited periods.
• Photoinitiator supply has been impacted by major incidents, including a factory fire, low stocks, unplanned maintenance & production outages.
• Increases in key oligomers & monomers have impacted pricing for all energy cure systems.

According to Sun Chemical, they have worked hard to safeguard supplies & mitigate shortages, but the unprecedented high costs of raw materials have necessitated they be passed onto ink manufacturers.