Sun Chemical to Increase Ink Prices in North America

Faced with increases in the costs of raw materials and the impact of recent events in the global supply chain, Parsippany, New Jersey-based Sun Chemical will raise prices in North America by 4 percent for packaging liquid inks with a specific increase of $0.40/lb on bronze metallic inks, 6 percent for energy curable inks, and $0.75/lb for commercial sheetfed blended colors, effective April 1, 2010.