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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.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., Sun Chemical—a leader in the production of printing inks and pigments—will introduce two new innovative products during LabelExpo Americas 2008, being held Sept. 9-11 at Chicago’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. The products serve the narrow-web and label industry, and include innovations in brand protection and printable electronics. Sun Chemical will also showcase new innovations for the UV flexo and water-based flexo markets. Sun Chemical’s AquaPro is the next generation of water-based ink technology. An innovative value-added system that increases productivity for the printer, AquaPro delivers the world-class quality printing the narrow web market demands. AquaPro offers superior print densities,

Due to a dramatic spike in raw material, energy and transportation costs, Parsippany, New Jersey-based Sun Chemical’s Performance Pigments Division will increase global pigment prices on average by 10 percent to 30 percent effective July 1. “The hyper inflation of oil and natural gas has led to dramatically higher energy, raw material and freight costs,” said Myron Petruch, president, Performance Pigments, Sun Chemical. “In addition, there have also been dramatic cost increases in intermediates and pigments out of China and other parts of Asia. Costs are escalating quicker and in higher amounts than at any time in the last 30 years.”

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