Price Increases for Sun Chemical Packaging Inks

In addition to steep price increases for titanium dioxide, there were very significant increases in nitrocellulose, energy cure resins, acrylics, and other packaging resins, styrene, classical pigments, carbon black, vegetable oils, solvents, and additives.

The factors causing this volatility and inflation include feedstock shortages, commodity inflation, supply constraints, and continued growth in demand from both traditional markets, as well as from alternative industries like adhesives, coatings, and tires.