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Consolidation Continues to Change The Face of the Ink Industry

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Since June, the printing ink industry has seen a wave of consolidations unlike anything it has witnessed in the past. In June, Siegwerk Group acquired SICPA’s packaging ink division, which had an estimated $400 million in sales in 2004. In July, Flint Ink, with 2004 sales of $1.5 billion, was acquired by CVC Capital Partners and merged with XSYS Print Solutions, forming a $2.6 billion ink company. The acquisition was finalized Sept. 30, as can be seen in our story beginning on page 22. Most...

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