Flint Group Provides Insight into Expected Raw Material Cost Developments in 2012

“The crude oil costing has a significant knock on effect and is a good example of the challenges that the ink producers have these days, due to the high costs of phenolic resins, many ink producers introduced hybrids in 2011, which are based on a combination of Phenolic - and HydroCarbon resins. However due to the crude increases this cost effective alternative is gone.