Tag Archives: ink industry trends

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Price increases rippling through the industry

We’ve sent out a few emails about price increases as they have come up over the last several months. We hope we kept you well informed about KAO Collins and HP Versatile increases.

If you are interested in keeping your costs low, we did want to pass along that our line of remanufactured inks from Colorlabs has not yet experienced a price increase, and we have not been notified of one.

Remanufactured inks still have a higher failure rate than OEM inks, but that gap is narrowing, so if you are looking for a place to save some money, a little testing might be in order. Let us know if we can help you out with that.

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A new ink possibility

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HP Versatile Replacement poll

KAO Collins is working on a competitor ink formulation of the HP Versatile (C8842A).  How interested would you be in trying the new cartridge?  We expect cost savings of 10% to 15% over the OEM cartridge.

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Top International Ink Companies of 2017

As you may recall, the year of 2017 was a fairly smooth-sailing year for the ink industry. The rise in digital printing throughout 2016 was no longer surprising, and even less exciting entering the new year. The largest news this past year came from Sun Chemical’s acquisition of Flint Group’s European ink business or Evonik’s completed acquisition. There are rumors, however, that we will see an increase of challenges in the market this year.

To read more on future challenges being faced in the ink industry, according to “[2017’s] Top International Ink Companies Report,” click here. Conquering potential problems, such as issues within supply chains, will be essential to being successful in 2018.