SINCE the beginning of this year the whole printing industry has been facing extremely challenging raw material markets, which resulted in the urgent need of a price increase for printing inks. In the last few weeks the industry was additionally constrained, in the raw material market, when the prices of the pigment violet PV 23 were again significantly increased. "During the past 12 months we have heen fighting dramatic cost increases for this product of up to 70%. Further increases are expected." explains Jens Zimmermann Director Global Marketing & Business Development at Flint Group Packaging and Narrow Web. The main cost driver for Violet 23 is the reduced availability of the key material for this pigment, Carba-zole, which is mainly produced in China and India.
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机译：自从今年年初以来，整个印刷行业一直面临极具挑战性的原材料市场，这导致迫切需要提高印刷油墨的价格。在过去的几周中，当颜料紫PV 23的价格再次大幅上涨时，该行业在原材料市场受到了进一步的限制。 “在过去的12个月中，我们一直在努力避免该产品的最高成本增加高达70％。预计还会进一步增加。” Jens Zimmermann解释了Flint Group Packaging和Narrow Web的全球营销和业务发展总监。紫罗兰色23的主要成本驱动因素是这种颜料的关键材料卡巴唑的可得性降低，该颜料主要在中国和印度生产。
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