Kerry Pianoforte08.11.08
Suppliers of high performance pigments (HPP) for the coatings market must continue to deal with the onslaught of record feedstock and fuel costs. As it seems there is no immediate end in sight to these increases, high performance pigment suppliers must prepare to weather another rocky year.
"Oil has an affect on almost everything that we do from freight and packaging costs, to raw material and energy costs," said Andrew Edwards, director of global ink marketing, Silberline. "Just consider the inflation of prices everyone is seeing at the filling stations for their cars and at the supermarket for their groceries-the special effect pigment market is experiencing the same pressures. With analysts disagreeing on which direction the price of oil will head over the next 12 months and the global community already having to deal with prices double those from September 2007 there is a significant level of uncertainty of what the future holds."
"A number of issues are affecting pricing and supply issues in the market," said Mehran Yazdani, vice president, marketing, performance pigments, Sun Chemical. "First, the price of ra
"Oil has an affect on almost everything that we do from freight and packaging costs, to raw material and energy costs," said Andrew Edwards, director of global ink marketing, Silberline. "Just consider the inflation of prices everyone is seeing at the filling stations for their cars and at the supermarket for their groceries-the special effect pigment market is experiencing the same pressures. With analysts disagreeing on which direction the price of oil will head over the next 12 months and the global community already having to deal with prices double those from September 2007 there is a significant level of uncertainty of what the future holds."
"A number of issues are affecting pricing and supply issues in the market," said Mehran Yazdani, vice president, marketing, performance pigments, Sun Chemical. "First, the price of ra
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