Sun Chemical, World leading Company Again in Past Year

Sun Chemical, represented in Israel by NiRY Group, kept its position in the past year, as the world’s leading ink company, according to Ink World’s report.

According to the report on July 31 2018, the global ink industry had a fairly stable year in 2017. Two major trends characterized the past year. First trend of prices increase of raw materials used for ink manufacturing, due to shortage in several raw materials and pigments.

Second trend was further consolidation in the industry including several major mergers, both within ink manufacturers and the printing industry. For instance, US Sun Chemical acquired UV ink specialist Joules Angstrom UV Printing Inks, as well as PPG’s metal deco ink segment.

Global Sun Chemical kept its position as the leading international ink company, in a considerable distance from its runner up:

The Top International Ink Companies – Ink and Graphic Arts Sales
DIC/Sun Chemical  $4.60B
Flint Group $2.50B
Sakata INX  $1.31B
Toyo Ink  $1.30B
Siegwerk Group $1.08B
hubergroup  $990M
T&K Toka  $432M
Tokyo Printing Ink  $408M
Fujifilm North America  $400M
SICPA  $375M
ALTANA AG $330M
Dainichiseika Color  $272M
Wikoff Color $190M
Yip’s Chemical Holdings $179M
Uflex $110M
Sanchez SA de CV $104M
Marabu GmbH & Co. KG $100M
Xinxiang Wende Xiangchuan  $100M
Zeller+Gmelin $100M
Daihan Ink  $90M
Letong Chemical  $75M
Bordeaux Digital PrintInk Ltd. $60M
Epple Druckfarben $55M
RUCO Druckfarben   $40M

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