Ink Ingredients

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

• Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
• Disclaimers
• Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
• Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
• Product Definitions and Scope of Study
• Colorants
• Vehicles
• Additives
• Digital Ink Ingredients
• Solvent-Based Ink Ingredients
• Radiation Cure-Based Ink Ingredients

II. A US MARKET REPORT

1. Industry Overview

• Growing Profile of the Ink Ingredients Industry
• Challenges of Globalization
• Market Overview
• Market Structure
• Major Market Participants
• Table 1: Leading Players in the US Ink Ingredients Market for 2004: Percentage Breakdown for Sun Chemical, Flint Ink, Clariant Corporation, Bayer Chemicals and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Outlook

2. Factors Influencing the Market

• Analysis of Ink Ingredient Prices
• Escalating Ink Ingredient Costs Shake Printing Ink Industry
• Digital Inks - The Fastest Growing Sector
• Manufacturers Resort to Price Hikes
• Technological Innovations: Industry' s Saving Grace
• UV-Curable Ink Ingredients: Changing the Market' s Profit Ratio
• Shift from Solvent to Water-Based Ink Technology
• Environmental Regulations Affect Market Scenario
• Eco-Friendly Ingredients Make Inroads
• Rising Demand for Quality Ingredients Upholds Market Growth
• Economic Pressure Abstain Manufacturers from Price Hikes
• Harmonizing Supply-Demand Equation Crucial for Market Success
• UV and EB Ink Ingredients: Poised to Grow
• Printing inks - Promising Market Growth
• Strategic Acquisitions Lead to Consolidation
• Shift to Inexpensive Production Bases Hampers Growth
• New Applications Expedite Ink Ingredients Market

3. Product Overview

• Ink Ingredients: An Overview
• Solvent-Based Ink Ingredients
• Radiation Cure-Based Ink Ingredients
• Hybrid Inks
• Conventional Ink Components
• Colorants
• Pigments
• An Overview
• A Key Constituent Used in Inks
• Primary Producers of Pigments
• Organic Pigment Powders
• Synthetic Organic Pigments
• Types of Organic Pigments Based on Quality
• Flush Quality
• Dispersion Quality
• Microencapsulated Quality
• Press Cake Quality
• Toner Quality Powder
• Classification of Organic Pigments Based on Color
• Fluorescent Organic Pigments
• Inorganic Pigments
• Physical Properties
• Types of Inorganic Pigments
• Carbon Black
• Frankfurt Black
• Extenders and Fillers
• Specialty Pigments
• Metallic Pigments
• Luminescent Type Pigments
• Pearlescent Pigments
• Dyes
• Industry Trends
• Colorants in Diverse Ink Systems
• Water-Based Colorants
• Colorants in Solvent-Based Inks
• Colorants - Essential Oil-Based Ink Ingredients
• Colorants in UV-Cure Inks
• Vehicles - A Brief Sketch
• Resins
• Overview
• Applications of Resins
• Potential Market
• Polyvinyl Butyral Resins Family
• Sulfopolyester Resins
• Applications
• Vehicles in Different Ink Systems
• Vehicles in Water-Based Inks
• Vehicles - Excellent Oil-based Ink Ingredients
• Vehicles in Solvent-Based Inks
• Vehicles as UV-Cure Ink Ingredients
• Soybean Oil - An Essential Vehicle
• Additives
• Additives and their Functions
• Waxes
• Surface Modifying Additives and Anti-Skinning Agents
• Driers and Distillates
• Biocides and Extenders
• Additives in Various Ink Systems
• Water-Based Additives
• Additives in Solvent-Based Inks
• Additives in Oil-Based Inks
• Additives in UV-Cure Inks
• Stabilizers
• Rheology Modifiers
• Adhesion Promoters
• Oxygen Inhibitors
• Digital Ink Ingredients
• Continuous Ink Jet
• Drop-on-Demand Ink Jet
• Potential Market
• Colorant - A Vital Digital Ink Ingredient
• Vehicles in Digital Inks
• Digital UV-Cure Based Additives

4. Issues Impacting the Ink Ingredients Industry

• Need to Cut Down Use of Solvents in Inks
• Waste Ink Dilemma
• Oil Retention in Inks: A Crucial Issue
• Drive Towards VOC Emissions Control

5. Technological Innovations

• Dainippon Creates Ink for all Types of Paper
• Toyo develops Edible Ink for Printing on Eggs
• Dainippon Releases Fountain Solution Additive
• Sun Chemical Develops Ink range with Little Migration
• Individual Efforts in Ink Ingredients Innovation
• Inkjet Ink with Particulate Additive
• New York Inventors Develop Aqueous Ink Compositions
• Minnesota Developers Create Ink-Receptive Substrate
• New System Handles Printing Ink Film
• Pigmented Ink for Inkjet Printers
• Non-Pigmented Ink Composition for Inkjet Printing
• California Creators Invent Pigment-Based Ink Systems
• Pigmented Inks to Enhance Ink Performance

6. Product Innovations/Introductions

• Ciba Rolls out New Screen Printing Ink
• Flint Group Europe Launches New Solvent Based Inks
• Flint Group Unveils Ecologically Friendly Sheetfed Ink Series
• Flint Group Europe Launches Premo(r) Concept
• Superior Printing Ink Rolls out Enhanced Portfolio of Sheetfed Inks
• Nazdar Launches LYSON(r) 2100 Series Inks
• Nazdar Rolls out New UV Curable Digital Ink Series
• Ciba Launches Conducive Inks for High-Speed Applications
• Sun Chemical Unveils Synergy(tm) UV Inks
• Sun Chemical Launches New EXPRESS(tm) Process Ink
• DuPont Introduces Artistri(tm) 3320 Digital Printing Solution
• Sun Chemical Introduces Triton(tm) Process Inks
• DuPont Unveils Software for Artistri(tm) Printing
• Sun Chemical Launches WetFlex(tm) Printing Process
• SunJet(r) Launches Crystal(r) UV Curable Inks
• Ethox Launches New Line of Dispersants
• Nazdar Unveils New Series of UV Screen Inks
• SunJet Launches UV-Curable Inkjet Inks
• Sunbelt Expands Colorants for Solvent-Based Inks
• Ciba Introduces New Dyes for Inkjet Prints
• Xaar Launches New Quick Dry Ink
• Tego Unveils New Emulsion
• Tego Introduces Hydrophobing Resins

7. Recent Industry Activity

• Label Makers Selects Sun Chemical Solaris Colorsat
• INX to Produce UV Ink in Thailand
• DuPont Digital Printing to Sell Digital Textile Inks through OEMs
• Nazdar to Acquire Lyson Ltd
• DuPont Announces Partnership with Kothari Info-Tech
• INX Merges with Triangle Digital
• Hexion Acquires Azko' s Inks & Adhesives Resin Operations
• Ferro Establishes New Plants in Spain
• BASF Collaborates with Stork to Develop Pigment Ink Solution
• Superior Sets Up New Manufacturing Unit in the US
• BASF to Acquire Engelhard
• Wikoff Enters Into an Agreement to Acquire Frontier Printing Inks
• XSYS Prints and Flint Ink Forms New Company
• Sun Chemical Hikes Ink Prices
• Sunbelt Enhances Production
• Tego Inks an Agreement with D.B. Becker
• Dainippon Divests Reichhold
• Eastman Plans Closure of Acrylic Emulsions Operations
• Dainippon Sets Up New Manufacturing Unit in China
• Flint Ink Combines Asian Facilities
• Rockwood Pigments Acquires Johnson Matthey
• Akzo Nobel Inks Changes Name to ANI Printing Inks
• CRI Inaugurates New Production Facility
• Flint Ink to Establish Fluid Ink Production Plant in China

8. Focus on Select US Players

• BASF Corporation
• Performance Chemicals
• Cabot Corporation
• Carbon Black Division
• Ciba Holding Inc.
• Clariant Corporation
• Color Resolutions International LLC
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
  • Environmental Inks and Coatings Corporation
  • Flint Group.
  • Flint Group Pigments
  • Nazdar Company...
  • Sun Chemical Performance Pigments
  • Toyo Ink America LLC

9. US Market Perspective

• Table 2: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Ink Ingredients by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 3: US Long Term Projections for Ink Ingredients by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 4: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 5: US Long Term Projections for Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 6: US 10-year Perspective for Ink Ingredients by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012
• Table 7: US 10-year Perspective for Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Colorants, Vehicles and Additives for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 8: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 9: US Long Term Projections for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Product Type Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 10: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Solvent-Based Ingredients, Water-Based Ingredients, Oil-Based Ingredients and UV-Based Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 11: US Long Term Projections for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Solvent-Based Ingredients, Water- Based Ingredients, Oil-Based Ingredients and UV-Based Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 12: US 10-year Perspective for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Colorants, Vehicles and Additives for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 13: US 10-year Perspective for Conventional Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Solvent-Based Ingredients, Water-Based Ingredients, Oil-Based Ingredients and UV-Based Ingredients for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 14: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Digital Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 15: US Long Term Projections for Digital Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Colorants, Vehicles and Additives Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 16: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Digital Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Solvent- Based Ingredients, Water-Based Ingredients, and UV-Based Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 17: US Long Term Projections for Digital Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Solvent-Based Ingredients, Water-Based Ingredients, and UV-Based Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 18: US 10-year Perspective for Digital Ink Ingredients by Product Type - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Colorants, Vehicles and Additives for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 19: US 10-year Perspective for Digital Ink Ingredients by Ink System - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Solvent-Based Ingredients, Water-Based Ingredients and UV-Based Ingredients for the Years2003, 2008 and 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 20: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Colorants by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 21: US Long Term Projections for Colorants by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 22: US 10-year Perspective for Colorants by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012
• Table 23: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Vehicles by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 24: US Long Term Projections for Vehicles by Product Segment -Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 25: US 10-year Perspective for Vehicles by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012
• Table 26: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Additives by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2000 through 2010 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 27: US Long Term Projections for Additives by Product Segment - Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients Independently Analyzed by Annual Sales in US$ Million for the Years 2011 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
• Table 28: US 10-year Perspective for Additives by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for Conventional Ink Ingredients and Digital Ink Ingredients for the Years 2003, 2008 and 2012