Flint Announces Ink and Chemistry Price Increases

Prices will increase on inks, overprint varnishes and pressroom chemistry as follows, effective Feb. 1, 2011 and subject to existing contracts:

Liquid Packaging & Narrow Web Inks:
All Whites: up to 10%, depending on technology
Solvent Colors: up to 8%

Specific increases for the above products, as well as for nitrocellulose-based clears, other solvent-based clear formulations, and all violet colors will be communicated individually to customers depending on formula make-up and technology.

Print Media Inks:
Sheetfed Conventional: 8%
Heatset—Process: 10%; Blends, Metallics, Fluorescents and OPVs: 12%
Directory: 9%
Publication Gravure: 9%