Printing Ink Additives Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

Printing Ink Additives Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

Printing inks finds applications in print media, packaging, textiles and catalogs and brochures among others. Depending upon the requirement of the applications, special additives are added to printing inks in order enhance its performance and add new features to it. Printing ink additives help to maintain various characteristics such as pH, viscosity, softening point and cloud point among others. Printing ink additives include dispersants, defoamers, emulsifiers, stabilizers, rheology modifier and wetting agent among others. Based on the processes, printing inks are classified as rotogravure, flexographic, digital printing and lithography among others. Depending upon the technology, printing inks additives are classified as water based, solvent based, oil based and radiation cured systems among others. In 2012, solvent based rheology modifier and dispersants were the largest used printing ink additives in the industry. The market for printing ink additive is driven by huge demand from packaging and printing inks end-user market. The demand for printing ink additives from commercial printing was high as they drive performances and aesthetics of the product. Increasing demand for defoamers and wax additives has been major factor for growth in printing ink additives market. Printing ink is also used in packaging applications and is expected to provide better opportunities for printing ink additives in near future. Digital printing is one of the fastest growing processes in printing inks market and is likely to offer huge boost for the printing ink additives market in next few years. Water based printing ink additives are anticipated to provide more opportunity for the printing ink additives due to their lower VOCs content. However, stringent environmental regulations and fluctuating supply are anticipated to hider the growth of the market in next few...