欧洲的印刷油墨行业在2011年面对市场需求疲软和原材料成本上升的情况下苦苦挣扎,难以恢复到经济衰退前的年度总销售额。在各个主要的分支领域中,只有包装印刷油墨似乎有机会能够恢复到2008年金融危机之前的水平。但即使这样,整个市场也不可能在两三年里全面复苏。据欧洲印刷油墨协会(EuPIA)提供的数字,2010年欧洲印刷油墨总销售量与2009年基本持平,约为100万t,总价值约为30亿欧元。而在2007年,总价 Europe’s printing ink industry struggled in the face of sluggish market demand and rising raw material costs in 2011, making it hard to recover its annual total sales before the recession. Of all major branches, only packaging printing inks appear to have the chance to recover to their pre-2008 financial crisis levels. But even then, the entire market will not fully recover in two or three years. According to the figures provided by the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA), total printing ink sales in Europe in 2010 were essentially the same as in 2009, at about 1 million t, with a total value of about 3 billion euros. In 2007, the total price