Since 2011, the increase in raw material costs has made many companies in the printing industry feel the squeeze on funds。From printing companies to printing-related industries, the cost of raw materials has increased。

　　First, ink enterprises have increased prices

　　Flint Group announced that it will increase the selling price of ink in North America from August 1, due to the continued rise in raw material costs。The company said that 2011 was a very difficult year for businesses, with raw material supply and costs facing severe tests。The continuous rise of raw material costs is obvious to the industry, and the rise is still in 2011。At the same time, the supply of raw materials is becoming tight。The current rule is that the price of many products will rise almost every 30 to 60 days。

　　The specific situation of the company's price increase is: white inks in the field of packaging and narrow rotation increased by 10%, other inks increased by 6%, and UV flexographic inks and narrow rotation UV inks increased by 5%。In the field of publishing gravure, the price increase of all publishing gravure inks is 7%。

　　On August 4, Fujifilm also announced on its official website that the company began to raise some of its ink prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from September 1。Among them, the price of solvent-based screen printing ink rose by 5% to 15%, the price of UV screen printing and flexo printing ink rose by 3% to 8%, and the price of emulsions and chemicals rose by 8% to 15%。

　　Second, paper enterprises profit margin compression

　　In the case of rising costs of pulp and imported waste paper and the overall decline in demand, the profit space of the paper industry in the third quarter is being compressed。

　　Mei Li Paper's third quarter results continued the increase in income in the first half of the year。Although the company's revenue was up slightly from a year earlier.But net profit fell by 4. 4%.98%。The company has previously said that rising raw material prices and increased financial expenses are important reasons for the company's poor earnings。

　　Although the appreciation of the renminbi is a certain degree of positive for the domestic paper industry, which relies heavily on imports of raw materials, after the centralized expansion of production since last year, the overall price of paper products is declining, while the prices of raw materials such as pulp and imported waste paper continue to run at a high level, and the profit space of the industry is being compressed。Huang Fan, a researcher at Dongguan Securities, believes that on the one hand, the first half of the domestic paper production capacity is concentrated, and market competition is intensifying;On the other hand, the overall decline in industry demand was obvious, and in September, the consumption season, the price of finished paper declined slightly。The relevant data of China paper network also shows that since the middle of last year, the price of various varieties of coated paper has fallen from a high of 7,500 yuan to 8,000 yuan/ton to 6,000 yuan to 6,500 yuan/ton, and there is still a downward trend, while the price of double-adhesive paper has also fallen by nearly 15%。

　　In this context, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has increased the backward production capacity elimination target of the paper industry, which will be a positive for the leading companies in the industry。In 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposed the elimination target of backward production capacity in the paper industry was 744.50,000 tons, an increase of 72% from 4.32 million tons in 2010, and the number of eliminated capacity accounted for 7% to 8% of the existing capacity。The industry believes that paper companies with upstream self-pulping business and higher variety prosperity can control product production costs more effectively in the case of price changes in the pulp market。In the third quarter, the main high-end wrapping paper of Shanghai green new, the main special paper of Anne shares and Guanhao high-tech three listed companies performance rose year-on-year。

　　Three, rubber cloth enterprises to ease the cost pressure

　　Recently, some domestic printing rubber blanket manufacturers announced an increase in the sale price of ordinary rubber blanket。据悉，As the price of raw materials rises，In January 2011, domestic manufacturers prepared to adjust prices，The base cloth used in the production of rubber cloth rose by 6 to 9 yuan per square meter，Four layers of base cloth are required for the production of ordinary rubber cloth，Basically do not consider other chemical raw materials rising factors，Only the cost of production of the substrate，Each square meter has increased by 24 to 36 yuan。

　　The judgment of the domestic rubber blanket manufacturing enterprises at the time: the unprecedented rise of the base cloth is temporary, and it is the factor of speculation, so in consideration of the factors of taking care of printing enterprises, the general adjustment of the domestic ordinary rubber blanket at the beginning of the year is 10-12 yuan per square meter。

　　Ink, paper and rubber blanket as printing enterprises three major consumables, their price increases will inevitably have a large impact on printing enterprises。The printing enterprises in our country are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, and the working capital of the enterprises themselves is low and the financing ways are few。Under the pressure of rising costs, companies have to compress corporate profits to ensure that printing is completed on time。However, the development of this situation has aggravated the vicious circle of small and medium-sized printing enterprises, making serious loopholes in the operation of enterprises。The reduction of corporate profits can not be compensated in wages, and small and medium-sized enterprises are also difficult。