Starlite Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ending March 31, 2018. For the period, The company expects to record a notable increase in loss compared to previous corresponding financial year. Such expected loss is mainly attributable to the following factors, rising price of paper and increase of labour costs in the People's Republic of China which cannot be fully passed on to customers, a lower than expected increase of the Group's revenue due to intense competition in the printing and packaging industry; and an increase in outsourcing costs incurred by the Group's southern China operations to meet customers' delivery schedules.