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Lanxess: Price Increase for Inorganic Pigments

25.03.2026 - Lanxess has increased prices for products from its Inorganic Pigments business unit with immediate effect. According to the company, the adjustment amounts to up to 20 percent, depending on the product and region. The specialty chemicals group cites persistently rising costs as the reason, particularly...

Lanxess: Price increase for flame retardants, plasticizers and other specialty additives

23.03.2026 - Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is increasing prices for its polymer additives with immediate effect. The adjustments include price increases of up to 35 percent for flame retardants and specialty additives, and up to 50 percent for plasticizers. As the company further states, this decision reflects...

Wacker: Price Increase for Silicones

23.03.2026 - Wacker is responding to the challenging conditions on the international energy, raw materials and logistics markets by adjusting prices for its silicone products. As the company announced, the higher prices will take effect on April 1, 2026. According to the group, the measure is being taken in response...

Röhm: Price increase for “Plexiglas” and “Pleximid” molding compounds

20.03.2026 - Effective April 1, 2026, Röhm GmbH will increase the selling prices for its PMMA and PMMI molding compounds marketed under the “Plexiglas” and “Pleximid” brands. Where permitted under existing contractual agreements, the increase will amount to EUR 0.08 per kilogram for all products in the Europe,...

BASF: Price increase for neopentyl glycol in Europe

18.03.2026 - With immediate effect, or as far as existing contractual agreements permit, BASF is increasing its selling prices for neopentyl glycol in Europe by EUR 350/MT. Neopentyl glycol (“Neol”) is an intermediate used, for example, in the production of polyester resins for coatings, unsaturated polyester...

Lanxess: Price increase for Trimethylolpropane

16.03.2026 - Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is raising its prices for Trimethylolpropane with immediate effect. The increase amounts to an average of 20 percent and applies worldwide. The company says this decision is driven by ongoing, cumulative cost increases. These include significantly higher energy costs...

Lanxess: Price increase for Hexanediol

13.03.2026 - Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is raising its prices for 1,6-Hexanediol with immediate effect. The increase amounts to an average of 20 percent and applies worldwide. The company says the decision is due to ongoing, cumulative cost increases. These include significantly higher energy costs and...

Lanxess: Price Increase for Rubber Additives

11.03.2026 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for its functional additives for the manufacture of tires and specialty rubbers by 15 to 50 percent with immediate effect. The company describes this step as a response to significantly higher costs for energy, critical raw materials and logistics...

Songwon: Global Price Adjustment for Polymer Stabilizers and Coatings

11.03.2026 - The South Korean specialty chemicals manufacturer Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. has announced a global price adjustment for its polymer stabilizers and coatings product lines. Depending on the product and region, the increase will range between 12 and 20 percent and will take effect from April 15, 2026,...

BASF: Intermediates with Reduced Carbon Footprint

09.03.2026 - BASF’s Intermediates division has introduced product variants with a reduced Product Carbon Footprint (rPCF) for butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), “PolyTHF,” and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP). The products are manufactured at the integrated Verbund site in Ludwigshafen and are available worldwide...

GlobalData: India plans massive capacity expansion in plastics production by 2030

06.03.2026 - India will significantly expand its plastics production capacities in the coming years in order to meet rapidly rising domestic demand. Driven by industrialization, urbanization and a growing manufacturing sector, the country is expected to account for around 20% of globally planned capacity expansions...

BASF: Global price increases for plastic additives

04.03.2026 - The chemical company BASF is raising prices worldwide for various additives used in plastic applications. The increase affects products in the categories of antioxidants, process stabilizers and light stabilizers. Depending on the product and region, the price increase may amount to up to 20 percent....

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene, ABS, and SAN in Europe

04.03.2026 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS, and SAN grades. Effective March 1, 2026, or depending on existing contract terms, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows:...

Zeon: Construction of a New COC Plant in Japan

03.03.2026 - Japanese chemicals group Zeon is building a new plant for the production of cycloolefin copolymers (COC/COP). According to a press release, a groundbreaking ceremony was recently held at the company’s Tokuyama site in Shunan, in the southwest of Japan’s main island of Honshu. Actual construction...

Xenia: New impact-modified polyamide family

27.02.2026 - Xenia Materials is expanding its material portfolio with "Xelamid," a new family of impact-modified polyamides based on PA11 and PA12. The official presentation will take place at JEC World 2026 in Paris (March 10-12). With "Xelamid," the company is supplementing its existing range, which has focused...

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