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Lanxess: Price increase for PA 6.6 compounds

11.06.2018 - Lanxess is raising its prices for Durethan A (polyamide 6.6) compounds in Europe, Middle East and Africa by 0.60 Euro/kg with immediate effect. The overall tight market situation with extremely limited availability of raw materials in the PA 6.6 value chain has led to further severe price increases...

Celanese: Price increases for long-fiber thermoplastic products

24.05.2018 - Celanese Corporation recently announced price increases on its polyamide-based long-fiber thermoplastic compounds (PA66-LFT) and thermoplastic polyurethane long-fiber thermoplastic compounds (TPU-LFT). The price increases below will be effective for orders placed on or after June 1, 2018, or as...

Bilcare Solutions: Price increases for PVC- and PET films

18.05.2018 - Bilcare Solutions, the films division of the Bilcare Research Group, specialised in manufacturing of rigid plastic films, increases prices for PVC- and PET films as of June 2018. "Driven by the significant and continuous resin price increase over the past months and the considerable increase in energy-...

Trinseo: Price Increases for Polycarbonate in Europe

03.05.2018 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polycarbonate (PC) grades. Effective May 1, 2018, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for...

Ineos Styrolution: Price decrease for ABS and PS in April

09.04.2018 - The Gross Market Price level in Europe for Terluran ABS valid as of April 1st, 2018 decreased by -30 €/mt versus March 2018. The Gross Market Price for Polystyrene (GPPS, bulk) valid as of April 1st, 2018 is reduced by -105€/mt vs. March 2018. The surcharge for HIPS is +100€/mt.

Austrotherm: Further price increase for XPS from mid-April

05.04.2018 - Austrotherm Dämmstoffe GmbH from Wittenberge has again announced price increases of approx. 4-7 percent for deliveries from April 16, 2018 for the complete Austrotherm XPS range. As a result, all previous price agreements will expire on April 13, 2018. The reason for this is the sharp rise in...

Chemours: Price Increase for Fluoropolymer Products

04.04.2018 - The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company in titanium technologies, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions, recently announced a global price increase of up to ten percent for its full line of “Teflon” PTFE and Melts, “Viton” FKM Fluoroelastomer products, “Nafion” Membranes and Dispersions, “Krytox”...

Ashland: Price increase on epoxy vinyl ester and specialty resins in North America

19.03.2018 - Ashland recently announced that effective April 1, 2018 or as contracts allow, it will increase the price of "AME", "Derakane" and "Hetron" resins as well as various other epoxy vinyl ester resins in North America by $0.08 - $0.12/lb depending on grade. Other Ashland branded specialty grade resin prices...

Clariant: Price increases for Masterbatch and Compound products containing titanium dioxide, polymers, carbon black, pigments, dyes and additives

12.03.2018 - Clariant has recently announced a price increase globally for its entire range of masterbatch and compound products containing titanium dioxide, polymers, carbon black, pigments, dyes and several additives by 4-7 percent (depending on the grade, concentration and quality of the titanium dioxide, polymer,...

Arkema announces a new project to produce polyamide 12 in China mid-2020

22.02.2018 - To complement its major project in the bio-based polyamide 11, Arkema announces a 25% expansion in its global polyamide 12 polymers production capacities to support its customers’ strong demand in Asia. Arkema announces an investment plan to increase by 25% its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers,...

DSM: Global price increases for several high performance plastics

15.02.2018 - Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, today announced that significant and continuing cost increases of main raw materials throughout 2017 and early 2018 have caused DSM Engineering Plastics to increase prices globally for several polyamide and thermoplastic...

Celanese: Price increases for engineered materials polymer products

08.02.2018 - Celanese Corporation today announced price increases on its "Hostaform" / "Celcon" Polyacetal (POM) grades, PBT grades ["Celanex" PBT, "Impet" PET, "Vandar" PBT Alloys, "Pibifor" PBT, "Pibiter" PBT], TPC grades ["Pibiflex", "Riteflex"], and LCP grades ["Vectra", "Zenite", "Thermx"]. The price increases...

Trinseo Announces Price Increases for Polystyrene, Polycarbonate and Copolymers in Europe

02.02.2018 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), ABS and SAN grades. Effective February 1, 2018, or as existing contract terms allow,...

Aliancys: Price increase for vinyl ester and specialty resin products

02.02.2018 - Aliancys has recently announced a price increase of € 150 per ton for its complete vinyl ester and specialty resin product portfolio sold in europe, middle east and india. the price increase will take effect for all new deliveries after 1 february 2018. “The pricing of our key raw materials has been...

Ascend: Global price increase for PA66

18.01.2018 - Ascend Performance Materials announced today a price increase for its nylon 6,6 polymers, compounds and fibers due to escalating raw material costs. The price increase takes effect February 1, 2018, or as contracts allow, and includes the following price changes: Europe: 0,20 €/kg North America:...

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