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DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Raises Prices on Elvanol® PVA/PVOH

09.07.2008 - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP, www.dupont.com) recently announced a price increase of up to $0.20/lb in North America and $440/MT in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific for all grades of Elvanol® polyvinyl alcohol, effective July 1 or as contracts permit.

INEOS NOVA Announces Price Increase For Polystyrene In Europe

04.07.2008 - INEOS NOVA (www.ineos-nova.com) announced recently that prices for all Polystyrene products in Europe will increase by 65 Euro per ton effective from July 1st, 2008. INEOS NOVA needs to restore an acceptable margin on its business as the cost of raw materials and utilities has increased significantly...

DuPont: Housing of DuPont™ Zytel® HTN for map-controlled thermostat withstands complex stresses

04.07.2008 - The housing of the map-controlled thermostat by Behr Thermot-tronik (Kornwestheim, Germany, www.behrthermottronik.de) which is installed in BMW’s N43 series four-cylinder petrol motors, is exposed to a combination of very high mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses. To enable this complex part to...

LyondellBasell to Increase PP Prices in Europe

03.07.2008 - Effective July 1, LyondellBasell Industries (www.lyondellbasell.com) increased prices by euro 150 per tonne on its polypropylene grades sold in Europe. "Escalating feedstock and energy costs, which have been eroding our margins since the beginning of the year, have necessitated this increase," said...

DSM raises the price of YPAREX® extrudable adhesive resins

02.07.2008 - DSM Engineering Plastics (www.dsmep.com) announces a price increase of EUR150/ton for all Yparex® extrudable adhesive resins. The price increase is effective as from 1 July 2008 or as contracts permit on all shipments. According to Wouter van den Berg, Product Manager Yparex, “The price adjustment...

DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions Announces Price Increase

02.07.2008 - DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions (www.dupont.com) recently announced a price increase of up to 30 percent on all grades of DuPontTM Butacite® polyvinyl butyral interlayer product line effective August 1. The price increase will be applied globally, while specifics will vary by region. DuPont Glass...

BASF increases prices for acetylene-based specialty intermediates and carbonates

02.07.2008 - With immediate effect or as contracts allow, BASF (www.basf.com) is increasing the sales prices globally for acetylene-based specialty intermediates by 10%. Rising costs make these price adjustments necessary. The products are as follows: • acetylene alcohols, such as propargyl alcohol, as well...

Chemtura Increases Prices for Polymer Additives Globally

01.07.2008 - Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM, www.chemtura.com) will increase the prices for all of its polymer additives products by up to $0.09/kg globally, effective July 1, 2008 or as contracts allow. This increase is necessary to offset the extraordinary escalations in distribution costs, particularly fuel...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for synthetic rubber grades

30.06.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG (www.lanxess.com) is to increase its prices worldwide for a number of its synthetic rubber grades effective July 1, 2008. According to an announcement by the Technical Rubber Products business unit, the price increase per metric ton will comprise up to EUR 200...

Quadrant EPP announces price increases for engineering plastics in stock shapes

26.06.2008 - Quadrant EPP (www.quadrantplastics.com), the world´s leading manufacturer of engineering plastics in stock shapes (rod, plate, tube) for machining, has announced a price increase 5- 10%, depending on the product area (insert link to table products). Luca Carabelli, commercial director Europe, commented:...

BASF to raise prices for Terluran Commodities, Styrolux and Polystyrene in Europe

26.06.2008 - As of July 1st, 2008, BASF (www.basf.com) will be raising its prices in Europe for Terluran® (ABS) Commodities and Styrolux® (SBC polymer) by 100 Euro per metric ton. At the same time the GMP (gross market price) for Polystyrene will be increased by 50 Euro per metric ton. These measures are due...

DuPont: Engineering Polymers announces price increases

26.06.2008 - DuPont Engineering Polymers (www.dupont.com) announces price increases for its thermoplastic resins in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), to be effective on July 15 or as contracts allow. The increases are based on unprecedented escalation of raw materials, energy, transportation and logistics costs...

BASF to increase prices globally for Styrenic Copolymer Specialties and Engineering Plastics

25.06.2008 - As of July 1st, 2008, BASF (www.basf.com) will be raising its prices globally up to 400 Euro per metric ton across its portfolio of Styrenic Copolymer Specialties and Engineering Plastics. This includes the Styrenic Copolymer Specialties Luran® S (ASA and ASA/PC), Terluran® (ABS)-Specialties, Terlux®...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for polycarbonates

23.06.2008 - Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayermaterialscience.de) has raised its global selling prices for the polycarbonate resins Makrolon®, Makroblend®, Bayblend® T and Apec® by EUR 0.15 per kilogram effective June 16, 2008. The price of Bayblend® FR is also being increased throughout the world by EUR 0.20 per...

LANXESS: Price adjustment for rubber chemicals

23.06.2008 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG’s (www.lanxess.com) Rubber Chemicals business unit is to increase its prices worldwide for antioxidants (Vulkanox), accelerators (Vulkacit) and specialties (Vulkazon, Coagulant, KS 95) effective July 1, 2008. The price increase will comprise up to US$1,200 per...

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