Effective May 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, Southern Clay Products Inc. will increase list and off-list prices of Optiflo® nonionic associative thickeners by an average of 3 percent, castor oil derivatives by $0.10 to $0.25 per pound, Y-Products by $0.10 pound, Permont® additives by $0.03 per pound and Newcowel® emulsions by 15 to 22 percent.
Effective May 5, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by $0.06 per dry pound in the United States and Canada for all Butofan® medium-solids styrene-butadiene latex products and for Styrofan® and Styronal® styrene-butadiene latex products used in the adhesives, architectural coatings, sealants, construction, paper and nonwovens markets.
Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) and its affiliates, has announced a 10 percent price increase in the United States for all list and off-list prices of biocide products DOWICIL™ 75 Preservative and CANGUARD™ 64 Preservative.
Effective May 1, 2008, Cognis will be implementing a 5-7 percent price increase for the Photomer® and Bisomer™ lines of UV/EB-cure acrylates and methacrylates.
Ciba is increasing prices across its pigment and additive product ranges for coatings applications. Price increases of 5-20 percent will be applied immediately or as contracts allow.
Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), has announced the cancellation of all off-list prices for all glutaraldehyde products and grades, effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.
BASF has announced that it will increase resin prices an average of six to eight percent across all market segments effective May 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a surcharge on styrene butadiene-based polymers beginning April 1, 2008, for all specialty chemical markets including coatings, tape and adhesives, nonwovens, floor care and construction.
Effective April 7, DSM NeoResins+ will increase prices in the North American region for waterborne, UV and solvent-borne resins by $0.06/lb., as existing contracts allow.
Effective April 15, 2008, Wacker Polymers, L.P. will implement a price increase of up to 5 percent per wet pound on all prices for vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer and vinyl acetate vinyl chloride copolymer dispersions sold in the Americas region. These products are sold by the company under the Airflex® trademarks.
OPC Polymers has announced a price increase across all product lines to be effective on shipments made after April 11, 2008. Customers will receive letters indicating the level of increase on their specific products of interest.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.04 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic and vinyl acetate emulsion polymers. The increase is effective April 1, 2008, for all specialty markets and is in addition to increases announced previously.
Effective immediately, or as specified by contract, BASF will resume an energy surcharge on all kaolin products that are manufactured at the BASF middle Georgia kaolin operation.
Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) will implement a minimum $.05 per pound price increase for all its liquid coatings resins effective on orders shipped on or after April 15, 2008, or as contracts allow.
Cytec Industries Inc. has announced that it is increasing the prices of UV/EB-curable monomers, oligomers and photoinitiators, and VANCRYL® acrylic resins shipped in the Americas on or after April 15, 2008.
The Paint and Coatings Materials business and the Packaging and Building Materials business of Rohm and Haas Co. have announced price increases for products sold in North America.
The Dow Chemical Co. has announced that it will raise list and off-list prices on a number of its oxygenated solvents products in North America effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.
Tronox Inc. has announced price increases for all TRONOX® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of $0.04 per dry pound for styrene butadiene emulsion polymers and up to $0.03 per wet pound for all other styrene-containing emulsion polymers.
Effective April 3, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by U.S. $0.04 per wet pound in the United States and Canada on all Acronal® and Acronal Optive® all-acrylic latex products, Acronal styrene-acrylic latex products, and Basonal® multi-monomer latex products.
Air Products has announced that, effective April 1, 2008, it will be increasing the prices for all polyurethane amine and metal-based catalysts by five percent in all regions of the world, excluding Dabco TEDA products in China where Air Products announced that, effective March 1, 2008, prices will increase on DABCO TEDA products by 5-15 percent.
OPC Polymers has announced the implementation of a vegetable oil surcharge effective on shipments after March 15, 2008.
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