The Paint and Coatings Materials business of Rohm and Haas Co. has announced price increases for all of its products sold in North America. The increases include all acrylic and styrene-acrylic emulsions, solvent-borne polymers, vinyl-acetate-based emulsions, and additives sold to the architectural coatings, industrial coatings, traffic paint, floor care, construction and building products, and industrial nonwovens industries. The increases, of $.04 per lb. for emulsion polymers and additives and $.05-.08 per lb. for solvent-borne polymers, will take effect on April 1, or as contracts allow.

 

In addition, the company’s Packaging and Building Materials business has announced a list and off-list price increase for all acrylic, vinyl acrylic and styrene-acrylic-based emulsions and solution acrylic polymers sold to the North American pressure-sensitive adhesives, textile, nonwoven and construction adhesives industries. The increase of 6 to 8 percent will be effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.