WACKER POLYMERS is raising its prices for VINNAPAS^® vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas.

Celanese Corp. announced it will increase the price of all emulsions - vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE), vinyl acrylic, pure acrylic, PVAc homopolymers and other copolymers - sold in the Americas by $0.03/wet pound effective May 14, 2012, or as contracts allow.

WACKER POLYMERS is raising its prices for dispersible polymer powders globally, as well as for dispersions and polyvinyl alcohol solutions in Europe.

Effective May 1, 2012, or as contracts allow, Troy Corp. will be increasing global prices for Polyphase^® and other dry film preservatives, Mergal^® wet-state preservatives and additives.

Flint Group North America has announced an 8 percent price increase on spot color inks and overprint varnishes used in sheetfed and heatset applications.

Orion Engineered Carbons LLC is increasing prices for domestically produced carbon black and pigment preparations CORASOL^®, DERUSSOL^®and TACK^®by $0.15/lb for deliveries to the Americas.

Nuplex Resins has announced a price increase for coating resins sold in North America effective April 30, 2012.

PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has announced it is raising prices by an average of 2 to 10 percent on all its liquid, powder and electrocoat (E-coat) products in the Asia/Pacific region, effective April 1 or as permissible by contract.

Vantage Oleochemicals will increase the price for all grades of tallow oleic acid manufactured in Chicago.

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on the products below effective April 1, 2012, or as contracts allow.