ATLANTA — Huber | Martinswerk, part of the Huber Engineered Materials division of J.M. Huber Corp., announced a global price increase of up to 15%, depending on product grade and packaging, for its Martoxid® and Compalox® aluminum oxides, Martinal® and Hydral® fine precipitated hydrates and all other alumina trihydrate (ATH) grades. European price increases take effect Dec. 1 of this year; in North America and the Asia-Pacific, price increases take effect Jan. 1, 2019. Current contracts will be honored.
Prices for MAGNIFIN®, Zerogen® and Vertex® magnesium hydroxides and Kemgard® smoke suppressants will be increased in the mid-single-digit percent range.