Product Price Adjustments: Kerr-McGee Chemical, ATOFINA Chemicals, Air Products Polymers, Sartomer, Degussa-Hüls, Eastman Chemical, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, McWhorter Technologies, and Neville Chemical.
A list of companies and their product-price adjustments.
Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC
Product: TRONOX® titanium dioxide pigmentsIncrease: 140 euros/metric ton in Europe
Effective: July 15, 2000
ATOFINA Chemicals Inc. (formerly Elf Atochem North America)
Product: SMA base and ester resinsIncrease: appr. 5% in North America and Central America
Effective: July 5, 2000
Air Products Polymers L.P.
Product: Vinyl acetate-ethylene, vinyl-acrylic, polyvinyl acetate homopolymer, polyvinyl acetate copolymer, and ethylene-vinyl chloride emulsionsIncrease: 3¢/lb.
Effective: July 15, 2000
Sartomer Co.
Product: Norsolene hydrocarbon resinsIncrease: 10%
Effective: July 1, 2000
Degussa-Hüls AG
Product: Precipitated silicas and silicatesIncrease: 5%
Effective: June 15, 2000
Eastman Chemical Co.
Product: Epolene E and N polymersIncrease: 4¢/lb., pellet form; 6¢/lb., powder form, worldwide
Effective: Aug. 1, 2000
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Product: Hydroxyphenyl triazine and hydroxyphenyl benzotriazole-based UV light absorbers and selected hindered amine light stabilizersIncrease: 3–12%
Effective: July 31, 2000
McWhorter Technologies Inc.
Product: Vinyl acrylic, acrylic and styrene acrylic latex resinsIncrease: 7%
Effective: July 24, 2000
Neville Chemical Co.
Product: Hydrocarbon resinsIncrease: 10%, NEVCHEM® aromatic C-9 resins; 8%, LX® dicyclopentadiene resins
Effective: Sept. 1, 2000
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