OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.20 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.20 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers. The increase, which is in addition to all previously announced increases and surcharges, is effective June 15, 2008, for all specialty markets including coatings, tape and adhesives, nonwovens, floor care, and construction. The increase is necessitated by the continuing escalation in oil-related costs including freight, energy and petroleum-based chemical feedstocks.