CINCINNATI, OH - Effective Oct. 1, 2008, or as provided by individual contracts, Cognis Corp. is implementing price increases for products made with oleic acid and tall oil fatty acid as follows: empol TOFA-based dimers, distilled and hydrogenated dimers, trimers, and monomers will increase 5 to 15 percent; Versamid, Versacureand Versamid solvent blends and Genamid Liquid polyamide epoxy curatives will increase 10 to 20 percent; Versamid solid thermoplastic surface resins will increase between 10 to 25 percent; Versamid solid thermoplastic lamination resins will increase between 10 to 25 percent; and CEX, VCX, Versamine amines will increase between 10 percent and 25 percent, depending upon the amine type.