OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.05 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers.

FAIRLAWN, OH – OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.05 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers. The increase is effective Jan. 21, 2010, for all specialty markets. This announcement is necessitated by the escalation in the costs of key raw materials, including acrylic monomers and styrene.