Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will increase the price of all Dextrol® and Strodex® phosphate ester surfactant products.

WILIMNGTON, DE – Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., will increase the price of all Dextrol® and Strodex® phosphate ester surfactant products by 5 to 8 percent in North America. The increase is effective May 1, 2010, or as contracts allow.