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Effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its off-list prices in the United States, Canada and Mexico by U.S. $0.03 per pound for 1,4 Butanediol (BDO), Tetrahydrofuran (THF), PolyTHF® Poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol, gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) and N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP).

OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.04 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers.

Specialty chemicals company Perstorp will increase prices for its TDI product range effective May 1, 2009, or as existing contracts permit.

Dow Europe GmbH will raise prices in Europe effective April 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, for products in the Glycol Ethers portfolio by EUR 50 to EUR 70 per metric ton dependent upon grade.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced recently that it will increase the off-schedule price for glacial acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, also known as acrylic monomers or acrylates, effective April 1, 2009, or as contracts allow.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it will raise prices in North America for products in the Oxygenated Solvents portfolio effective April 1, 2009, or as contracts allow.

Troy Corp. has announced price increases of up to 18 percent for all Polyphase® products and up to 5 percent for certain Mergal® biocides effective Jan. 30, 2009, or as contracts allow.

As of Nov. 4, 2008, Solvay Chemicals Inc. has announced suspension of the August sulfur surcharge on its sulfite products.

World Minerals Inc. will raise prices on all products effective Jan. 1, 2009.

IMERYS European Performance Minerals will increase calcium carbonate, hydrous kaolin and calcined kaolin prices effective Dec. 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.