Tronox Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary companies, has announced that prices for all TRONOX® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in Mexico and Latin America will increase by U.S. $150 per tonne, effective July 15, 2008, or as contracts allow.
Cytec Industries Inc. has announced a price increase of $0.10-$0.18 per pound on its amino cross-linking resins, $0.40 per pound on its benzoquanamine resins and $0.03-$0.13 per pound on its other liquid coating resins and additives product lines.
Cray Valley is increasing prices of its Wingtack® resins product line, effective August 1, 2008, or as existing contracts allow. The increase amounts to nine cents per pound and applies to Wingtack resins sold throughout the Americas.
DSM Powder Coating Resins has announced a price increase for its range of Uralac® powder coating resins effective for shipments from July 14, 2008, or as contracts allow. Prices are increased by up to EUR 0.12/kg depending on the grade.
EMS-PRIMID will globally increase the price of its range of PrimidÒ crosslinkers. The escalating cost of raw materials, energy and transportation, coupled with adverse currency effects, have necessitated this action. Users of PrimidÒ products will be notified in the coming weeks.
BASF Resins has announced that it will implement a surcharge on all resins products sold to all North American domestic and export customers effective July 1, 2008.
The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) has announced that, effective July 1, 2008, or as individual contract terms allow, it will raise the price of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) in all regions of the world.
Due to a dramatic spike in raw material, energy and transportation costs, Sun Chemical Corp.’s Performance Pigments Division will increase global pigment prices on average by 10 to 30 percent effective July 1.
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