Effective July 1, 2008, or as allowed by contract, BASF will increase prices on all kaolin products that are manufactured at the BASF middle Georgia kaolin operation and exported to Asia and the Middle East.
Cytec Industries Inc. has announced it is increasing the prices of its CRYLCOAT® powder coating resins shipped in North America on or after July 15, 2008. The price increase will be $0.07/lb. on all CRYLCOAT powder coating resins.
Tronox Inc., on behalf of its subsidiary companies, has announced price increases for all TRONOX® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.20 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers.
Faced with continued increases in raw materials and operating costs, Sun Chemical will increase prices by 12 percent for publication inks effective July 1, 2008.
Cytec Industries Inc. is increasing the prices of selected UV/EB-curable oligomers, monomers, photo-initiators and VANCRYL® acrylic resins shipped in the Americas on or after June 23, 2008, or as contracts allow.
Evonik Industries AG, Business Unit Coatings and Additives, has announced a price increase for VESTAGON PUR powder coatings crosslinkers and VESTAGON EP-R 4030 in NAFTA by 8 percent, effective July 1, 2008.
Due to escalating costs in raw materials and transportation, Lucite International has announced a 9 percent price increase on Elvacite® acrylic resins effective June 30, 2008, or as contracts allow.