Effective May 1, 2019, Birla Carbon will increase base prices for all carbon black markets in North America by $170/MT.

Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will increase prices effective June 1, 2019, or as contracts allow, of its Elotex redispersible polymer powders sold into the building and construction market.

Ashland announced it is increasing prices for Purelam™ adhesive products, effective March 14, 2019.

Oxea announced that it will implement a price increase for prices in North America and Mexico on n-propanol and n-propyl acetate.

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that its Surface Solutions business unit will raise the prices for its portfolio of effect pigments, cosmetic active ingredients and other functional materials worldwide.

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on certain special alcohols and aldehydes products in all regions effective Jan. 1, 2019, or as contracts allow.

Prices for all MINEX®, IMSIL®, SNOBRITE®, MINBLOC®, PORTARYTE®, PORTAFLAME® and PORTAFILL® branded functional filler products commercialized by Sibelco in North America will raise effective Feb. 1, 2019, or as contracts allow.

Oxea will increase off-list prices in North America, Mexico and South America for carboxylic acids effective Jan. 1, 2019, or as contracts allow.

Beckers Group announced that it will increase prices for its main coil and industrial coatings product groups.

PPG announced that it will implement a 10% price increase on all of its industrial coatings products globally.