Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is raising its prices worldwide for yellow iron oxide pigments of the Bayferrox® and Colortherm® brands.

Oxea announced that it will implement a price increase for prices in North America and Mexico on alcohols and acetate esters.

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.

In reaction to the recent increasingly strong demand for n-butyl acetate and in preparation for the upcoming general turnaround of Oxea's production unit in Bay City, Texas, Oxea will implement a 100% sales control on n-butyl acetate.

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

In reaction to increasingly strong demand for n-propyl acetate and n-propanol, and in preparation for the upcoming general turnaround of Oxea’s production unit in Bay City, Texas, Oxea will implement a 100% sales control on n-propyl acetate and n-propanol.

Orion Engineered Carbons has introduced an environmental compliance surcharge, or EPA surcharge, to its price agreements for all customers of products produced in North America for 2019.

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.