Effective August 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by up to U.S. $0.20 per dry pound in the United States and Canada for all Butofan® medium solids styrene-butadiene latex products and for Styrofan® and Styronal® styrene-butadiene latex products used in the adhesives, architectural coatings, sealants, construction, paper and nonwovens markets.

Effective August 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by up to U.S. $0.20 per dry pound in the United States and Canada for all Butofan® medium solids styrene-butadiene latex products and for Styrofan® and Styronal® styrene-butadiene latex products used in the adhesives, architectural coatings, sealants, construction, paper and nonwovens markets.
 
Also effective August 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by up to U.S. $0.10 per wet pound in the United States and Canada on all Butonal® styrene-butadiene high-solids latex products used in the adhesives, carpet, construction, automotive and foam markets.