LEVERKUSEN, Germany - Effective June 1, Bayer MaterialScience is raising its selling prices for aliphatic polyisocyanates in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM) regions by at least nine percent.

This price increase affects the monomeric diisocyanates HDI (hexamethylene diisocyanate) and IPDI (isophorone diisocyanate) and their derivatives, the HDI and IPDI polyisocyanates from the Desmodur® N, Desmodur BL, Desmodur Blends, Desmodur Z and Bayhydur® product families.

Current contractual agreements will be fulfilled.