Ciba’s Coating Effects Segment will implement price increases for most pigments and additives of 5 to 30% for some specific products. Price increases will be effective immediately or as contracts allow.

Ciba’s Coating Effects Segment will implement price increases for most pigments and additives of 5 to 30% for some specific products. Price increases will be effective immediately or as contracts allow. According to the company, these price increases result from further significant increases in raw material and energy costs over the last months. In addition, the closing of several raw material production plants in China to limit environmental impact, as well as the recent reduction of export tax rebates in China, has led to major additional price increases for certain raw materials.

“At this point we have no option but to pass these increases on to our customers,” said Hermann Angerer, head of the Coating Effects Segment. “Ciba is committed to remaining a reliable, long-term supplier to the industry and provide our customers with innovative quality products.”

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