DSM Powder Coating Resins has announced its second price increase for 2010 for its Uralac® powder coating resins sold in North America.

International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP) will increase global prices for selected biocides, including those based on IPBC, folpet, tin and CTL, eight to 10 percent effective July 1, 2010, or as contracts allow.

Effective June 15, or as contracts allow, Coatex is increasing the price of its dispersing agents.

Effective July 1, 2010, or as agreements allow, Southern Clay Products Inc. will increase prices for its paint and coatings additives in the Americas five to nine percent.

WACKER POLYMERS is raising its prices in Europe for VINNAPAS® and VINNOL® dispersions.

Clariant has announced global price increases of up to 15 percent for its emulsion chemicals portfolio.

Evonik Industries’ Coatings & Additives business unit will raise the selling prices for isophorone derivatives up to 10 percent, effective July 1, 2010, in all regions worldwide.

Effective May 21, 2010, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices on all STYROFAN® and STYRONAL® styrene-butadiene latex products by up to $0.03 per wet pound in the United States and Canada.

Evonik Industries’ Coatings & Additives Business Unit has announced a price increase.

Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is increasing the global price of its Aquaflow® rheology modifier products.