The Dow Chemical Co. will raise prices in North America for products in the Oxygenated Solvents portfolio effective Sept. 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.
Effective Sept. 1, 2008, global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Co. will increase by 15 percent the price of its acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers 3 percent. Increases will vary based on the product line.
Effective Sept. 15, 2008, Wacker Polymer Systems, L.P. will implement a price increase of up to 10 percent, or as contracts permit, on all prices for its solid resin products sold under the VINNOL® and VINNAPAS® brands sold in the Americas region.
Effective Sept. 1, 2008, or as provided by individual contracts, Cognis Corp. is announcing a 5- to 12-percent price increase for its Photomer® and Bisomer™ range of UV/EB-cure products.
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), part of J.M. Huber Corp., has announced a global price increase for its dental, paper and specialty silica, and silicate grades.
Faced with continued increases in raw materials and operating costs, Sun Chemical’s Specialty Inks Group will increase prices by 6 to 10 percent on all products sold in North America effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex has announced a price increase of U.S. $0.06/wet pound for all styrene butadiene (SB) specialty latex products sold in North America and an increase of U.S. $0.03/wet pound for all other latexes with the exception of products sold for glove manufacturing.