Effective August 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase its prices by up to $U.S. 0.10 per dry pound in the United States and Canada on all Butonal® and Butofan® styrene-butadiene high- and medium-solids latex products used in the adhesives, carpet, construction, fiber bonding, automotive and foam markets.

Cytec Industries Inc. has announced the implementation of a price increase for all powder coating products.

Effective immediately, the Basic Chemicals business unit of specialty chemicals company LANXESS is increasing its prices worldwide.

OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.10 per dry pound for all GenFlo®, GenCeal®, OMNABOND™, GenCryl® and GenCal® styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers.

The Pilot Chemical Co. has announced list and off-list price increases and additional TVAs, effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, on a number of products.

UCAR Emulsion Systems & Monomers announced that effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow, it will be increasing the off-list prices of its Acrylic Monomers products in the Americas.

Evonik Industries’ Coatings & Additives business unit will increase the prices for coating polyesters sold under the brand names DYNAPOL® L and DYNAPOL® LH, as well as for the VESTICOAT® UB product range in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) has announced a $.05 per pound price increase for all unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, gel coats and Thermaclean® products.

Effective July 1, 2009, or as existing contracts permits, Perstorp increases price for pentaerythritol.

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it will raise both the list and off-list prices for several products in the Oxygenated Solvents portfolio in North America effective July 1, 2009, or as contracts allow.