Product: Certain CARBOWAX™ and CARBOWAX SENTRY™ polyethylene glycols (PEGs); methoxypolyethylene glycols (MPEGs); Molten CARBOWAX; and other polyglycol products (North America)
Increase: 3-5 cents/lb
Date: March 1, 2008
Rationale: Strong demand and persistently high raw material costs
Company: Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex (View History)
Research Triange Park, North Carolina
Product: All specialty latex products (except products used for glove manufacturing)
Increase: 5 cents/wet lb
Date: March 1, 2008
Rationale: Continued escalation in the costs of raw materials,
energy, logistics and transportation
Product: Acrylic acid and esters (acrylic monomers or acrylates)
Increase: 5-7 cents/lb (North America); €75-105/MT (Europe); $110-160/MT (Middle East/Africa, Latin America, Pacific)
Date: April 1, 2008
Rationale: Increase necessary to reverse the persistent trend of
margin erosion that has occurred as raw material cost increases have outpaced
acrylic monomer pricing
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