Kraton Corp., a global producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based chemicals derived from pine wood pulping co-products, recently announced a global price increase.
Both adhesives and raw materials suppliers are tying rising costs of their products to petrochemical constraints, tariffs, energy costs, logistics volatility, and the continued pressure on specialty chemical feedstocks.
Oxea announced a series of price increases in response to rising costs in raw materials, energy, and supply chain, combined with ongoing supply and demand volatility.
Celanese Corp. recently announced global price increases across its acetyl chain portfolio, with the changes taking effect immediately or as existing contracts allow.
WACKER recently announced that the conflict in the Middle East has led to significant disruption in global supply chains, resulting in significantly increased costs for energy, raw materials and logistics.
BASF is implementing a price increase of up to 30% on selected Home Care, Industrial & Institutional Cleaning (I&I), and Industrial Formulators products in North and South America.