Zeon Corporation announced on June 10 that it will raise the selling prices of petroleum resins and thermoplastic elastomers, starting with deliveries on July 1. The price increase is 50 yen ($0.32) per kilogram for both Quintone petroleum resin and Quintac thermoplastic elastomer SIS. The company said, “The costs of manufacturing and supplying our products, including main raw material prices,...
Shinto Scientific, a manufacturer of rubber and scientific instruments operating under the Heidon brand, has added the Ex Series to its Three-One Motor Series of high-performance agitators. This series is Three-One Motor’s first motor-driven explosion-proof agitator. It uses a completely new explosion-proof enclosure design, so even if an explosion should occur inside, it will not be damaged and will not...
Togawa Rubber has developed a new ethylene-propylene terpolymer rubber (EPT) sheet with a hardness (Type A durometer) of 70 degrees and will begin selling it as a standard stock item on July 1. The company’s EPT rubber sheet has excellent weather resistance, chemical resistance, acid resistance, heat resistance, and cold resistance. They are used in a wide range of applications,...
Shin-Etsu Chemical announced on May 31 that it will raise the selling price of polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC) for the Japanase domestic market by more than 15 yen ($0.10) per kilogram starting for deliveries from July 1. Regarding this price increase, Shin-Etsu Chemical said, “Raw material prices have remained high, partly due to the effects of the weak yen. In...
Taiyo Vinyl announced on June 5 that it will raise prices of polyvinyl chloride resin (PVC) by more than 17 yen ($0.11) per kilogram for deliveries from July 1. Regarding the price increase, the company said, “The unprecedented changes in our cost structure, such as the recent sharp rise in repair and maintenance costs of production facilities and logistics costs,...
Togawa Rubber plans to revise the prices of its L-100 ethylene-propylene rubber (EPT) sheet with a hardness of 65° for shipments on July 1, and its BL-100 natural black rubber sheet with a hardness of 65° for shipments on October 1. The company said that the price revision is due to the following reasons: “For L-100, it has become difficult...
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