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Kraton Polymers Japan to Raise Prices Effective July 1

Kraton Polymers Japan will raise the price of Kraton G SEBS and SEPS by 35 yen ($0.22) per kilogram for deliveries on July 1. The company said, “Due to the rising costs of raw materials, energy, logistics, and delivery of our products, as well as the impact of foreign exchange rates on profitability, we have determined that it is essential...

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Osaka Soda to Raise Prices of Four Products From July 1, Including Synthetic Rubber

Osaka Soda has announced that it will raise the prices of four synthetic rubber and synthetic resin products, starting with shipments on July 1. The price increases are 30 yen ($.19) per kilogram for Epichromer epichlorohydrin rubber and Racrester acrylic rubber, 35 yen per kilogram for DAP resin-based Daiso DAP monomer and 45 yen per kilogram for Daiso DAP. The...

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Zeon to Hike Prices of Petroleum Resins and Thermoplastic Elastomers From July 1

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,...

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Shin-Etsu Chemical to Raise Price of Polyvinyl Chloride Resin From July 1

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...

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Taiyo Vinyl Set to Increase Polyvinyl Chloride Resin Price From July 1

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,...

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Togawa Rubber to Hike Prices for EPT Sheets and Some Natural Black Rubber Sheets

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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