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,...
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...
Nippon A&L said on May 27 that it will raise the prices of its synthetic rubber latex products for delivery on July 1. The price increase will be 25 yen ($0.16) or more per kilogram for paper processing latex as well as other latex. The company commented on the price increase, “It has become difficult to absorb the cost increase...
Tosoh said that it will raise the prices of all Skyprene chloroprene rubber products for shipments from May 20. The price increase is 57 yen ($0.36) or more per kilogram for sulfur modified grades and 47 yen or more per kilogram for other grades. Regarding the price increase, the company said, “We have been implementing various measures to reduce costs,...
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