Arkema to announce EUR100/tonne price increase of its Garbeflex DOP
January 26/2012
(arkema)-- Arkema announces a EUR100/tonne price
increase of its Garbeflex DOP effective from February, 1st.
This increase is necessary because of the important increase of the Garbeflex DOP raw material (propylene and orthoxylene) prices beginning of year 2012.
Marketed under the tradename Garbeflex DOP, this di(2-ethylhexyl)
phtalate plasticizer is used primarily in the manufacture of flexible PVC, which
has wide-ranging applications from films and sheets to cables and hooses. It is
also used in the production of medical devices such as blood bags.
