MOSCOW (MRC) -- Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company and a global leader in Vinyl Acetate Ethylene (EVA) emulsions, has announced that it will increase the price for emulsions sold in Europe, as per the company's press release.
Effective April 1, 2017, or as contracts otherwise allow, the following price increases will apply:
- EVA - EUR75/tonne;
- VAM Homopolymers (PVAC) - EUR75/tonne;
- VAM Copolymers - EUR75/tonne;
- Pure Acrylics - EUR120/tonne;
- Styrene Acrylics - EUR120/tonne.
As MRC informed previously, Celanese Corporation raised March prices of emulsions sold in the Americas. Thus, vinyl acetate homopolymer emulsions, vinyl acrylic emulsions, vinyl acetate ethylene emulsions, and acrylic emulsions increased by up to USD0.03/wet pound effective March 1, 2017, or as contracts allow. This price increase affects all applications including, but not limited to, adhesives, paints and coatings, building and construction, nonwovens, glass fiber, carpet, paper and textiles.
Celanese Corporation is a global technology leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 7,300 employees worldwide and had 2016 net sales of USD5.4 billion.
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