MOSCOW (MRC) -- Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, will increase list and off-list selling prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) in the Americas, as per the company's press release.
The price increases below will be effective October 1, 2017 or as contracts otherwise allow.
Thus, VAM prices will be raised, as follows:
- by USD200/mt - for South America;
- by USD0.12/lb - for USA and Canada.
As MRC wrote previously, Celanese Corporation will also raise October list and off-list selling prices for VAM and Vinyl Acetate Ethylene (EVA) emulsions sold in the Middle East and Africa. The following price rise will apply:
- VAM - by USD400/mt;
- EVA - by USD110/mt;
- VAM Homopolymers (PVAC) - by USD110/mt;
- VAM Copolymers - by USD110/tonne;
- Pure Acrylics - by USD145/tonne;
- Styrene Acrylics - by USD110/tonne.
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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