MOSCOW (MRC) -- Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe have announced a price increase for all acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer (SAN) grades, said the producer in its press release as of 2 April.
Effective April 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below rose as follows:
- MAGNUM ABS resins - by EUR90 per metric ton;
- TYRIL SAN resins - by EUR90 per metric ton.
As MRC informed before, Trinseo last increased its prices for ABS and SAN grades on March 1, 2019. Thus, February prices for the said products grew, as stated below:
- MAGNUM ABS resins - by EUR70 per metric ton;
- TYRIL SAN resins - by EUR705 per metric ton.
Trinseo is a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber. Trinseo's technology is used by customers in industries such as home appliances, automotive, building & construction, carpet, consumer electronics, consumer goods, electrical & lighting, medical, packaging, paper & paperboard, rubber goods and tires. Formerly known as Styron, Trinseo completed its renaming process in 1Q 2015. Trinseo had approximately USD4.4 billion in net sales in 2017, with 16 manufacturing sites around the world, and approximately 2,200 employees.
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