April 8 (Dow) -- Effective immediately, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies revise their price increases for polystyrene, ABS and SAN products by an additional 30 Euro per metric ton. This revision of the April price increase announced March 24, 2010 is due to higher settlement of raw material costs than anticipated.
The updated price increases effective immediately are:
For all STYRON and STYRON A-TECH polystyrene grades by 130 Euro per metric ton;
For all MAGNUM ABS grades and TYRIL SAN grades by 180 Euro per metric ton.
These price increases are applicable across the European, Middle Eastern and African regions.
Share in the Russian market, 2008:
polyethylene - 2.5% (including LLDPE - 33.1%);
polypropylene - 0.8% (including PP-impact - 1.1%);
polystyrene - 2.6%.
Annual sales growth in Russia, recent 5 years:
polyethylene - 55%;
polypropylene - 28%;
polystyrene - 2%.
Imports by processing technologies:
film extrusion;