MOSCOW (MRC) -- Wacker Polymers, a division of Wacker Chemie AG, has announced an increase in its prices for VINNAPAS vinyl acetate-ethylene (EVA) and VINNOL ethylene-vinyl chloride-based (EVCL) copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as per the company's statement.
Effective April 1, 2014, Wacker will implement a price increase of up to EUR70 per ton, or as customer contracts allow. This measure has been necessitated by the continued increase in raw-material cost.
The price adjustment enables Wacker Polymers to continue providing customers a wide-range of innovative quality products and comprehensive technical, sales and customer support services.
As MRC informed previously, Wacker Polymers already raised its prices for dispersions in EMEA, as well as in Asia, effective March 1, 2014. Thus, prices for VINNAPAS EVA and VINNOL EVCL copolymer dispersions in EMEA increased by up to EUR30/tonne, or as customer contracts allow. In Asia, prices for VINNAPAS EVA copolymer dispersions rose by up to 5% per kilogram, or as allowed by individual contract terms. This measure was also necessitated by the continued increase in raw-material cost.
Dispersions of the VINNAPAS and VINNOL brand are applied in a broad variety of industries, ranging from adhesives, construction, nonwovens, paints and coatings to paper, carpet and textiles.
Wacker Polymers is a leading producer of state-of-the-art binders and polymeric additives based on polyvinyl acetate and vinyl acetate copolymers. These take the form of dispersible polymer powders, dispersions, solid resins, and solutions. They are used in construction chemicals, paints, surface coatings, adhesives and nonwovens, and in fiber composites and polymeric materials based on renewable resources. Wacker Polymers has production sites in Germany, China, South Korea and the USA, as well as a global sales network and technology centers in all major regions.
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