Distributor Price Increase Summary

Lyondell Announces Price Increase Effective March 1st, 2012

DOW Price Increase Announcement Effective February 15, 2012

DOW price increase announcement effective February 15, 2012.

BASF Increase in the NAFTA Region

BASF will increase it’s on and off list prices in the NAFTA region for the products listed below, effective October 1, 2011.

Cyclohexamine BASF Increase

BASF will increase it’s on and off list prices in the NAFTA region for Cyclohexylamine (CHA) and tert.-Butylamine (t-BA) by $0.20 per pound, effective October 1, 2011.

Sasol Chemicals Announces Price Increase Effective October 1, 2011

Sasol Chemicals Announces Price Increase Effective October 1, 2011

Lyondell Announces Price Increases on BDO & Derivatives

Effective October 1, 2011 or as contracts allow, Lyondell Chemical Company will increase list and off-list prices for the following 1,4 Butanediol and Derivatives.

Cyclohexylamine Price Increase BASF

BASF will increase it’s on and off list prices in the NAFTA region for Cyclohexylamine (CHA) and tert.-Butylamine (t-BA) by $0.20 per pound, effective October 1, 2011.

Chemical Intermediates Business of BASF Corporation Announces Off-List Price Increases

Effective October 1, 2011, the Chemical Intermediates Business of BASF Corporation will increase off-list pricing for Glyoxal and off-list pricing for CHA, BA, BDO and Derivatives.

GPC Industrial Alcohol Price Increase Announcement Effective 10-01-11

Georgia Gulf Announces September 1st Price Increase

Effective September 1st, Georgia Gulf announces $0.05/lb acetone price increase.

INEOS Phenol Increases Price of Acetone

Lyondell Announces Propylene Glycol Price Increase

Sasol Price Announcement - September, 2011

Sasol Price Announcement

Arch Chemicals to Increase Glycol Ethers on September 1st

Arch Chemicals will increase all off-list prices of glycol ether EM, DM and TM by 0.03/lb, effective September 1, 2011.

Huntsman Price Increase for EG

Huntsman will increase the list and off-list prices of all grades of Ethylene Glycol, by $0.03/lb, effective September 1, 2011. The prices for Diethylene Glycol and Triethylene Glycol remain unchanged.

BASF Experiencing Production Problems, DMAPA and MOPA on Limited Production

BASF's supply will be limited for the next 6-10 weeks, as they are currently experiencing a production problem at their Geismar, LA site affecting DMAPA and MOPA. 

IPA & Solvents Price Increase

Lyondell Chemical Company will increase the off-list selling price for isopropyl alcohol by $ 0.05/lb. and will increase off-list prices for solvents, effective September 1, 2011.

Dow to Increase Oxygenated Solvents

The Dow Chemical Company will increase list and off-list selling prices on select products within the Oxygenated Solvents portfolio, effective September 1, 2011.

Crackers Scheduled for Shutdown in the Fall

Crackers Scheduled for Shutdown in the Fall:

• Formosa's Point Comfort #2, TX Unit. Beginning September 1st for 40 days.
• Exxon's Baton Rouge Unit. Beginning September 1st for 45 days.
• Shell's Deer Park, TX Cracker. Beginning September 1st for 45 days.
• Dow's St Charles, LA Unit. Beginning October 10th for 30 days.