Arkema Upgrades its Price Increases for High Performance Polyamides

12/12/2007    Press Release

Effective immediately, Arkema is revising all previous price increase announcements for its high performance polyamides product lines; the value of this revision will be a further +3 % over and above previously announced 7 %. This new level increase of 10 % will be applied to all Rilsan®, Pebax®, Platamid® and Orgalloy® granules.

Exceptional developments on raw material, energy and transportation costs have made this change necessary, despite the various productivity programs that the company has implemented. The amount of the increase will vary across product lines and across regions as far as currencies are concerned. 

Arkema’s Technical Polymers serve the global transportation, electrical & electronics, sports, oil & gas, and other industrial and consumer markets.

With global brands like Rilsan®, Pebax® and Platamid®, unique products like Rilsan® Polyamide 11 biopolymer, and leading capacities in Rilsan® polyamide 11 and 12, Arkema’s Technical Polymers business unit stands out in the industry by providing its customers with global coverage and superior regional service from production facilities and research centers in Europe, Asia, and the USA.