Price increase on Garbeflex DOP®

12/21/2011

Arkema announces a €60/T price increase of its Garbeflex DOP® effective as from January 1st 2012.

This increase is necessary because of the continuous decrease of the Garbeflex DOP® margins over the last few months.

Marketed under the tradename Garbeflex DOP®, this di(2-ethylhexyl) phtalate plasticizer is used primarily in the manufacture of flexible PVC, which has wide-ranging applications from films and sheets to cables and hooses. It is also used in the production of medical devices such as blood bags.