Price increase on Garbeflex DOP®

01/25/2012

Arkema announces a €100/T price increase of its Garbeflex DOP® effective February 1st 2012.

This increase is necessary because of the important increase of the Garbeflex DOP® raw material (propylene and orthoxylene) prices beginning of year 2012.

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.
Hausse de prix du Garbeflex DOP®