Effective October 1, 2007, or as contracts allow, BASF
Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, will raise prices by up to 20% for
sizing agents and paper colorants in Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. This action is being taken because of significant raw
material cost increases for products based on ethylene, propylene,
fatty alcohols and acids, napthaline, aniline and amines.
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BASF will increase its prices for acrylic acid and acrylic esters (glacial acrylic acid; methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate), as far as existing contracts permit.
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