Dow unit to raise prices for carpet latexes

MIDLAND, Mich. (Aug. 16)—Dow Chemical Co.'s Emulsion Polymers business will raise prices Sept. 15 on all its latexes sold to the carpet industry in the U.S. and Canada by 4 cents per dry pound. Increased costs for styrene and butadiene monomers, the major raw materials used to make S/B latex and VSB latexes, are behind the price hike, the company said.