MIDLAND, Mich. (Oct. 13)—Dow Emulsion Polymers will boost prices for products sold to the paper industry in the U.S. and Canada.
Effective Nov. 1, prices for styrene/butadiene, latex, styrene acrylate latex and solid plastic pigment products will increase 5 cents per dry pound and styrene-based hollow plastic pigments will rise 10 cents per dry pound. The company cited rising raw material costs as the reason for the price hike.