PITTSBURGH, April 6—Lanxess Corp. boosted prices 6 cents a pound April 1 on all polybutadiene and solution-styrene polybutadiene synthetic rubber it sells in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The supplier said the increase, along with other measures taken to improve its PBR business´ performance, is needed to maintain supplies of PBR products during a period of tight monomer supplies and volatile energy costs.
The increase covers products with the trade names Taktene, Buna CB, Buna SL, Buna BL BL and Buna VSL.