Styron Announces Price Increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers

Mo, 20 August 2012 | Subj: Press-releses

Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today price increases for all polystyrene and copolymer grades.

Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the August contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows:
STYRON™ general purpose polystyrene grades (GPPS), STYRON™ and STYRON A-TECH™ high impact polystyrene grades (HIPS) by 120 Euro per metric ton
MAGNUM™ ABS resins and TYRIL™ SAN resins by 130 Euro per metric ton
The price increase responds to the rising costs associated with the manufacturing of polystyrene and copolymers grades in Europe.

Source: Styron

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