Arkema announces a price increase of Evatane® EVA copolymers

Arkema announces a price increase of 50 €/MT for its whole Evatane® (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer) range starting January 1, 2014.

During the past months, the EVA market was undergoing a price erosion that affected profitability. Due to the price hike of ethylene, Arkema is forced to pass this increase to the market.

Marketed under the trademark Evatane®, Arkema's EVA products are Functional Polyolefins used in highly various industrial applications, including hotmelt, cables, multilayer packaging films, technical polymers modification, solar panels, petroleum additives, bitumens and inks.

Source: Arkema