OMNOVA Solutions announces price increases in specialty chemicals
25 Jun '09
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OMNOVA Solutions' Specialty Chemicals business announced a price increase of up to $0.10 per dry pound for all GenFlo, GenCeal, OMNABOND, GenCryl and GenCal styrene butadiene based emulsion polymers.
The increase is effective July 1, 2009 for all specialty markets including coatings, tape & adhesives, nonwovens, floor care and construction, and is necessitated by the continuing escalation in oil-related costs including freight, energy and petroleum based chemical feedstocks.
OMNOVA Solutions Inc is a technology-based company with 2008 sales of $869 million and a current workforce of 2,415 employees worldwide. OMNOVA is an innovator of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential end-uses.