Eliokem Announces Price Increase for its Pliocord Latices Effective October 15th, 2006
Sep 22, 2006
VILLEJUST -- Eliokem announces a price increase of up to 10% for its styrene/butadiene based latices such as Pliocord VP and Pliocord SB, ranges used in the treatment of reinforcement fibers for tyres and the industrial rubber products. The increase is effective October 15th and where contracts allow.
This decision is driven by the ongoing escalation in raw material prices, energy, transportation and compliance costs which have contributed to a general deterioration in profitability that can no longer be absorbed.
Eliokem, a leading Specialty Chemicals company
Eliokem is a global specialty chemical company headquartered in Villejust, near Paris, France. Eliokem employs over 460 people around the world and owns 3 production facilities located at Le Havre (France), Akron (Ohio, USA) and Ningbo (China), as well as 6 representative offices in Europe, Asia and The Americas, and a network of 75 distributors and agents strategically located around the world. The company has leading positions in a broad range of niche applications with the following trademarks and associated product lines:
Pliolite , Plioway , Pliotec and Hydro Pliolite®: resins used in decorative paints.
Pliotone : Electrographic: toners.
Pliocord and Chemigum : latex used in the treatment of reinforcing fabrics, joints and gloves.
Chemigum and Sunigum : elastomeric modifiers for plastics.
Wingstay : non-staining antioxidants used in natural latex articles and in carpet backing, protection of ABS and elastomers.
