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VOLUME XXI

September 14, 2023

Everchem’s Closers Only Club

Everchem’s exclusive Closers Only Club is reserved for only the highest caliber brass-baller salesmen in the chemical industry. Watch the hype video and be introduced to the top of the league: read more

December 2, 2021

More Increases

BASF to increase prices for select polyetheramines in North America

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, December 1, 2021 – Effective December 11, 2021 or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its prices in North America for select polyetheramines sold under the brand name Baxxodur®.

Product                                                                    Price Increase    

Polyetheramine D230 (Baxxodur® EC 301)              $0.36 / lb.

Polyetheramine D2000 (Baxxodur® EC 303)            $0.46 / lb.

Polyetheramine T403 (Baxxodur® EC 310)               $0.37 / lb.

Under the brand name Baxxodur, BASF markets a diversified portfolio of amine-based curing components for the professional and application-oriented processing of epoxy resins. BASF’s Baxxodur products are featured in many applications as highly efficient curing agents in various coating applications and sealing compounds, for the wind energy, electrical industry as well as in composites, adhesives and flooring.

https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/market-news-/2021/basf-to-increase-prices-for-select-polyetheramines-in-north-amer2.html

BASF to increase price for diols and derivatives in North America

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, December 2, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022 or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase prices in North America for 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) and derivatives.

Product                                                                    Price Increase

1,4- Butanediol (BDO)                                              $0.50 / lb

N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)                                      $0.50 / lb

Tetrahydrofuran (THF)                                               $0.65 / lb

Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®)            $0.65 / lb

2-Pyrrolidone (2P)                                                     $0.50 / lb

N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2-Pyrrolidone (HEP)                   $0.50 / lb

N-Octyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NOP)                                    $0.50 / lb

BDO and its derivatives are used for producing engineering plastics, polyurethanes, pharmaceuticals, solvents and elastic spandex fibers.

https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/market-news-/2021/basf-to-increase-price-for-diols-and-derivatives-in-north-americ3.html

PS: You know the old joke–child says to parent, I’ll be good for a dollar. Parent says to child, when I was your age I was good for nothing!

BASF to increase price for diols and derivatives in North America

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, December 2, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022 or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase prices in North America for 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) and derivatives.

Product                                                                    Price Increase

1,4- Butanediol (BDO)                                              $0.50 / lb

N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)                                      $0.50 / lb

Tetrahydrofuran (THF)                                               $0.65 / lb

Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF®)            $0.65 / lb

2-Pyrrolidone (2P)                                                     $0.50 / lb

N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2-Pyrrolidone (HEP)                   $0.50 / lb

N-Octyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NOP)                                    $0.50 / lb

BDO and its derivatives are used for producing engineering plastics, polyurethanes, pharmaceuticals, solvents and elastic spandex fibers.

https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/market-news-/2021/basf-to-increase-price-for-diols-and-derivatives-in-north-americ3.html

PS: You know the old joke–child says to parent, I’ll be good for a dollar. Parent says to child, when I was your age I was good for nothing!

December 2, 2021

BASF Increasing DMAPA Prices

BASF to increase price for dimethylaminopropylamine in U.S. and Canada

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, December 2, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022 or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its price in U.S. and Canada for dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by $0.17 / lb.

DMAPA is used primarily to make surfactants found in personal care products such as shampoos.                  

https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/market-news-/2021/basf-to-increase-price-for-dimethylaminopropylamine-in-u-s–and-.html

December 2, 2021

BASF Increasing DMAPA Prices

BASF to increase price for dimethylaminopropylamine in U.S. and Canada

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, December 2, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022 or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase its price in U.S. and Canada for dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by $0.17 / lb.

DMAPA is used primarily to make surfactants found in personal care products such as shampoos.                  

https://www.basf.com/us/en/media/market-news-/2021/basf-to-increase-price-for-dimethylaminopropylamine-in-u-s–and-.html