Pricing and Markets
May 27, 2024
The PPI That Won’t Go Back
May 21, 2024
Stepan Announces Price Increases
Effective July 1, 2024, or as contracts allow, Stepan will increase the price for STEPANPOL® and TERATE® Rigid Polyester Polyols used in the Americas by $0.07 per pound. This increase is necessary due to the continued escalation in diethylene glycol and xylene prices.
May 19, 2024
Tosoh Raising MDI Price
Tosoh to Increase Prices for Millionate MDI Grades
Tosoh Specialty Chemicals USA, Inc. is increasing its prices for Millionate MDI Grades in North America. Effective with deliveries on or after June 1, 2024, or as contract terms allow, TSCU will increase the prices of Millionate MDI grades by $0.25/kg.
Millionate MDI is widely used in the production of rigid, semi-rigid, and integral skin foams, as well as coatings, adhesives, and elastomers.
TOSOH CORPORATION
Tosoh Corporation is the parent company of a Japanese chemical and specialty products and materials group that comprises over 100 companies worldwide and a multiethnic workforce of more than 12,000 people.
The parent company was established in 1935 and is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In the 80 years that we have been in business, we have built balanced product lines of commodity chemicals for industry and of specialty products and materials for high technology and niche markets.
Tosoh’s principal markets include the chemical and petrochemical, construction, automotive, consumer electronics, information technology, bioscience, and environmental markets.
May 2, 2024
April Chemical Grade Propylene Falls 10c/lb
Now at $0.465/lb
April 1, 2024
March Propylene Settles Up 3c/lb
Chemical Grade propylene settles up 3c/lb to $0.565/lb . . .
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