Surface Specialties, Inc. Announces Price Increases on Radiation Curable Monomers and Resins in North and Latin America

Surface Specialties, Inc. Announces Price Increases on Radiation Curable Monomers and Resins in North and Latin America

ATLANTA, GA (PRWEB) August 16, 2004 -- Surface Specialties, Inc. announces price increases in certain radiation curable products sold in North and Latin America effective August 15, 2004, or as contracts allow.

Epoxy acrylates will increase by 15 percent, while amino acrylates will increase by 5 percent. Epoxy acrylate dilutions will increase by 9 to 14 percent. Multi-functional monomers will increase by 6 percent.

The company said it has limited and postponed the new price increases as long as possible, but continuing rapid and dramatic changes in the cost and avail-ability of the raw materials used in radiation curable resins, such as acrylic acid, epoxy resins and polyols, have made the increases necessary.

The company added that it is putting every effort into securing sufficient supplies to meet the growing demand for its radiation curable products.

Surface Specialties UCB (www.surfacespecialties.com) is a world leader in the development and manufacture of technically innovative products and solutions for surface applications. These specialties include resins, additives, films and adhesives, and are sold into a wide range of markets, including automotive, industrial, graphics, architecture, wood, textiles, tire, paper, marine, labels, packaging, tapes and medical.

Surface Specialties, Inc. was created by the UCB Group in 2003 through the merger of its former Chemicals and Films units with the resins, additives and adhesives businesses it acquired from Solutia.

UCB (www.ucb-group.com), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is a global pharmaceutical and specialty chemical company with 12,000 employees around the world.
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