Omnova raises textile chemical prices

12/01/2010
Omnova Solutions’ Textile Chemicals business has announced a price increase of up to $0.05 per wet pound for acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic and vinyl acetate emulsion polymers. The company also announced price increases of up to $0.03 per wet pound for Permafresh resins.

These increases are effective January 21 for all textile markets. The reason for the increase, according to the company, is the increase in key raw material costs including acrylic monomers, styrene and glyoxal.