Effective January 1, 2006 shipments, DAK Americas LLC will increase polyester staple fibre prices by 4 cpp for all products sold to carpet, home furnishings, apparel, industrial, and fibre-fill markets.

The company also announced that it will drop all surcharges for polyester staple charged as a result of hurricane damage on the US Gulf Coast. It stated that during the hurricane surcharge period, global costs of raw materials and energy increased as the North American region recovered from the supply chain disruption.

DAK Americas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpek S.A. de C., petrochemicals and synthetic fibres business group of Mexico’s Alfa S.A. de C.V. It is comprised of three business units Resins (PET), Fibres (Polyester Staple) and Monomers (TPA- ingredients).