Pilot Chemical announced price increases for chemicals used in manufacturing of metalworking fluids and lubricants, and Oxea raised prices for solvents.
Cincinnati-based specialty chemical supplier Pilot on Dec. 15 announced price increases effective Jan. 1, 2010, or as contracts allow on several chemicals used in metalworking fluids. Those include increases of 2 to 3 cents per pound on Aristonate sulfonates, 4 to 6 cents per pound on Aristonic acids, 2 to 6 cents per pound for Calimulse emulsion aids and 2 to 6 cents per pound on Calsoft sulfonates and sulfonic acids.
Oberhausen, Germany-based Oxea on Dec. 17 said that effective Jan. 1, 2010, or as contracts allow, it would increase off-list prices on a variety of solvents – including butanol, butyl acetate, propanol and propyl acetate – by 30 (U.S. $43) to 60 per metric ton in Europe. The increase is in addition to any previously announced mid-quarter increase during 2009s fourth quarter.