DuPont to Increase PVA Price

Published: May 17, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE

WILMINGTON, DE, USA—DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers reports it will charge five cents more per pound for all grades of Elvanol polyvinyl alcohol (PVA/PVOH), effective June 15, 2002. According to DuPont, the increase applies to all worldwide market segments and cites a continued strengthening in the global demand for PVA/PVOH. "This accelerated growth is resulting in a return to more normal, historic supply/demand ratios," adds mfr.

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