Effective April 1 or as contracts allow, Germany-based BASF SE has raised the prices of its acrylic monomers in order to improve margins.

In Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the company has increased prices as follows:
•  glacial acrylic acid and ethyl acrylate by 50 euros per metric ton;
•  n-butyl acrylate by 70 euros per metric ton; and
•  2-ethyl hexyl acrylate by 90 euros per metric ton.

In North America, the company has increased prices as follows:
•  glacial acrylic acid and methyl acrylate by 3 cents per pound or $66 per metric ton
•  n-butyl acrylate by 4 cents per pound or $88 per metric ton; and
•  2-ethyl hexyl acrylate by 7 cents per pound or $155 per metric ton.

The company has raised prices in Asia according to the product and country-specific aspects.

April 8, 2008