Honeywell adds surcharge to tyre yarn and fabric
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Morris Township, New Jersey-Honeywell Speciality Materials has added a global surcharge of $0.10 a pound ($0.22 a kg) to its prices for polyester tyre yarn and fabric, with effect from 15 Sept, or as contracts allow.
Honeywell, which makes the tyre sector products via its Honeywell Performance Fibers unit, said the surcharge is needed to cope with rising costs for raw materials, transport and energy.
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