Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo has announced price rises for its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber grades sold under Keltan brand.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa, a price rise of up to €150 per tonne has been put into effect as of 16 March.
In Latin America, the product price will increase up to $150 per tonne, effective 1 April. In NAFTA, the rise will also be effective 1 April and be up to $150 per tonne.
The measure, said Arlanxeo, is the result of the overall market and cost developments of recent months.
The Lanxess-Saudi Aramco rubber JV raised prices for the same products in February citing the same reasons.
The latest announcement adds to a series of price rises by synthetic rubber producers over recent months.
The list below looks at some of the price-rise announcements by leading suppliers since the beginning of 2017
| Date (dd/mm) | Company | Product | effective (dd/mm) | Price rise/Comments |
| 22/3 | Arlanxeo | EPDM (Keltan) | 16/3 | In Europe, Middle East and Africa, a price rise of up to €150 per tonne |
| 22/3 | Arlanxeo | EPDM (Keltan) | 1/4 | In Latin America, the product price will increase up to $150 per tonne, effective 1 April. In NAFTA, the rise will also be effective 1 April and be up to $150 per tonne. |
| 6/3 | Kuraray | Septon and Hybrar as well as polyurethane-based TU-Polymer elastomers | 1/4 | $0.50 per kilogramme ($0.23 per pound). |
| 2/3 | Chemours Co | fluoropolymer products | 1/3 | Up to 10% |
| 28/2 | Denka Performance Elastomer | polychloroprene rubber (Neoprene) | 1/4 | Minimum $600 (€570) per tonne for the US and other global markets |
| 27/2 | Arlanxeo | Chloroprene rubber (Baypren) | 1/3 | In EMEA, LatAm and Asia, the price adjustment per tonne is up to €700. |
| 27/2 | Arlanxeo | Chloroprene rubber (Baypren) | 22/2 | North America prices increase up to $770 per tonne |
| 17/2 | Kuraray | liquid rubber, trans polyisoprene, Isobam water soluble resins & liquid BR | 15/2 | Prices for liquid isoprene rubber, trans-polyisoprene rubber, and Isobam isobutylene water-soluble resin will each go up by $0.23/kg, or $0.10/lb or €0.21/kg. Price of “liquid butadiene rubber, etc” will be raised by $0.68/kg or $0.31/lb or €0.63/kg. |
| 7/2 | Kraton | all Kraton styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) polymers | 1/2 | $330 per tonne |
| 2/2 | Arlanxeo | EPDM | 1/2 | In EMEA about €125 per tonne |
| 2/2 | Arlanxeo | EPDM | Mid-Feb | In China and Latin America about $150 per tonne by mid-February. |
| 31/2 | Zeon | TPE SIS Quintac | 1/3 | $220 per tonne |
