DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers adjusts resin prices

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announced a price increase for its ethylene copolymer product line. The increase of 9 cents per pound for all products in the ethylene copolymer portfolio will take effect globally January 1, 2008, or as contracts allow.

This increase is in addition to the 8 cents per pound price increase announced for implementation on November 1, 2007. Specific increases in local currency will be communicated to customers by DuPont P&IP’s regional sales and marketing organizations.

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