Effective March 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announces a price increase of 9 cents per pound on all grades of DuPont™ Elvax® resins globally.

Unprecedented high raw material and energy costs, as well as continuous strong demand, necessitate this increase which is in addition to the 9 cents per pound price increase announced for implementation on Jan. 1, 2008. Specific increases in local currency will be communicated to customers by DuPont P&IP’s regional sales and marketing organizations.

DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers is a world-class manufacturer of high-performance resins and films for a variety of packaging and industrial applications. Its best known ethylene copolymer products include Surlyn® resins for packaging and industrial applications, Bynel® coextrudable adhesives, Selar® PA amorphous polyamide barrier resins, Nucrel® acid copolymers, Elvax® EVA copolymers, Elvaloy®, Elvaloy AC® , Entira™ and Fusabond® modifiers.