PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers will implement a price increase for all acrylic and acrylic-based products sold to the pressure sensitive, construction, textile nonwoven, graphic arts, thermal paper, and leather markets. The increase of USD $0.22 per kg. is in addition to the previously announced increase effective January 1, 2010. The increase will affect all acrylic and styrene-acrylic emulsions, vinyl-acetate based emulsions, and solution polymers and will be effective March 1, 2010, or as contracts allow.

In making the announcement, Neil Carr, Business Group Vice President of Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers, cited the continued escalation in raw material costs as necessitating the increases.

About Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers

Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers is a portfolio of three businesses - Packaging and Converting, Tape Labels and Textiles and Industrial Functional Polymers - primarily made of sticking and bonding solutions, serving the flexible packaging business, adhesive tapes and paper labels, and a mixed range of applications including auto, imaging & leather. Together these businesses offer an integrated technology platform with formulation capabilities and a capacity to serve tailored needs globally.

A business group within Dow’s Advanced Material Division, Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers generates $1B of revenue while operating a network of over 40 Technical, R&D and Manufacturing sites to serve local customer needs globally. For more information visit www.rohmhaas.com.

Source: web of Dow