Ashland announces price increase on composites resins and gelcoats

Ashland announced today that effective January 1,2018, or as contracts allow, it will increase the price of its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resins, epoxy vinyl ester resins and gelcoats in North America as follows: • Epoxy vinyl ester resins will increase by $0.07/lb. • Unsaturated polyester resins will increase by $0.05/lb. • Isophthalic based unsaturated polyester resins will increase by $0.04/lb. • Gelcoats and pigments will increase by $0.04/lb. This increase is primarily driven by continued escalation of costs in key raw materials.Ashland continues to make these decisions with the intent to ensure we are servicing our customers with the utmost quality and performance and the ability to continue reinvesting in our product line.