Ashland announces price increase on epoxy vinyl ester and specialty resins in North America effective February 1st, 2018

Ashland announced today that effective February 1, 2018 or as contracts allow, it will increase the price of AME™, Derakane™ and Hetron™ resins as well as various other epoxy vinyl ester and specialty resins in North America by $0.10/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.