Midland, MI - July 24, 2009
Effective August 17, 2009, or as contracts permit, Dow Flooring, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its subsidiaries, is increasing the prices of all styrene butadiene (S/B) latex and acrylic latex products sold into the carpet industry by US$0.12/lb (dry) in the United States and Canada. This price increase is being driven by the escalation of raw materials costs used in the manufacturing of our latex products. All other terms and conditions remain the same.
About Dow Flooring
As a leading global provider of technologies for soft surfaces and artificial turf, Dow Flooring supplies customers around the world with integrated access to a diverse range of high-quality raw materials. Our polyurethane, latex and elastomer technologies are designed to improve the performance of carpet backing systems with enhanced attributes like flexibility, strength, durability and moisture barrier. For artificial turf, our infill, backing and shock absorption materials offer benefits such as durability, stability and ease of installation. All of our technologies are developed with customers' environmental initiatives in mind including renewable content, recyclability, renewable energy use and extended lifecycle costs.
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Jennifer Holzinger
The Dow Chemical Company
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