DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions announces price increase

DuPontGlass Laminating Solutions, Wilmington, Del.,announced a price increase of 8 percent-10 percent on all grades of DuPont Butacite andButacite G polyvinyl butyral interlayer products, according to a Nov. 1 release.The increase is effective Jan. 1, 2011, or as contracts allow.This price increase will be applied globally to all non-list price contracts.“While long-term trends for raw materials continue upward, this current pricing action is driven by the need to restore favorable reinvestment economics for our Butacite family of products,” said Steve Cox, vice president, DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions, in the release.DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions provides materials, services and innovations for a better, safer world. The business operates within the DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers business, part of the DuPont Performance Materials segment.