TOPAS Advanced Polymers Increases Prices

Effective May 15, 2010, TOPAS Advanced Polymers (TAP) is raising the prices for all grades of its TOPAS^® cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). This price increase is necessary due to continuously rising cost of raw materials and other cost increases during recent months. As contracts allow, TAP will increase prices for all COC resins by 0.15 €/kg

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 About TOPAS Advanced Polymers

TOPAS Advanced Polymers, a joint venture between the Japanese companies Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd. and Polyplastics Co., Ltd., was established in January 2006. The company is located in Frankfurt, Germany and Florence, Kentucky, USA and has about 100 employees working in R&D, Marketing & Sales, Production and Administration. TOPAS Advanced Polymers markets COCs in Europe and the Americas, while Polyplastics Co., Ltd. covers Asia. For more information about TOPAS Advanced Polymers and its technologies, please visit the company’s web page at: www.topas.com.