DuPont Engineering Polymers recently announced price increases for thermoplastic resins in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region due to the magnitude of the raw material and energy cost increases versus the previous year, coupled with strong demand for products and customer-driven innovation in the form of new products, technologies and application development capabilities worldwide. According to the company’s press release, standard thermoplastic resin grades will increase as follows: DuPont Zytel nylon and DuPont Minlon ($0.12/lb, Americas; $0.25/kg, Asia Pacific; 0,13 €/kg, Europe), DuPont Crastin PBT ($0.12/lb, Americas; $0.25/kg, Asia Pacific; 0,13 €/kg, Europe), DuPont Delrin ($0.10/lb, Americas; $0.20/kg, Asia Pacific; 0,13 €/kg, Europe), DuPont Hytrel ($0.15/lb, Americas; $0.25/kg, Asia Pacific; 0.20 €/kg, Europe), DuPont Zytel HTN, DuPont Rynite PET, DuPont Zenite LCP and DuPont Thermx ($0.12/lb, Americas; $0.25/kg, Asia Pacific; 0,13 €/kg, Europe). These products serve global markets in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, consumer, electrical, electronic, industrial, sporting goods and many other diversified industries. 

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