Arkema implements a price increase on its EVA copolymers range

April 2015

Arkema announces a price increase of 100 €/MT for its whole Evatane® (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer) range, starting May 1, 2015.

Marketed under the trademark Evatane®, Arkema's EVA products are functional polyolefins used in diverse industrial applications, including hotmelt, cable, multilayer packaging film, technical polymer modification, solar panel, petroleum additives, bitumen and ink.

Arkema announces a price increase of 100 €/MT for its whole Evatane® (High Content Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer) range, starting May 1, 2015.
During the past months, the EVA market was undergoing a price erosion that affected profitability. Due to the price hike of Ethylene, Arkema is forced to pass this increase to the market.