Price surge comes to bring paint manufacturers enormous cost pressure.

<p> 2010 At the beginning, as the international financial environment improves, gradually warming the global petrochemical industry. .2010, warming of the world economy increased demand for oil, international crude oil market out of the doldrums, the market resumed a slow recovery trend. .Driven by higher crude oil prices, many chemical product prices has also risen. .</ P> <P> <P> <p> since April has information on various types of chemical products continue to appear in the price of the author's eyes. .Hexion, Arkema, Lanxess, Chemtura, Eastman, Koster, Connors, Nordson and other enterprises, different types of products such as titanium dioxide, iron oxide pigments, solvents, epoxy resins and other enterprises rose .continuous price information in the media. .</ P> <p> German specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG today announced that it will raise global prices of iron oxide pigments 100 euros / ton, for some products or increase in certain areas may be more </ p .> <p> valid from May 1, 2010 or from the terms of the contract allow, Dow Europe will be in Europe (including Turkey) increased, all of its epoxy resin price 300 euros / ton, and in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent .price 400 U.S. dollars / ton. .This is in addition to previously announced a price increase after price increase to raise prices again. .</ P> <p> Cranberry, New Jersey City, Connors International Limited (KronosWorldwide, Inc.) Announced the increase in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Turkey, the titanium dioxide prices. .Valid from 15 May 2010 onwards, all Connors titanium dioxide products in Western Europe price of EUR 100 per tonne, Eastern Europe and Turkey region 150 euros per tonne price increase. .</ P> <p> Eastman Chemical Company will acetic acid 2 - ethylhexyl, isopropyl acetate, butyl propionate and other product prices to implement price increases, effective from May 1, or as .contract execution. .Mainly due to rising operating costs, especially raw material price increases too quickly. .</ P> <p> Coast Global (CristalGlobal) announced today that is valid from June 1, 2010 onwards, or as contracts allow, will be its worldwide sales for all of anatase and rutile Tiona ® titanium .heroin and other Coast titanium dioxide product prices. .</ P> <p> price increases caused by all of the above information in no more than a few common reasons because, first, rising raw material costs, two, quality and environmental cost of investment growth, three, packaging and energy costs, and many with .to the pressure. .In order to maintain the company's competitiveness and sustained growth momentum, price increases have become the chosen path of many enterprises. .</ P> <p> the coming wave of price increases, bringing the cost of paint manufacturers tremendous pressure already in the recovery phase for the paint business, how to be able to digest such a large number of cost pressures? .Is the pressure delivered to the downstream industry chain, or paint the internal digestion, it is difficult choices. .</ P> <p> I propose: the domestic paint companies, first by adjusting the corporate structure, product structure, optimize the structure of enterprises in various ways, to find the optimal combination of market approach; again, enterprise market segment, select .The paint market potential breakthrough product for sale; third, open up new marketing channels, so stable so deep channels; Fourth, efforts to develop urban and rural markets, rural areas for building materials prepared in advance. .</ P>.