PA 6.6: BASF announces price hikes across entire chain / Producers have been trying to halt erosion since 2018 / Butachimie's maintenance brought forward
Like competitor Ascend Performance Materials recently announced, BASF is planning to raise prices across the PA 6.6 chain – mainly in Europe. BASF’s price for PA 6.6 base resin is planned to go up by EUR 100/t, and the same increase applies to the intermediate products adiponitrile and hexamethylene diamine. Hikes of EUR 70/t for adipic acid and EUR 120/t for AH salt are also expected. The German group’s planned increases are less than Ascend’s, which were USD 175/t for both ADN and HMD. The... (05.08.2020)