Kemira, Finland, a global chemicals company serving customers in pulp and paper and other water intensive industries, this week announced price increases of 10% - 25% across its main sizing product lines and FennoSize-products. 

The price adjustments of the AKD-wax and -emulsions result from a challenging raw material situation and increased costs within the AKD-wax supply chain, the company explained. The price increases of the ASA-sizes, it added, are driven mainly by increased raw material costs and tight olefin supply globally. Olefins are the main raw material of the ASA-products.

The price increases of the sizing agents will become effective on Jan.1, 2018, or as contracts and other conditions allow, and will be implemented globally.