PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business announced today that it is raising prices by an average of eight to 12 percent on all coil and extrusion coating products in North America, effective October 1 or as permissible by contract.
“The rate of raw material price inflation has been dramatic and sustained over the past 12 months, especially for titanium dioxide (TiO2) and resins used in paint products,” says Richard Zoulek, PPG general manager, industrial coatings, U.S. and Canada. “PPG continues to implement aggressive cost-control measures throughout its operations, but these efforts alone cannot sufficiently offset the continued rapid rise in raw material costs, thus necessitating this price increase.”
Sales representatives will communicate price increase details to their customers for all products affected.