TAGS: Polymer Reinforcement
Huber Specialty Minerals, a subsidiary of Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), announces a price increase for its industrial performance minerals calcium carbonate products. The increase is effective January 1, 2023, or as current contracts allow.
Price Increase Driven by Escalating Cost Pressures
The price increase is driven by escalating cost pressures due to price and labor inflation, raw materials, energy and transportation costs in combination with extremely strong demand across all markets for calcium carbonate products.
Huber’s industrial calcium carbonate products are used in a variety of consumer and industrial applications to add stiffness or provide abrasion resistance.
It is used in applications including building materials, drilling fluids, rubber, thermoset composites, thermoplastics, luxury vinyl tile, flooring, swimming pool aggregate, cultured marble, paints and coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, and animal feed and nutrition.
Source: Huber Engineered Materials