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[August 2006]
Huber Announces Industrial Kaolin Price Increase
Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, GA, USA), part of J.M. Huber Corporation, has announced a North American price increase across its entire 'industrial specialties' kaolin clay portfolio.The increase is effective 1 October 2006, or as current contracts allow. Many kaolin prices will increase significantly – dependent upon the product grade, volume and form.
According to company officials, Huber Engineered Materials has worked hard to improve its productivity and processing efficiencies in an effort to maintain cost competitive products and services.
With raw materials, energy, transportation and other costs continuing to rise, officials said the price increase is necessary to offset these costs while continuing to ensure on-time deliveries and industry-leading customer service. Early this month, Huber officials also announced a restructuring of its Macon kaolin manufacturing facility.
Huber Engineered Materials develops engineered speciality ingredients that enhance the performance, appeal and processing of a broad range of products used in industrial, paper and consumer-based applications. Its Controlled Function TechnologySM product modification has resulted in advancing the art in speciality silica and silicates, alumina trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, kaolin clay, barium sulphate and calcium carbonate.
www.hubermaterials.com
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