Florham Park, New Jersey --BASF aims to increase its list and off-list prices for butanediol (BDO), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) by $0.04/lb in North America.
List and off-list prices for tetrahydrofuran (THF) and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PolyTHF) will be increased by $0.06/lb.
These price rises will take effect 1 April 2013, or as contracts allow, said a 1 Mar BASF Corp. press release.
BDO and its derivatives are used to make polyurethanes, engineering plastics, solvents, electronic chemicals and elastic fibres.
