DuPont sets $500/tonne price increase for titanium dioxide products in Asia Pacific, effective Oct. 1

WILMINGTON, DE, Aug. 19, 2011 (PRNewswire) - Effective Oct. 1, 2011, DuPont Titanium Technologies announces a net price increase of $500 (USD) per metric ton for all DuPont^TM Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades (TiO2) sold in Asia Pacific.

DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, serving customers globally in the coatings, paper and plastics industries. The company operates plants at DeLisle, Miss.; New Johnsonville, Tenn.; Edge Moor, Del.; Altamira, Mexico; and Kuan Yin, Taiwan; all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a mine in Starke, Fla. Technical service centers are located in Paulinia, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Mechelen, Belgium; Dzerzhinskiy, Russia; Kuan Yin, Taiwan; Ichon, Korea; Shanghai, China; Hyderabad, India; and Wilmington, Del., to serve the Latin American, European, Middle Eastern, Asian and North American markets.