Kuraray Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of high performance Hydrogenated Styrenic Block Copolymers, will raise the prices of Elastomer products effective March 15th, 2010.

<All SEPTON™, HYBRAR™?and TU-Polymer grades>
   USD 250～300 per MT　（Amount of price increase depends on grades）

Increasing energy and feedstock prices have resulted in the steady escalation of costs to produce these specialty high performance materials. It is necessary to recover a portion of those increases to ensure ongoing supply and new product innovation.

This price increase will be in effect for all shipments on and after March 15th, 2010. Other terms and conditions are unchanged.