August 24th, 2004 Kuraray Co. Ltd, suppliers of Hydrogenated Styrenic Block Copolymers and other Specialty Materials, will raise prices of SEPTON™, HYBRAR™, ISOBAM™, KURAMIRON™ and LIR™ in Japan and all other export markets effective September 1st, 2004. Increasing energy and feedstock prices have resulted in a steady increase in the cost to produce these specialty high performance materials. It is necessary to recover a portion of these increases to ensure suppliability. Product(s) Increase SEPTON™, HYBRAR™ US$ 0.20 / kg ISOBAM™ US$ 0.20 / kg KURAMIRON™ US$ 0.50 / kg LIR™ US$ 0.20 / kg Up to Top