OMNOVA Solutions Announces Price Increase For Latex Products Sold into the Americas

BEACHWOOD, OHIO, USA, November 8, 2016 - OMNOVA Solutions today announced a price increase of $0.06/wet pound on all styrene-butadiene, styrene-acrylic and acrylic latex polymers sold into the Americas, effective November 15, 2016, or as contracts allow. This pricing action is necessitated by recent increases in the cost of manufacturing these products.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is a global innovator of performance-enhancing chemistries and surfaces used in products for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential applications. As a strategic business-to-business supplier, OMNOVA provides The Science in Better Brands, with emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and functional and decorative surfaces that deliver critical performance attributes to top brand-name, end-use products sold around the world. OMNOVA’s sales for the last twelve months ended August 31, 2016 were $773 million. The Company has a global workforce of approximately 1,950. Visit OMNOVA Solutions on the internet at www.omnova.com.