DuPont Titanium Technologies Announces a Price Increase for all Ti-Pure(R) Titanium Dioxide Products Sold in Asia

SINGAPORE and WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide grades sold in the Asia Pacific region.

Effective Oct. 1, 2007 or as permitted by contract, prices for all titanium dioxide grades (TiO2) will increase $100 USD per ton in Asia.

This increase is in addition to the global price increase actions announced previously and being implemented in 3Q2007 by DuPont.  This increase is driven by the significant increases in raw material, energy and fuel costs over the last few years, as well as reinvestment economics to meet future customer needs.

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 plant in Uberaba, Brazil, for finishing titanium dioxide and a mine in Starke, Fla.  Technical service centers are located in Uberaba, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Mechelen, Belgium; Kuan Yin, Taiwan; Ulsan, Korea; Wilmington, Del.; and Shanghai, China, to serve the European, Middle Eastern, United States, Asian and Latin America markets.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company.  Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.  Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

  Contact: Kimberlie A. Lantz
           Wilmington, DE
           302-999-2361
           

           Mini M M Lam
           Hong Kong
           [phone]
           



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DATASOURCE: DuPont Titanium Technologies



CONTACT:  Kimberlie A. Lantz, [phone],

, or Mini M M Lam, Hong Kong, [phone],

, both of DuPont Titanium Technologies



Web site:  http://www.titanium.dupont.com/ 

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