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

SINGAPORE, Feb. 22  /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont Titanium Technologies announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide grades sold in the Asia Pacific region.

Effective April 1, 2010, or as permitted by contract, net prices for all titanium dioxide grades (TiO2) will increase by $150 (USD) per ton in Asia Pacific.  Effective April 1, 2010, or as permitted by contract, net prices in China will increase by 1.5RMB/kg.

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; Ulsan, Korea; Shanghai, China; and Wilmington, Del., to serve the Latin American, European, Middle Eastern, Asian and North American 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.

The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPont(TM), The miracles of science(TM) and Ti-Pure® are registered trademarks or trademarks of DuPont or its affiliates.

  Contact:  Kimberlie A. Lantz- United States 
            302-999-2361 
             

                         
            Ricky Fu Ming Law- Singapore
            [phone]
            

DATASOURCE: DuPont Titanium Technologies



CONTACT:  Kimberlie A. Lantz- United States, [phone],

; or Ricky Fu Ming Law- Singapore,

[phone], 



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

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