DuPont Cyrel® Prices and Surcharges Increase

WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Packaging Graphics will implement surcharges and price increases of up to 10 percent globally, effective Sept. 15. Specific terms will be addressed regionally.

Flexographic printing plates, inks, substrates, and other raw materials continue to be subject to significant cost increases due to the rising price of oil-based feedstocks, energy, freight costs, as well as the recent tight supply of thermoplastic elastomers—a key raw material in the manufacture of flexographic printing plates.

“DuPont Packaging Graphics continues to aggressively pursue manufacturing productivity improvements and cost reductions to offset these increases, and we will work with our customers during these unprecedented times as these cost increases move through the value chain,” said Lisa DiGate, global business director, DuPont Packaging Graphics.

“However, we must pass along some of these sustained cost increases while we continue to develop new products that position our customers for success,” DiGate stated. “We believe continued focus on innovation ultimately helps our customers to maintain their added value through increased quality and productivity in an environment where costs for substrates, inks and other key raw materials are on the rise.”