DuPont Engineering Polymers is responding to the weakening in the value of the pound with the introduction of a 5% increase in prices for UK customers invoiced in sterling.
The charge, covering engineering polymer materials such as Zytel nylon, Delrin acetal and Crastin and Rynite polyester, comes into effect on 1 April.
The company said that the return it is generating from sterling accounts represents a reduction in prices at a time of continuing rising costs.
According to northern European sales manager Myriam Vansteenkiste, the increase does not fully reflect sterling s slide against the Euro which, she pointed out, stands at 10% since last September.
In the past, she added, DuPont transactions often included currency limits but with the long period of stability in the Euro/Pound relationship, this feature had been dropped.
Vansteenkiste said: Our performance in the UK needs to be acceptable and is measured against other regions.
The charge, covering engineering polymer materials such as Zytel nylon, Delrin acetal and Crastin and Rynite polyester, comes into effect on 1 April.
The company said that the return it is generating from sterling accounts represents a reduction in prices at a time of continuing rising costs.
According to northern European sales manager Myriam Vansteenkiste, the increase does not fully reflect sterling s slide against the Euro which, she pointed out, stands at 10% since last September.
In the past, she added, DuPont transactions often included currency limits but with the long period of stability in the Euro/Pound relationship, this feature had been dropped.
Vansteenkiste said: Our performance in the UK needs to be acceptable and is measured against other regions.
