DuPont Packaging Graphics Increases Price, Adds Fuel Surcharge

Published: April 27, 2011

WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Packaging Graphics has announced a global price increase for all DuPont Cyrel products, effective May 16, 2011.  The net increase is up to 7%, depending on the product. An energy surcharge, linked directly to the price of fuel and increased transportation costs, also will take effect at the same time globally. This fuel surcharge will be charged on a sq ft/sq m basis, indexed to the price of Brent Crude Oil.

DuPont Packaging Graphics says it has aggressively pursued manufacturing productivity improvements and cost reduction initiatives to offset higher costs, but can no longer keep pace with the sustained increases in raw material and energy costs that have occurred in the last 12 months.

DuPont Packaging Graphics claims it is the world’s leading supplier of flexographic printing systems in digital and conventional formats, including DuPont Cyrel brand photopolymer plates, Cyrel FAST processing equipment, sleeves, mounting, and finishing products.