Denka rubber unit eyes prices,market supply

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JAPAN: Denka Performance Elastomer(DPE) is looking for price-increases to offset rising costs for crude oil-derived feedstock costs,according to Japanese parent group Denka Co.Ltd.In particular,DPE aims to counter a”surge in prices”for butadiene,in ongoing negotiations with clients signed up to long-term price formula contracts,Denka said in a 7 Nov financial statement.The target is”to upwardly revise product prices and reclaim profitability,”said the group,adding that costs of raw materials for its acetylene-based chloroprene rubber(CR) were rising.