ZEON Corporation has announced that its selling prices for synthetic latex will be raised as listed below.

Notification of Price Increases for Synthetic Latex
December 24, 2004
1. Effective date
The price rise will come into effect for the January 15, 2005 product delivery.
2. Price increase by the product type
SB latex: 18 yen/kg(dry)
NBR latex: 27 yen/kg(dry)
VP latex: 12 yen/kg(dry)
Acrylate latex: 18 yen/kg(dry)
3. Reason for the price increase
Product profitability has continued to row materials despite our continuing efforts to reduce manufacturing costs.