INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertellus Specialties Inc., a leading specialty chemicals company, today announced a price increase of 15-20% effective January 1, 2009 for 2-vinylpyridine monomer sales to all non-contract customers. The price increase is necessary to continue the company's investment in production capacity and to provide better supply chain logistics to its global customers.
About Vertellus Specialties Inc.
Vertellus is a specialty chemicals company focused on the manufacture of ingredients used in pharmaceuticals, personal care, nutrition, agriculture, and a host of other market areas affected by trends favoring "green" technologies and chemistries. Vertellus is the #1 global producer of pyridine and picolines, specialty pyridine derivatives, DEET, castor oil derivatives and systems, and citrate polymer additives and systems, and the world's #2 producer of Vitamin B-3. Vertellus benefits from a technically advanced global manufacturing base and has approximately 750 employees. Vertellus is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information, visit www.vertellus.com.
