DuPont Titanium lifts price for Ti-Pure titanium dioxide in Asia

DuPont Titanium Technologies Announces a Price Increase for all Ti-Pure(R) Titanium Dioxide Products Sold in Asia

Singapore and Wilmington (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - DuPont Titanium Technologies today announced a price increase for all DuPont(TM) Ti-Pure(R) titanium dioxide grades sold in the Asia Pacific region.

Effective April 1, 2008, or as permitted by contract, prices for all titanium dioxide grades (TiO2) will increase $120 USD per ton in Asia except People's Republic of China and Japan.

Effective April 1, 2008, or as permitted by contract, prices in China will increase by 1.2RMB/kg.

A price increase for Japan was already announced on February 29, 2008.

This increase is in addition to the price increase actions announced previously. Input costs associated with raw materials, energy, fuel and transportation continue to escalate rapidly. The increases implemented to date and those announced here are needed to support the needs of our customers in the growing Asian markets.

DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, serving customers globally in the coatings, paper and plastics industries. The company operates plants at DeLisle, Miss.; New Johnsonville, Tenn.; Edge Moor, Del.; Altamira, Mexico; and Kuan Yin, Taiwan; all of which use the chloride manufacturing process. The company also operates a plant in Uberaba, Brazil, for finishing titanium dioxide and a mine in Starke, Fla. Technical service centers are located in Uberaba, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Mechelen, Belgium; Kuan Yin, Taiwan; Ulsan, Korea; Wilmington, Del.; and Shanghai, China, to serve the European, Middle Eastern, United States, Asian and Latin America markets.

DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a science-based products and services company.
Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries and regions, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation and apparel.

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Contact:
Kimberlie A. Lantz
Wilmington, Del.
+1-302-999-2361
kimberlie.a.lantz@usa.dupont.com
Ricky Fu Ming law
Singapore
+65-6586-3055
Ricky-Fu-Ming.Law@sgp.dupont.com
SOURCE DuPont Titanium Technologies
/CONTACT: Kimberlie A. Lantz, Wilmington, Del.,
+1-302-999-2361, kimberlie.a.lantz@usa.dupont.com, or Ricky Fu
Ming law, Singapore, +65-6586-3055,
Ricky-Fu-Ming.Law@sgp.dupont.com, both of DuPont Titanium
Technologies/
/Web site: http://www.titanium.dupont.com

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