為了承受住前所未有的原材料和能源的通脹壓力，格雷斯經(jīng)營部門，格雷斯建筑產(chǎn)品，將提高產(chǎn)品價格10%以上，提價的產(chǎn)品包括混凝土與砌體外加劑產(chǎn)品線。提價將于2008年8月15日生效。
另外，公司還提高了一些特種產(chǎn)品的價格，提高了10％以上。還有，9月15日開始，格雷斯的液體顏料將增加10美分每磅。
格雷斯建筑產(chǎn)品總裁Andrew Bonham說：“我們將通過使用我們的生產(chǎn)程序來抵消一部分通脹壓力，但是通脹壓力超出了我們用生產(chǎn)程序來抵消的能力，因此面對成本的增加，我們需要采取這樣的行動?！?
公司還認為，進一步提價可能是必要的，這取決于正在現(xiàn)行的原料和市場條件。自從2007年年底，工業(yè)化學生產(chǎn)價格指數(shù)以年增長率超過25％的驚人的速度增長。
附英文：
Grace reacts to adverse market conditions with price increases
In a bid to outdo the unprecedented raw material and energy inflationary
pressures, Grace Construction Products, an operating segment of
W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) is implementing product price increases of up to 10%
across its concrete and masonry admixture product lines. The price increase is
effective from August 15, 2008.
In addition, the company is also increasing the prices of certain specialty products
by more than 10%. Further, effective September 15, the price of Grace liquid
pigments will be increased by 10 cents a pound.
"We will offset a portion of this inflation through our ongoing productivity
programs, but the exceptional nature of these cost increases has outpaced these
programs and requires us to take this action," said Andrew Bonham, President of
Grace Construction Products.
The company also believes that further price increase actions may be necessary,
depending on ongoing raw material and market place conditions. There has been
a phenomenal increase in the Industrial Chemicals Producer Price Index at an
annual rate of over 25% since the end of 2007.
