Flint Group Provides Insight into Expected Raw Material Cost Developments in 2012

“Unfortunately I believe we are running out of alternatives to protect our customers fully for the inevitable; costs will continue to rise in the next few years due to the trend of increasing raw material costs caused by the global increased shortages and the better cost / price management of the chemical giants. Further speculation on major commodities will only further serve to compound the negative price effect,” van der Velde predicts.