WILMINGTON, Del., May 1, 2008 – Effective June 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announces a price increase of 6 cents per pound on all grades of DuPont™ Elvax® resins globally.

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DuPont Engineering Polymers manufactures and sells Zytel® nylon and Zytel® HTN PPA, Crastin® PBT, Rynite® PET, Delrin® acetal, Hytrel® TPC-ET, DuPont™ ETPV engineering thermoplastic vulcanizates, Minlon® mineral reinforced nylon, Thermx® PCT, Tynex® filaments, Vespel® parts and shapes, Zenite® LCP, to global aerospace, appliance, automotive, consumer, electrical, electronic, industrial, sporting goods and other diversified industries.

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