The Chemours Company announced the following price increaseson Freon Refrigerants sold in the European Union, effective May 1, 2017, or as contractsand law allow.
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<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 63px;">% increase</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 30px;">Freon™ 404A</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 30px;">3922</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 30px;">30%</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 65px;">Freon™ 507A</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 65px;">3985</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 65px;">30%</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 65px;">Freon™ 407A</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 65px;">2107</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 65px;">10%</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 65px;">Freon™ 410A</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 65px;">2088</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 65px;">10%</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 65px;">Freon™ 407C</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 65px;">1774</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 65px;">10%</td>
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<td style="width: 139.2px; height: 38px;">Freon™ 134a</td>
<td style="width: 78.4px; height: 38px;">1430</td>
<td style="width: 96.8px; height: 38px;">10%</td>
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Transition from high-GWP products like R-404A to low-GWP technologies like theOpteon range of refrigerant solutions will help drive the EU market to achieve the goals outlined in the F-Gas Regulation.
Chemours is well-positioned to help the market achieve this transition with products like Opteon XP40, Opteon XP44 and Opteon XP10 which are commercially available and successfully used in thousandsof systems today.
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