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I just got this from KEE today.

Dear Valued Customer:
Effective June 16, 2008 KEE Action Sports will be increasing its prices on all KEE branded paintballs. Please
reference the below pricing sheet for further details of this increase.
The extraordinary and unprecedented rise in energy costs and related raw materials makes this increase
necessary. As we look to the future, we have some indications that suggest further increases may be passed on
by KEE around September of this year. We will attempt to mitigate these and other potential increases, and will
continue to update you as more details become available.
Thank you for the business you have chosen to give to KEE today and in the future. Please contact your sales
representative if you have any additional questions regarding this announcement.
Sincerely,
Johnny Postorivo
VP Domestic Sales

My sales guy also sent this:

Here is a little info on our price increases. Dow Chemical is one of our main suppliers for products used to make RPS Paintballs.

Thank you,

Tom







Dow Chemical to raise prices 20% to combat high energy costs - International Herald Tribune



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Dow Chemical to raise prices 20% to combat high energy costs


Reuters, The Associated Press

Published: May 28, 2008



NEW YORK: Dow Chemical, the biggest U.S. chemicals company, said Wednesday it would raise its prices by up to 20 percent to offset oaring energy costs, as its chief executive lashed out at Washington for failing to develop a sound energy policy.

The increase is the latest signal that escalating energy prices are stoking inflation. Dow supplies a broad swath of industries, from agriculture to health care, and any sizable jump in chemical prices would very likely affect them all.

The price increases will take effect Sunday and will be based on a product's exposure to rising costs. Dow said it spent $8 billion on energy and hydrocarbon-based raw materials in 2002, and that level could climb fourfold to $32 billion this year.

"For years, Washington has failed to address the issue of rising energy costs and, as a result, the country now faces a true energy crisis, one that is causing serious harm to America's manufacturing sector and all consumers of energy," Andrew Liveris, the Dow chief executive, said in a statement.

"The government's failure to develop a comprehensive energy policy is causing U.S. industry to lose ground when it comes to global competitiveness, and our own domestic markets are now starting to see demand destruction throughout the U.S.," he added.

Liveris said soaring costs for Dow were "forcing difficult discussions with customers."

Dow's decision came as little surprise to industry watchers, since prices for natural gas, a key feedstock for the chemical industry, have jumped by 56 percent so far this year, and crude oil prices have rallied 32 percent to more than $125 a barrel.

But whether the company can push through the price increases without losing customers is uncertain. "So much will depend on what Dow's competitors do," said Frank Mitsch, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets. "Given the raw material inflationary environment, I would guess that most of their competitors will match them."

Dow Chemical, based in Midland, Michigan, makes everything from the propylene glycols used in antifreeze, coolants, solvents, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals to the acrylic, acid-based products used in detergents, disposable diapers and wastewater treatment.

The company said its cost of energy and other feedstocks climbed 42 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier.

Dow has sought to combat high energy prices by forming a joint venture with a unit of Kuwait Petroleum to take advantage of the country's access to energy resources.

That joint venture, in which Dow will receive $9.5 billion for selling a 50 percent interest in five of its businesses, is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter.

Dow will continue its cost-control efforts, Liveris said, and accelerate a "top-down competitiveness review" for all its businesses and manufacturing facilities.

Shares of Dow were up 0.3 percent at $40.35 in afternoon trading in New York on Wednesday.

Looks like paint is going up to what it was 5 years ago.
I did not get any one to object to map so here it is:

Paint Map

Marb 68.95
Evil 68.95
All Star 62.95
Premium 57.95
Ramp 57.95
Nightmare 52.95
Formula 13 52.95
Heat 39.95
Stinger no map
White Box no map