The cause of the increase it’s because of the increased price of chromite. The effect is caused by the tweaking of the prices of chrome based products, with repercussions on tanning salts chrome based. Lanxess, the chemical giant with a turnover of more than 7 billion euros per year, with an official statement, announced that it has “being forced” to increase “with immediate effect” prices on “chrome based” products. This increase affects all products of the category as, for example, Chromosomal and Baychrom.