ASTM International Committee G03 on Weathering and Durability has named Joe S. Robbins III, CEO of Arizona Desert Testing LLC in Wittmann, AZ, as its new Chairman.
“Congress and the Administration have an opportunity to build on the chemical industry’s initiatives to enhance security by improving implementation of the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS).” That’s according to Timothy Scott, Chief Security Officer and Corporate Director of Emergency Services and Security at The Dow Chemical Co., who testified March 6, 2012, on behalf of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies.
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has successfully issued a German schuldschein (a traditional German floating or fixed-debt instrument) with a volume of EUR 150 million.
Sumter Coatings Inc. (SCI) agreed to pay a $55,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a series of hazardous waste violations at its facility in Sumter, SC.
WACKER, the Munich-based chemicals group, has successfully completed the expansion and relocation of its technical laboratories and offices in South Korea and inaugurated the upgraded technical center, with integrated training facility, near Seoul, South Korea. Additionally, Wacker Chemie AG announced it is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around EUR 40 million in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site in China.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) plans to reopen Rule 1168 and the EPA’s continued efforts to seek information on consumer exposure to diisocyanates will be critical areas that the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) government relations department will focus on in 2012.
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