Taking immediate congressional action on Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) reform was the critical message the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) and its members brought to Capitol Hill during the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) 2014 Manufacturing Summit held on June 11-12 in Washington D.C.
3E Co., a provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, has appointed Uday Virkud as President and CEO.
PPG Industries announced yesterday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. (Comex), an architectural and industrial coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico.
Sometimes, healthy competition is good. For the Middle East refining and petrochemical industry, a changing global feedstock mix and increasing competition in the United States, driven by the availability of cheaper gas feedstock, is reinforcing previous decisions by Middle East petrochemical producers to continue investing in new technology.
What sounds like fixings for a wizard’s potion — a dash of clay, a dab of fiber from crab shells, and a dollop of DNA — actually are the ingredients of promising “green” fire retardants invented by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Researchers at the University of Tehran used starch nanocatalysts to produce a coating for the protection and enrichment of food products in factories. Made of cheap starch, the coating is resistant to acidic media and can be used in the foodstuff and medical industries.
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