Orion Engineered Carbons has entered a distribution agreement with newly formed ION Specialties, based in Mexico City.

Key companies in the adhesives and sealants industry give their input on the current state of the supply chain. 

NAGASE Specialty Materials NA LLC has appointed a new Performance Chemicals account manager to serve the company’s coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers customers in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Munoz will be transitioning into a business manager role for the CASE vertical. With Munoz’s move to business manager, Burrows will fill the regional sales manager – CASE role in the Southwestern/Western territory.

Eric R. Byer, National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) president and CEO, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to confirm the nomination the new chairman of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB):

Jennifer Gibson, NACD vice president of Regulatory Affairs, applauded the FMC for its efforts to promptly implement the recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act, but underscored the potential unintended consequences of only allowing contracted parties to be charged with demurrage and detention fees.

The live event – to be held February 22-23, 2023 – is aimed at users and specialists from the electrical and electronic engineering sector, both from production and development. Registration is open until February 10, 2023.

He takes over the global responsibility for the technology area, and with it, the strategic focus on products, their applications, and the process technology necessary for them. The group says a future expansion of the laboratory infrastructure in China and the United States is part of the newly created position.

Both organizations applauded the passage of legislation in the Senate to avoid what would have been a catastrophic shutdown of nation’s rail network.

National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President and CEO Eric R. Byer applauded efforts by the U.S. House of Representatives to avert a freight rail strike, while supporting workers’ call for paid sick leave, and urged the Senate to approve the full package of legislation.