NACD president and CEO Eric R. Byer joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) to call on freight rail companies to address basic quality-of-life benefits for rail workers.

Orion Engineered Carbons announced it has signed new distribution agreements with Divsa and Terrachem S.A. to represent Orion in Central America and the Caribbean.

SAFIC-ALCAN will distribute Scott Bader’s acrylic polymers and inverse emulsions for paints, coatings, inks, adhesives, construction, and other industrial formulations except textiles.

RHD Polymer and Chemical LLC, established in 2002, is a privately held company based in Louisville, Kentucky, serving the elastomer and plastics industries with specialty elastomers and additives.

He will succeed Henri Nejade as chief operating officer Brenntag Specialties. Nejade chose not to extend his contract, which ends June 30, 2023.

The new distribution relationship expands Univar Solutions' specialty portfolio for customers in the region who are manufacturing building and construction products.

According to a recent study, the manufacturing and distribution industries are feeling a hit with the labor shortage, and it is not going to go away. 

Since their implementation under President Trump in 2018, NACD says the Section 301 tariffs have not realized their desired results.

It is no longer sufficient to successfully navigate supply chain disruptions. Only the resilient and strong will survive, whereas the proactive will thrive.

The chief executive officer has over 34 years in the chemical industry, most recently having served as vice president in the Life Sciences business unit of Lubrizol Advanced Materials.