Reflecting the increasing globalization of the chemical industry, members of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) have voted overwhelmingly to create an international class of membership in the association.
Hauthaway has selected Bedford Specialty Sales to represent its lines of Hauthane waterborne polyurethane dispersions and urethane acrylic hybrids to the industrial and architectural coatings markets in New England.
ELEMICA is the new name of the online business-to-business (B2B) chemicals e-marketplace that was recently announced by leading chemical companies and distributors.
Responding to arguments made by the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has agreed that mineral spirits used in the production of paints, coatings and adhesives are not subject to the 24.4 cents-per-gallon excise tax on kerosene.