It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of longtime SOCMA member Richard McDill. Richard, who worked for five decades in the chemical industry, most recently served as a consultant through his company – RTMcDill Consulting LLC.
MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification on its 26.7 acre plant in Pasadena, Texas. This is one of four (4) MFG Chemical plants, with three others in Dalton, Georgia and each having already received their ISO 9001: 2015 certifications.
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In a letter to the EPA, SOCMA along with partner associations strongly oppose submit comments opposing refined coal tar sealcoat provisions of EPA’s proposed multi-sector general permit for industrial stormwater.
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2020.
Three new companies were approved to join the growing membership of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) by its Board of Governors last week. The addition of Advanced Chemical Concepts (ACC), Revtech and Texas Molecular brings the total number of new members to 11 in the first five months of the year.
OSHA has issued two revised guidance memos on recordkeeping and enforcement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, 2020, the previous memos from April on these topics will be rescinded, and the new memos will go into and remain in effect until further notice.
CJB Applied Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce James
M. Loar ("Jim") has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer, where he will lead global commercial activities related to innovation, contract development and manufacturing.