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News Jan 17, 2019 ACC Applauds Congressional Action to Extend Chemical Security Regulations The U.S. House approved a Senate proposal providing a 15-month extension to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.
News Jan 16, 2019 ACC Urges Senate to Confirm EPA Administrator Nominee Wheeler’s confirmation will provide the American people and the regulated community with more certainty and confidence in the agency’s ability to continue meeting its mission.
News Jan 07, 2019 Global Chemicals Production Remained at Slow Pace in Fourth Quarter Data collected and tabulated by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) shows that global chemicals production rose slightly (by 0.1 percent) in November 2018.
News Jan 03, 2019 ACC Comments on Forthcoming Book on Hormone Disrupting Chemicals and Their Alleged Impacts on Human Health “To stay below ranges of exposure determined to be safe, consumers should read product labels closely and follow directions carefully.”
News Jan 02, 2019 ACC Releases November 2018 Resin Production and Sales Statistics U.S. production of major plastic resins totaled 7.3 billion pounds during November 2018.
News Dec 18, 2018 U.S. Chemical Production Edged Higher In November During November, chemical output rose across all regions except the Gulf Coast, where it edged lower.
News Dec 17, 2018 Plastic Bottle Recycling Resilient in Face of Short-Term Challenges 5-year growth rate is still positive despite dip in 2017.
News Dec 14, 2018 ACC Testifies on U.S. Chemicals Industry Priorities for Potential U.S.-EU Trade Agreement With $45 billion in two-way chemicals trade in 2017, U.S. chemicals manufacturers would see significant cost savings from tariff-elimination in U.S.-EU trade agreement, ACC says.
News Dec 11, 2018 Global Chemicals Production Starts Fourth Quarter On a Slow Note Global chemicals production improved slightly in October after stable activity in September.
News Dec 10, 2018 U.S. Chemicals Industry Offers Eight Recommendations for Successful U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement U.S. negotiators should draw from USMCA where beneficial, use Japan Talks as springboard for additional trade agreements, ACC says.
News Dec 06, 2018 Industry Launches New Automotive Plastics Website ACC’s Plastics Division has reinvented its popular website www.AutomotivePlastics.com to highlight the newest innovations in plastics and polymer composites.
News Dec 05, 2018 Outlook: ‘Synchronized Global Upswing’ Unravels As U.S. Chemical Industry Growth Continues Gains in manufacturing and exports in 2018 will continue to drive demand for basic chemicals, while most specialty segments will benefit from these factors along with growth in construction markets.
News Dec 04, 2018 ACC Welcomes DOE Report Highlighting Benefits of an Ethane Storage Hub in Appalachian Region We welcome DOE’s report, which affirms that the Appalachian region could become a major petrochemical and plastic resin-producing zone.
News Nov 30, 2018 U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum The newly-inked USMCA, once ratified, would allow chemical manufacturers to continue to leverage the highly-integrated, North American supply chain to reduce costs, boost U.S. exports.
News Nov 29, 2018 U.S. Specialty Chemicals Market Starts 4th Quarter on Healthy Note Specialty chemicals are materials manufactured on the basis of the unique performance or function.
