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News Feb 14, 2020 ACC Releases December 2019 Resin Production and Sales Statistics U.S. production of major plastic resins totaled 7.8 billion pounds during December 2019.
News Feb 13, 2020 Center for Biocide Chemistries Publishes List of Products That Help Stop Spread Of Novel Coronavirus CBC helps keep U.S. citizens safe with list of novel coronavirus-fighting products.
News Feb 11, 2020 Legislation Would Lead To Increased Environmental Impacts Plastic makers working on advancing policies that tackle plastic waste.
News Feb 10, 2020 American Chemistry Council Welcomes Two New Responsible Care® Partner Companies The American Chemistry Council’s Board of Directors approved Matchmaker Logistics, Inc. and Packwell as two new Responsible Care® Partner companies.
News Jan 31, 2020 Global Chemicals Output Accelerates in December During December, global capacity rose by 0.2 percent and was up 3.4 percent Y/Y.
News Jan 30, 2020 ACC Applauds the Department of Energy for Funding Vital Research That Will Drive Automotive Innovation ACC statement regarding the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announcement of up to $133 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research.
News Jan 29, 2020 ACC Expresses Support for Chemical Safety Board and Urges Congress and White House to Fill Board Vacancies ACC believes that the Board plays a much needed role for safeguarding chemical facilities, the public, and the environment.
News Jan 29, 2020 ACC Welcomes U.S. Ratification of USMCA ACC and its members welcome President Trump’s historic signing of USMCA.
News Jan 25, 2020 U.S. Polyethylene Exports Support a Number of Essential and Strong Markets While it’s too soon to know what impact China’s current plans might have, North American polyethylene exports support a number of large and essential uses in strong markets.
News Jan 22, 2020 ACC Responds to EWG’s Report on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in America’s Drinking Water Without seeing the details of how samples were collected by EWG, ACC cannot verify the scientific soundness of their report.
News Jan 22, 2020 U.S. Specialty Chemical Markets End 2019 on a Soft Note During December, the overall specialty chemicals volume index was off 0.3 percent on a year-over-year (Y/Y) 3MMA basis.
News Jan 21, 2020 Chemical Activity Barometer Rose in January The CAB signals gains in U.S. commerce into the third quarter of 2020.
News Jan 16, 2020 Executives from U.S., Canadian, And Mexican Chemical Industries Reaffirm Support for New North American Trade Agreement Chemical manufacturers committed to leveraging duty-free trade to spur new growth, investment, and jobs while exploring ways to regulate chemicals more efficiently.
News Jan 16, 2020 American Chemistry Council Strengthens Federal Affairs Shop; Secures Top Talent From National Association of Manufacturers and Dow Ross brings deep expertise on issues that are vital to a thriving chemical industry and the broader manufacturing sector.
News Jan 14, 2020 NAFRA: Study’s Conclusions About Chemical Exposures and IQ Loss Published in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Not Consistent With the State of the Science The inaccurate and misleading claims made in this study are not supported by the very science and data cited within the research paper.
