COVID-19 MEMBER ALERT
ACA has created a resource page to provide members resources and links to external information and guidance from federal agencies related to COVID-19 impacts on business operations. Topics covered include CDC & OSHA guidance; Small Business Administration Loans & IRS information; Department of Labor & EEOC guidance; and EPA & DOT guidance.
In addition to these resources, the page highlights ACA advocacy efforts and messaging that the Coatings Industry is an ESSENTIAL participant in the COVID-19 response.
This page is updated regularly.
Market Analyses for the Paint & Coatings Industry
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Advocacy
ACA in Action: Support for MTB
The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) is an important piece of legislation for the coatings industry as it allows for no-or-reduced tariffs on certain chemicals that serve as raw materials or ingredients in coatings formulas.
Policy Priorities
ACA is the voice of industry on matters relating to environmental regulations, occupational health and safety, and policy issues germane to the industry’s products. Read about ACA’s Policy Priorities. LEARN MORE.
Issue Engagement
As the U.S. paint and coatings industry’s lead advocate on national, state, and local issues impacting the industry, ACA is engaged on myriad issues on behalf of its members and industry. LEARN MORE.
Issue Backgrounders
In its most current Issue Backgrounder delivered to members of Congress, ACA outlines how how paints and coatings are essential to the nation’s economic growth and efforts to rebuild our most important infrastructure. READ MORE.
CoatingsVoice
Tell your elected official to support the IMAGINE Act to encourage research and deployment of innovative construction materials in transportation and water infrastructure projects nationwide. ACT NOW.
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EPA Proposes Amendment Rulemaking for National VOC Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings
ACA has consistently urged EPA to amend the National VOC rule for aerosol coatings to update its table of Maximum Incremental Reactivity values to align with California’s aerosol coatings rule, adjust the default value, and add several compounds to the rule’s Table 2A.
EPA Proposes Amendment Rulemaking for National VOC Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings
ACA has consistently urged EPA to amend the National VOC rule for aerosol coatings to update its table of Maximum Incremental Reactivity values to align with California’s aerosol coatings rule, adjust the default value, and add several compounds to the rule’s Table 2A.
Solvay Adds Thermoplastic Composite Capacity in South Carolina
Solvay announced the installation completion of its new thermoplastic composites (TPC)...
Dr. Hamid Asemani Receives ACA’s 2021 CoatingsTech Best Paper Award
Dr. Hamid Asemani, R&D scientist at Rust-Oleum Corporation and Ph.D. fellow at Eastern Michigan University, received the honor at the 2021 CoatingsTech Conference for his paper and presentation titled, “Advanced Dual-curable Coatings Obtained from Multi-Functional Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Oligomers.
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CoatingsTech
Low VOC Topcoats Using Ultra High Solids Resins
In the North American coatings market, traditional solventborne resins are still used to a large extent, enabled by...
Events
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Mon, Sep 27, 2021
Middle Eastern Coatings Show
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Mon, Oct 4, 2021
NACE Eastern Area Conference
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Tue, Oct 5, 2021
63rd Annual Polyurethanes Technical Conference
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Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm
ACA Webinar: Third-party Radiative Performance Product Ratings – Introduction to the New CRRC Wall Rating Program
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