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Heubach Group Announces Distribution Partnership with Lintech International LLC for U.S.

The Heubach Group entered a partnership with Lintech International LLC to distribute its portfolio of organic, inorganic and anti-corrosive pigments, including its ranges of pigment dispersions in the United States. This new partnership is an expansion that now includes both portfolios from Heubach Colorants USA LLC (formerly Clariant Pigments) and Heubach Ltd. for the coatings, plastics and printing segments in the United States. Read More…

DHS Holds Explosive Precursor Chemical Stakeholder Engagement Meetings

FTC Extends Comment Deadline for Green Guides Feedback

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments about the efficiency, costs, benefits, regulatory impact, consumer perception, etc., of its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, to determine whether to retain, modify, or rescind the guides, related to several topic areas including sustainability, recyclability, and ozone related statements. Read More…

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OSHA Revises Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program

Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a revised Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program. The purpose of the revised emphasis program is to continue OSHA inspections of facilities that generate or handle combustible dusts likely to cause fire, flash fire, deflagration and explosion hazards. Read More…

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Dr. Kurt Wood to Deliver Mattiello Memorial Lecture at ACA’s 2023 CoatingsTech Conference

Dr. Kurt Wood, retired senior principal scientist at Arkema, Inc., and current consultant in coatings and service life prediction, will deliver the Mattiello Memorial Lecture at ACA’s 2023 CoatingsTech Conference. The CoatingsTech Conference — ACA’s leading technical event — will be held June 26-28, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, in Cleveland, Ohio and embrace the theme, “Coatings Technologies: Adaptation in a Complex World.” Read More…