On July 26, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule to harmonize the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) with international standards (HM-215P).
California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District adopted Rule 1168 in April 1989 to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from adhesive and sealant applications. The rule has been amended 14 times.
Ingevity Corporation has announced it will acquire privately owned Ozark Materials, LLC and Ozark Logistics, LLC (“Ozark Materials”) for $325 million in an all-cash transaction, subject to regulatory approval and […]
Extreme Coatings, a supplier of wear-resistant coating solutions for the plastics and rubber industries, has announced the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Austria to produce high-performance coatings for […]
Univar Solutions, a provider of specialty ingredients and chemicals, has acquired Vicom Distribución Productos Quimicos, S.L., a regional specialty chemicals distributor in Spain and Portugal. Terms of the deal were […]
IGM Resins, a provider of energy-curing raw material solutions, has acquired Litian, a Chinese manufacturer with 23 years’ experience in the energy-curing resins market. According to the company, the acquisition […]
Investment firms Bain Capital Private Equity and BC Partners have signed a joint ownership agreement for Fedrigoni, a producer of self-adhesive labels and fiber-based packaging products. Bain Capital acquired Fedrigoni […]
On July 9, the Canadian Government published a renewed version of its Federal Agenda for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Consumer and Commercial Products in Canada Gazette, Part I. This agenda signals Canada’s intention to take further action between 2022 and 2030 to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of air pollution.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a request for information (RFI) regarding electronic hazard communication alternatives.
The proposed amendments would introduce new requirements for persons to register themselves and their Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) sites with a new online registration database administered by Transport Canada, and to provide data related to their transportation of dangerous goods activities at those sites.
