OSHA Regulations and COVID-19
March 24, 2020 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsThe following guidance addresses OSHA health and safety regulatory requirements related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
March 19, 2020 3:55 pm Leave your thoughtsSOCMA analyzes the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
SOCMA Comments to U.S. EPA: TSCA New Chemical Determinations
February 18, 2020 9:26 am Leave your thoughtsSOCMA appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s framework document entitled: “TSCA New Chemical Determinations: A Working Approach for Making Determinations under TSCA Section 5”.
Press Release: API Manufacturers Address Critical Medicine Shortages
February 10, 2020 9:12 pm Leave your thoughtsActive Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) manufacturers express their concerns and urge EU and US authorities for action as the Coronavirus outbreak in China further highlights the vulnerability of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Setting standards in EHS&S: Nation Ford Chemical & VanDeMark Chemical
February 4, 2020 10:45 am Leave your thoughtsTwenty-nine facilities were awarded a 2019 Performance Improvement Award. This year, two facilities were awarded the top honor and received a Gold Award in recognition for their commitment to excellence and their determination to exceed industry standards and strengthen their EHS&S programs.
SOCMA Applauds President’s Signing of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
January 29, 2020 10:30 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) applauds President Trump’s signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The new agreement delivers a substantial win for chemical manufacturing and SOCMA members who have long advocated to update and modernize North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
SOCMA Presents Maria Kraemer Gutierrez with Inaugural Emerging Leaders Award
December 19, 2019 8:52 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) presented Maria Kraemer Gutierrez, Plant Manager, Monument Chemical - Houston, with the association’s first Emerging Leaders Award during SOCMA Week in a packed room of colleagues and peers in New Orleans on December 5.
SOCMA Re-Elects Gene Williams as Board of Governors Chair
December 5, 2019 10:05 am Leave your thoughtsThe Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) is pleased to announce that Gene Williams, President of Optima Chemical Group, was re-elected today as Chairman of its Board of Governors. The association also re-elected officers to serve on its Executive Committee and added six new members to the Class of 2022 during its 98th Annual Business Meeting Thursday, December 5, in New Orleans.
MFG Chemical Upgrades Pilot Plant in Dalton, GA
December 3, 2019 8:49 am Leave your thoughtsMFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing has completed an upgrade of its pilot plant in Dalton, Georgia.
SOCMA Welcomes EPA’s Final Risk Management Plan (RMP) Rule
November 21, 2019 11:47 am Leave your thoughtsThe Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) commends the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its completion of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) reconsideration rulemaking that was released earlier today.