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2025 SOCMA Summit: Resilient. Regional. Ready

Last week, we gathered 170 senior executives from across the specialty and batch chemical sector for the 2025 SOCMA Summit & Annual Meeting at The Gunter Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX, our largest Summit to date. If I had to sum up this year’s event in one phrase, it would be: “Strategic pause, collective gain.” 

October 30, 2025

Supporting Innovation: SOCMA Backs Nomination of Douglas M. Troutman to Lead EPA’s OCSPP

Bringing new chemistries to market is vital to innovation and it depends on a clear, predictable, and timely risk based regulatory process. The EPA’s New Chemicals Review Program is the cornerstone of that process, ensuring safety while enabling manufacturers to develop cutting-edge products that support economic growth, sustainability, and improved quality of life.

October 8, 2025