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Best Practices and Considerations for Developing Vaccine Policy in the Specialty Chemical Industry

As SOCMA continues to keep a pulse on the specialty and fine chemical industry, we understand that companies across the industry are grappling with how to encourage employee inoculations now that there’s increased availability of COVID-19 vaccines. We’ve spoken with leaders from Texas to Rhode Island and everywhere in between about how they are handling the vaccination within their companies, and here are a few takeaways you can consider when implementing your own plans.

March 22, 2021

Handheld Device Quickly and Accurately Detects Pathogens and Contaminants for Health, Food and Industrial Applications

Salvus™, part of the CJB family of companies, today announced the upcoming commercialization of a novel interferometric platform that provides highly accurate detection of contaminants or pathogens in many industries. Applicable in human and animal health, agriculture, water quality management, food processing and the chemical and transportation industries, Salvus detection technology features handheld detection in minutes with extreme specificity and at parts per trillion accuracy in many applications.

March 16, 2021

SOCMA Recognizes March as Manufacturing Excellence Month

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) kicks off March as Manufacturing Excellence Month, with plans to highlight Performance Improvement Award winners and showcase specialty chemical capabilities.

March 2, 2021

Lonza Reports Strong 2020 Performance, Driven By Sales Growth in Pharma and Biotech Business

Lonza (with the Specialty Ingredients segment – LSI – reported as discontinued operations) today reported strong sales of CHF 4.5 billion, sales growth of 12.0%5, and CHF 1.4 billion CORE EBITDA, resulting in a margin of 31.2%. The results mainly reflect the Pharma Biotech & Nutrition segment (LPBN), which delivered 12.2%5 sales growth and a CORE EBITDA margin of 32.1%.

January 27, 2021