Month: July 2018

5 Reasons Vinyl is Here to Stay

Polyvinyl Chloride, or PVC, is one of the oldest synthetic materials and has a multitude of valuable commercial applications. Even better, PVC is cheap, durable, and easy to process. We have a lot to thank PVC for, from vinyl water pipes that supply clean, metal-free water to medical products used in the fight against infectious... Read more »

Don’t Let Hurricanes Take Your Supply Chain out This Season

Last year it seemed that every day there was a new natural disaster making the news headlines. From wildfires to tornadoes, Mother Nature ravaged the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather and climate disasters cost the US $306 billion in damages, and this year it is only expected to get... Read more »

New Prop 65 Warnings to Take Affect by the end of August

Many in the chemical industry are aware of and familiar with California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65) as many of the things that we deal with every day are on the list. California’s Prop 65 Warning is the law that requires California to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, and... Read more »