Category: Industry News

STLE 2022 Wrap-Up

The 2022 Annual Meeting for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) was held in Orlando, Florida in May, at which ChemCeed exhibited.  Director of Operations & Marketing, Dana Brilla, and National Sales Representative, Tom Allred, attended the event, featuring more than 1300 attendees from all around the world and nearly 100 exhibitors. After... Read more »

ChemCeed to Exhibit at 2022 Adhesives & Bonding Expo

ChemCeed will be exhibiting at the Adhesives & Bonding Expo in Novi, MI on June 28-30th, 2022.  It is co-located with the Foam Expo, bringing together high-level representatives from a cross-section of the entire foam and adhesives supply chains.  The conference will run over three days, covering a variety of key topics, including market trends,... Read more »

Conference Wrap-Up: American Coatings Show 2022

As we are finally able to get back to in-person events, 2022 has been a busy year for conferences and trade shows. The American Coatings Show was held in Indianapolis from April 5-7th, after a long hiatus due to COVID-19. ChemCeed exhibited at this year’s event, which was well-attended. Our Vice President, Rolly Enderes, and... Read more »

Superfund Tax Impact

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Ace (“Infrastructure Bill”) the was signed into law in November of 2021 is currently set to take effect July 1, 2022. This excise tax on 42 manufactured products and other products derived from these products used to fund the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund used by the US EPA is... Read more »

ChemCeed to Attend AFPM 2022

ChemCeed is proud to announce that we will be attending the 2022 International Petrochemical Conference (AFPM)!  This year’s event will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from March 27-29, 2022.  ChemCeed would like to invite customers and vendors to schedule meetings with our team by contacting us at inquiry@chemceed.com or (715) 726-2300. For more information... Read more »

How California is Taking on the Supply Chain

For months, the news cycles and industry blogs have been filled with stories involving worldwide supply chain issues. Now it seems that for the first time in a while, we are seeing some progress being made and it’s coming from a predictably progressive source: California.    With just two California ports handling roughly 40% of... Read more »

Winter Considerations Amid a Supply-Chain Crisis

Heading into winter amid a supply-chain crisis comes with some new considerations, and buyers should be concerned about more than just whether or not there will be gifts under the tree this year. With more than 100 ships waiting to offload at LA ports, it’s important to remember that those container ships carry more than... Read more »

Is Trucking Actually Getting Worse?

By this point in the year 2021, the bottlenecked and congested ports, backed up rail lines, and pinched trucking capacities are nothing new, and most of us have adapted and gotten used to longer lead times, delays, and skyrocketing costs. After emerging into the post-pandemic world, there was hope that these logistical nightmares would begin... Read more »

ChemCeed to Exhibit at the 2021 Adhesives & Bonding Expo in Novi, MI

ChemCeed will be exhibiting at the Adhesives & Bonding Expo that is Co-located with the Foam Expo North America in Novi, MI on July 13 – 15, 2021. ChemCeed would like to invite all attendees to stop by booth number 605 to discuss the many products ChemCeed offers into these industries. Despite being held virtually... Read more »

Supply Chains Stretched – What is a Buyer to do?

I think most will agree that right now is a very difficult time to be a purchaser of chemical raw materials.  It was a perfect storm of unfortunate events that put us in this situation, and the reasons why each individual product is in tight supply vary in complexity. For most, it was the aftermath... Read more »