Much of the U.S. was hit by a winter storm and sub-zero temperatures, causing widespread power outages in Texas and other parts of the South, bringing freight movement across the country to a near stand-still, and causing multiple petrochemical manufacturers to declare force majeure. The timing of this storm could not be worse, as manufacturing... Read more »
“How are the roads?” is a question that is heard almost as often as how is the weather in Wisconsin but how are the roads kept safe during winter? Not only does Wisconsin have a fleet of over 700 trucks for snow removal, the county department uses a wide variety of chemicals and techniques to... Read more »
Cold weather can take a serious toll on even highly durable products. Plastics tend to crack when temperatures drop too low, and engines can seize if they don’t warm up quickly enough. Cold weather performance products are specifically formulated to resist this kind of damage. This typically requires additives that lower a material’s freezing point... Read more »
