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Senate Organization Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) have agreed to an organizing resolution for a 50-50 split in the Senate. The final power-sharing agreement approved by the chamber on Feb. 3 now allows Democrats to assume control of the...

As part of the Vinyl Institute’s (VI) Vinyl360 Pulse webinar series, we invited Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), to join us. Moutray provided us a 2021 economic outlook for manufacturing – and it was optimistic. If you can remember,...

On Jan. 20, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States when he and Kamala Harris were sworn into office in front of the Capitol building that only two weeks prior was the scene of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. With Democrats controlling...

Presidential Transition On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The joint session to count electoral votes was delayed hours by protesters at the U.S. Capitol, incited by Trump’s months-long push to overturn the election. Lawmakers completed the...

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation.  If confirmed, Buttigieg will be trusted to usher Biden’s ambitious $1.3 trillion “Build Back Better” plan to invest and rebuild the U.S.’s infrastructure,...

In order to combat climate change, companies are finding ways to reduce carbon emissions – which is the leading greenhouse gas contributing to this phenomenon. At Vinyl360, we heard from Dr. Robert Zeller, Vice President of Technology at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), about how...

What a year. Like most other sectors, the vinyl industry was dramatically disrupted when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States. As a result, this year has been full of creative adaptation: Finding new solutions for our members, working to ensure continuity of operations, assisting...

At Vinyl360 this year, we were joined by representatives from several downstream trade associations, including the Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI), the PVC Pipe Association (PVCPA), PRINTING United Alliance (PUA), and the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), that shared an update of how the pandemic has...