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The Surface Transportation Board has announced a new public hearing for Wednesday, May 22, 2019, on railroad demurrage and accessorial charges.  The hearing is designed to address many of the concerns raised by rail shippers about access and rising costs. The announcement noted that “Railroads,...

Happy World Water Day! This year’s theme is “leave no one behind.” That’s because there are 2.1 billion people globally without safe water at home. Children in one in four primary schools have no drinking water service. While the data for the U.S. is considerably...

Domenic DeCaria, a chemical engineer with a strong business background, has joined the Vinyl Institute as technical director. In his new role, DeCaria will work on technical matters related to material science, recycling, sustainability, and other core vinyl industry issues. DeCaria joins the VI from...

The speaker list for this year’s vinyl industry fly-in got even better with the addition of two key industry insiders: Gerald Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Patrick Fuchs, vice chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). They join political...

VI has joined the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) in urging the U.S. Treasury Department to reverse a proposed rule that would make it more expensive to finance the purchase of equipment and machinery. In a recent blog post by NAM’s Senior Director, Tax Policy,...

What do young designers want at work? That was the topic tackled at the 2019 Design Connections conference, where a panel of recent graduates discussed how they see their careers and what structures and supports could help them thrive in the design work. Panelists included...

The Vinyl Institute joined the American Alliance for Innovation (AAI) in calling on the Senate to confirm EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler.  AAI is a large coalition of trade associations and industry groups representing the chemistry value chain.  The group has a keen interest in...

Join your colleagues from across the vinyl value chain in Washington, DC, for this year’s congressional fly-in. This is your chance to meet the new Congress and get an insider look at the political landscape. Our special guest this year will be Charlie Cook, editor...