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Top Companies Recognized for Safety and Environmental Excellence Awards

September 29, 2016
The Vinyl Institute announced the award recipients of its annual safety and environmental awards, which are given to companies in the vinyl industry for improving worker safety and protecting the environment at plant sites throughout the United States and Canada.

VI Calls on Congress to Support Competitive Switching

September 29, 2016
VI recently met with a number of Senators regarding the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) proposed rule to allow competitive switching on Class 1 railroads.  The rule would allow vinyl manufacturers, […]

2016 Congressional Fly-in Concludes

September 29, 2016
Nearly 70 executives from across the vinyl value chain gathered last week in Washington, DC to meet with Members of Congress and discuss specific issues that resonate across the industry.  […]

Congresswoman Miller Tours IPEX Pipe Facility in Michigan

September 28, 2016
While Congress was out for summer recess, VI and our members were hard at work setting up plant tours for our members’ elected officials.  VI helped to secure a plant […]

August 2016 from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

September 26, 2016
Tom Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, provides updates on the Chamber’s August activities in his latest monthly Board letter. Topics of particular interest to the […]

Explore the Relationship Between Design and Performance

September 16, 2016
Gordon Gill, a founding partner of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, will talk about the process of performance-based architecture.
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Introducing the Vinyl Sustainability Council

September 13, 2016
The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council, launched this week to advance the vinyl industry’s efforts in addressing sustainability. “Vinyl has the opportunity to be the material of choice […]

Putting Housing Policy to Task

September 8, 2016
The slump in housing starts has negatively affected millions of jobs, including those in the vinyl industry.