ACMA Advocacy – Many Moving Parts
There’s an important and complicated “behind the scenes” story that makes ACMA’s composites advocacy successes possible. This story starts with our industry; comprised of primarily smaller...
Defining Green
An update on the Composites LCI project What is the environmental footprint of my products? How green or sustainable are they relative to competing products made of different materials? What information is...
Composites in Washington
The website watchdog GovTrack Insider estimates that nearly 7,000 bills are introduced into Congress each year. Ideas for these legislative actions can come from Congressional members, lobbyists, state...
Legislative and Regulatory Updates
ACMA’s GAC Keeps an Eye on OSHA ACMA’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) is tracking a number of OSHA rulemakings and related programs that may impact manufacturing operations. The current...
Styrene Listed as “Reasonably Anticipated” Carcinogen
On June 10, 2011, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius approved the 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC), which includes a classification of styrene as a “reasonably anticipated”...
Climbing the Standards Ladder
The process to develop a standard can be slow, especially when it’s on the cutting edge of a technology or introducing new materials and technology to designers, engineers, and specifiers. Such is the life...
