When it comes to the Credit for Increasing Research Activities (I.R.C. §41, “the R&D credit”), a common misconception is that a company won’t qualify for the R&D credit if it doesn’t have a laboratory, a dedicated R&D division or an engineer on staff.  

A VIP list of political, business and economic development leaders helped Bostik celebrate the grand opening of its expanded business and technology center in Wauwatosa, Wis., late last year.

"Environmentally friendly” can mean many different things. For Emerald Performance Materials—a mid-sized specialty chemicals company with four business groups, eight manufacturing operations and sales to more than 70 countries across the globe—it has meant making a concerted effort to reduce emissions and consider ways to improve the chemical composition and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels of products.