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Germ Concern Over Shared Surfaces Will Help Push Near 30% Growth in Smart Home Voice Control

Greater emphasis and understanding and, above all, a change of habit and experience in moving away from physical actuation toward using voice in the home will support greater smart home expansion throughout individual homes.
April 7, 2020

A global emphasis on working from home, combined with advice to minimize COVID-19 transmission from shared surfaces even within a home, will help cement the benefits of smart home voice control for millions of consumers.


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red tape

EPA Announces Plan to Reduce TSCA Fees for Stakeholders

The EPA plans to initiate a new rulemaking process to consider proposing exemptions to the current TSCA Fees Rule’s self-identification requirements associated with EPA-initiated risk evaluations for certain manufacturers.
April 6, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a plan to consider a proposed rule that would look at potential exemptions to the TSCA Fees Rule in response to stakeholder concerns about implementation challenges.
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COVID-19

American Coatings Show and Conference 2020 Canceled

The show will resume its biennial schedule April 5-7, 2022, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
April 6, 2020
The organizers of the American Coatings Show and Conference 2020 (ACS/ACC) recently announced that, after weeks of painstaking consideration, including input from the industry, they have decided to cancel the ACS/ACC 2020.
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COVID-19

Manufacturers Continue to Ramp Up In Fight Against COVID-19

Some companies are rallying their workforce to increase production of existing products, while others are retooling their facilities to produce entirely new materials that are sorely needed.
Susan Sutton
Susan Sutton
April 3, 2020

Though the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 are horrible, I find it gratifying to see the drive, determination, and oftentimes ingenuity that these companies are displaying for the good of us all.


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N95 mask

Berry Global to Invest in Meltblown Capacity to Serve Face Mask Demand in the EMEIA Region

Products range in use from materials for face masks and protective healthcare apparel to packaging for food preservation and disinfecting products, many of which have seen a demand surge in the fight against COVID-19.
April 3, 2020
Berry Global Group, Inc. recently announced that it has advanced its investment in an additional specialty meltblown asset to produce high-efficiency filtration media serving the EMEIA markets.
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Toyochem flexible film

TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.: Flexible EMI Shielding Film for High-Speed Flexible Printed Circuits

According to Toyochem, TSS510-HF addresses the needs of today’s electronics designers for improved shielding performance for the transmission of high-frequency signals and for high flexibility so circuits do not break when bent.
April 2, 2020

Toyochem Co., Ltd., a member of the Toyo Ink Group, has launched a flexible electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film, LIOELM TSS510-HF, designed to meet the performance requirements of 5G flexible printed circuits (FPCs).


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