The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) President and CEO Eric R. Byer released a statement regarding the U.S. STB appointment of NACD member company representative Richard G. Erstad to its RSTAC.

In this role he will work to strengthen current customer/supplier relationships and aid in identifying new opportunities to expand customer and supplier bases.

The current Barentz CEO commented that the changes “are part of a thoughtful plan” over the last couple of years.

NAGASE Specialty Materials NA LLC (NSM) announced its expansion into 10 states in the western United States.

Grolman Group is the first SME in the chemical industry whose net-zero targets have been validated and published by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi).

Univar Solutions Inc. announced it has acquired an ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor operating in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, and Honduras.

NACD president and CEO Eric R. Byer joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) to call on freight rail companies to address basic quality-of-life benefits for rail workers.

Orion Engineered Carbons announced it has signed new distribution agreements with Divsa and Terrachem S.A. to represent Orion in Central America and the Caribbean.

SAFIC-ALCAN will distribute Scott Bader’s acrylic polymers and inverse emulsions for paints, coatings, inks, adhesives, construction, and other industrial formulations except textiles.

RHD Polymer and Chemical LLC, established in 2002, is a privately held company based in Louisville, Kentucky, serving the elastomer and plastics industries with specialty elastomers and additives.