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For decades, Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has supplied the Ford Motor Company, a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan, with coatings solutions and expertise.

• Axalta
• Coating

One of the largest work center, tool box, and shelving system manufacturers in the world, Rousseau has revolutionized the storage solutions industry.

• Axalta

The government of Canada has adopted regulations banning the manufacture, import and sale of personal care products containing plastic microbeads.

• Microbeads

Kingbird, a global leader in manufacturing yarns and threads in China, has launched its high tenacity polyester yarns in the North American and European Markets.

• Kingbird
• Polyester
• Yarns

Canada has confirmed a preliminary conclusion that five methylenediphenyl diisocyanates (MDIs) found in consumer products represent an unacceptable risk to human health.

• MDIs
• Respiratory

Two US agencies are requesting authorisation to complete information collection activities in order to support its investigation of crumb rubber infill.

• Rubber

This clarifies a Chemical Watch story published on 7 June, which was removed due to inaccuracies.

• Cosmetic
• Animal

The forecast for the global supply of natural rubber has been revised by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC).

• ANRPC
• Natural
• Rubber

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures on Wednesday jumped more than five percent to their highest in nearly two weeks, backed by Thai government's plan to help rubber farmers and stabilise falling prices.

• TOCOM
• Rubber

Arjuna Natural Extracts Ltd. have announced the opening of its new sales office in Dallas, Texas, to better serve its North American customers and bring its new natural preservatives line to the US.

• Preservatives
• U.S.

Some of the dust has settled after President Trump's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, so it is an auspicious time to discuss how this decision could affect the plastics industry.

• PVC

Some of the dust has settled after President Trump's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, so it is an auspicious time to discuss how this decision could affect the plastics industry.

• Electricity

Thresholds and limits for materials expected from drinking water Directive review.

• Drinking
• Water

School lunch options have come a long way. That was apparent at the Colorado School Nutrition Association’s Annual Summer Food Show at the Colorado Convention Center.

• Food
• Summer

The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has published final Opinions on two cosmetics formulations and ingredients.

• Cosmetics

Food prices rose at their fastest annual pace in more than six years as increasingly expensive vegetables were made more scarce by wet weather in autumn.

• Food
• Price

The European Commission has requested a scientific Opinion on the safe use of butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA) in cosmetic products.

• Cosmetic

Yumi, the Los Angeles-based baby food delivery service co-created by former TechCrunch and Wall Street Journal reporter Evelyn Rusli and Angela Sutherland is finally open for business

• Baby
• Food

Sweden's Board of Trade has notified the European Commission of plans to change its Chemicals Inspectorate Regulations with regard to nanomaterials.

• Nanomaterial

US toy firm Radio Flyer has revealed its safer material strategy in a webinar this week on the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP).

• Toy