Meetings with OSHA, EPA and nine congressional offices concentrate on TSCA modernization, domestic supply chain resilience and tariff exclusion processes.
The Society of Chemical Producers & Affiliates brought specialty chemical industry executives to Washington, D.C. this week for a round of meetings with federal companies and lawmakers targeted on U.S. Production competitiveness, regulatory assurance and domestic supply chain policy.
Participating executives represent member corporations which include McGean, Monument Chemical, Toll Solutions, Hampford Research, Third Coast, Nation Ford Chemical, Piedmont Chemical, AVN Corporation, NexSJen Solutions, Ascent Chemicals, Trecora, ChemDesign, Cambrex, Boulder Scientific, Genesis Custom Chemical Blending, Southern Chemicals & Textiles, Sun Chemical and Colonial Chemical.
During the fly-in, SOCMA’s Board of Governors met with representatives from OSHA, EPA and the Department of Labor, as well as nine congressional offices, to talk about policies effecting the specialty chemical industry.
Main priorities detected by SOCMA members include improving the performance of EPA’s New Chemicals Program by assuring reviews are completed within statutory timeframes, lowering regulatory backlogs and expanding transparency and predictability for corporations growing new chemistries under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Members also are advocating for policies to reinforce domestic manufacturing ability, lessen reliance on foreign sources for main chemical inputs and improve access to important materials through tariff exclusion processes.
“An efficient regulatory system, resilient supply chains, and a predictable TSCA program are important to ensuring specialty chemical innovation and the industries it helps remain anchored in the US,” stated Jenn Klein, SOCMA’s new president and CEO.
The Washington fly-in follows the October 2025 launch of SOCMA’s 2026 Contract Manufacturing Outlook, which detected robust adaptability among small and mid-sized specialty chemical manufacturers, with investment in automation, cybersecurity and controlled production rising as main competitiveness drivers. As per the report, esterification has become the most used chemistry process among respondents, while ethoxylation demand nearly doubled between 2024 and 2026.
