Huffmaster Sees Value in Chemical Sector Security Summit

Posted: 07/26/10 at 4:34 PM

By Peter J. Johnson, President & COO of Huffmaster

(L to R) Michael Saad and Peter Johnson of Huffmaster at the 2010 Chemical Sector Security Summit

For the fourth straight year, Huffmaster traveled to Baltimore, MD, for the annual Chemical Sector Security Summit, a major event for those in the chemical security arena.

As a national security provider specializing in CFATS compliance, our company recognizes the value in attending and exhibiting at the two-day event. This year, as in years past, we had fruitful discussions on a variety of chemical security issues with existing and prospective clients, government officials, as well as other stakeholders. 

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Use Your SOCMA Member Logo, Win a Sponsorship

Posted: 07/22/10 at 1:51 PM

One of the easiest and most surefire ways to show your customers your affiliation with SOCMA is by displaying SOCMA’s Member Logo on your website. SOCMA member companies across the country are proudly featuring the modern, clean logo on their sites, recognizing the value in promoting their membership to the leading authority on the batch, custom and specialty chemical industry.

To thank members for using the SOCMA logo and linking it to www.socma.com, we’re offering the chance to win a free sponsorship at the 2010 SOCMA’s Member/ Guest Golf Tournament. Simply send your webpage URL to Erica Green by September 15 showing the SOCMA Member Logo is linked to www.socma.com on your website.  SOCMA will collect the submissions and randomly pick a winner, who will become the official registration table sponsor for SOCMA’s Member/ Guest Golf Tournament on September 28 in Malvern, PA.

To enter the contest, follow these simple steps:

1. If you don’t already have the...
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Lawmakers Dodge Responsibility in Security Legislation

Posted: 07/16/10 at 3:10 PM

By Andy Harris, CEO of Syrgis

As many leaders push for a cleaner and greener nation with more secure manufacturing facilities, many times this means shutting down domestic manufacturing. While their intent is right, the end results can be the opposite.  Is this the right thing to do, or is it dodging responsibility? These measures may actually cause significantly worse environmental damage by orders of magnitude, increase worldwide security risks, amplify the risk of serious product quality issues, and cost our nation jobs and tax revenues.

Although words such as “cleaner,” “greener,” “kid safe,” and “improved site security” sound good and may be well-intended, many times these terms and their underlying messages evoke misinformed emotional responses. That results in overreaching regulation, causing a potentially much worse effect in the bigger picture.  In these cases, our leaders behind the overreaching regulation are actually dodging their responsibility to us, since manufacturing abroad would likely be done less safely, less securely, with lesser quality and at the expense of valuable U.S. jobs. 

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