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ACD’s Annual Meeting provides a platform to exchange ideas and build partnerships for the road ahead. Esteemed speakers at the General Session will offer invaluable third-party perspectives on topics ranging from legislative matters to navigating high-stakes business environments. With a full schedule of networking events, the Annual Meeting is your opportunity to connect to chemical distribution experts.
The supply chain has seemingly been in ‘crisis mode’ since early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since then, we have experienced a series of significant disruptions: multiple rail strikes (including one this past summer and another narrowly avoided two years ago), labor disputes at West Coast ports, a drought in the Panama Canal limiting movement of containers, the ongoing turmoil in the Red Sea due to the Houthis, and the list goes on.
I write this blog today with a heavy heart and an immense amount of frustration. For the last 14 months, we have fought to re-establish a critical program governing security for our industry, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, which was created in response to the devastating attacks on September 11, 2001, to protect our nation from similar threats.
