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Code update
January 5th, 2026
Photo courtesy of Stamford Tent & Event Services. During the second ICC Committee Action Hearing, in Cleveland, OH, the TRD code committee reviewed a revised proposal S-179-25, which originally was intended to ban temporary structures in floodways and high hazard coastal areas. The proponent provided a revision that would allow conditional temporary structure installations in such areas. This was […]
ExxonMobil, Milliken, Ravago develop recycled PP compounds for automotives
January 5th, 2026
Image: Milliken & Company ExxonMobil, Milliken and Ravago have developed high-performance polypropylene (PP) compounds that incorporate recycled content and meet various automotive requirements. These requirements include stiffness, impact resistance, and fast injection molding cycle times, which comply with emerging end-of-life vehicle requirements in the European Union. Automotive original equipment manufacturers have traditionally limited the use […]
CBP collects $1 billion since end of de minimis loophole
January 1st, 2026
In mid-December U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that it has collected more than $1 billion in duties on more than 246 million low-cost shipments since the phasing out the de minimis loophole began May 2, 2025. The phaseout began with low-value shipments from China and Hong Kong no longer being eligible for duty-free […]