TRFA

Chris Smith, from ACCI Specialty Materials, won the 2025 Presidents Award for his paper "Latency, Toughness and Flame Retardancy - Can a Formulator Have it All?"

Dr. Uday Vaidya, from UT Knoxville, delivered our Keynote Address this morning at #TRFA2025!

#MemberSpotlight Jayhawk Fine Chemicals is a leading custom manufacturer of starting materials, active ingredients, and advanced intermediates, as well as a supplier of premium fine chemicals such as dianhydrides and crosslinkers azom.com/suppliers.aspx…

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#MemberSpotlight PRO-SET manufactures a wide array of epoxies for laminating, infusion, tooling and assembly. These epoxies offer enhanced handling characteristics, excellent cure profiles, and uniform mix ratios, while maintaining rapid fulfillment and competitive pricing.

Share your expertise, contribute to the discussion, and help advance knowledge in the field! Submit a technical paper for presentation at #TRFA2025 ow.ly/gt4R50W2S8w

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#MemberSpotlight At Crosslink Technology Inc., our strength is in our innovative formulations for the most challenging and unique environments. Our offerings include a wide range of Epoxy and Polyurethane applications and Custom-cast Electrical applications.

Submit a technical paper for presentation at #TRFA2025 in Knoxville! ow.ly/XBf150VSGZI

Exhibitor registration is open for #TRFA2025! Don’t miss this opportunity to join industry leaders in an important marketplace venture! ow.ly/XbWe50VPqxe

#MemberSpotlight Everchem Specialty Chemicals is a North American sales, marketing, and technology-driven company specializing in urethane, epoxy, UV cure, and industrial raw materials. They source products both domestically and internationally to reduce supply chain delays.

We are saddened to inform the TRFA community of the passing of Sachin Patel on February 4, 2025. With a heart full of generosity, Sachin was a bridge between cultures and a builder of community. His legacy will live on in every life he uplifted.

#MemberSpotlight Made-in-the-USA cardanol, phenalkamines, epoxy specialties, and diluents. The Palmer family has been manufacturing in Pennsylvania since 1946. Please inquire about our cashew benzoxazines and other high-temperature thermoset resins and tougheners in development.

This National Volunteer Week, we celebrate and thank the heart of our organization — our board members, committee leaders and members, meeting chair, and so many others who give their time. Your dedication drives our industry forward, and we are deeply grateful for all you do!

The #TRFA2025 Annual Meeting is the premier forum in the thermoset industry to interact and exchange knowledge among formulators, distributors, and suppliers. Want to know more about having your technical paper featured? ➡️ ow.ly/GoXc50Vf16j

The TRFA is accepting applications to the 2025 Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Award! The competition is open to all BS, MS, and PhD students at an accredited college or university in the USA and Canada. Learn more and apply here: ow.ly/P1Ry50PQgus

We also spent some time catching up with our friends from Bitrez at the JEC World show!

The #TRFA2025 Annual Meeting is the premier forum in the thermoset industry to interact and exchange knowledge among formulators, distributors, and suppliers. Want to know more about having your technical paper featured? ➡️ ow.ly/GoXc50Vf16j

We caught up with some more familiar faces at the JEC World show, our friends from LINDAU Chemicals

While in Paris at the JEC World show, President Vinay Mishra ran into our friends from the China delegation who attended TRFA in Philly this past year!