PMA Wednesday Webinars

PMA Webinars are FREE to PMA members.

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2024 Webinars

September 25, 2024

William McKee, Digital Knowmad Marketing

Beyond Word-of-Mouth: Essential Strategies to Reach New Customers (Part One)

This introductory webinar is your roadmap to mastering the essentials of marketing, even if you have limited experience or a tight budget. We'll demystify the marketing process, showing you exactly how it can fuel business growth. Learn the essential strategies to get noticed, stand out from the competition, and build a more profitable business. Leave this webinar equipped with the knowledge and confidence to attract more of the RIGHT customers and build a more profitable business.

November 6, 2024

William McKee, Digital Knowmad Marketing

Measuring Marketing ROI: Tracking Results Across the Entire Buyer Journey (Part Two)

In this follow-up webinar, we'll move beyond the basics and equip you with the tools and strategies to accurately measure your marketing ROI across the entire customer journey. Learn how to track leads from initial contact to closed deals, identify your most profitable marketing channels, and make data-driven decisions to maximize your marketing budget. This session is perfect for businesses that are ready to take their marketing to the next level and demonstrate the tangible value of their investments.


August 28, 2024

Bill Arendt, Velsicol Chemical, LLC | Use of Plasticizers in Polyurethane

Dipropylene Glycol Dibenzoate in Polyurethane Applications: DPGDB grade for PU, Castable and TPU

July 24, 2024

Steve Seneker, PMA EHS Advocacy Sub-Committee Co-Chair | PMA Presentation to the EPA regarding the TSCA Risk Prioritization of MOCA

Steve Seneker will be giving the same presentation that was given on May 1, 2024 to the EPA in Washington DC responding to the TSCA Risk Prioritization of MOCA.   In this presentation, the PMA challenged the EPA’s hazard designation of MOCA as a “Known” human carcinogen and well as their exposure designation as “Widely used in consumer products”.  You will hear the evidence that was used to challenge these designations.   The PMA recommended to the EPA a hazard designation of “Probable” or “Possible” human carcinogen and an exposure designation of “Used in industrial products”.  The PMA is hopeful that the EPA will adopt these recommendations and “exit” MOCA from the TSCA Risk Prioritization process.  The EPA decision is expected by the end of July.

June 26, 2024

Robert Czeiszperger, Anderson Development | Best Technical Paper 2024

Short Postcures: When is it okay and when could it get you into trouble?

February 5, 2024 | 2:00pm EST

PMA's Response to TSCA Evaluation of MOCA
Paul Waite, PMA President

2023 Webinars

Clayton Stoutenour, Emery Oleochemicals, LLC | Biobased Polyols for Hydrophobic Applications

October 25, 2023

Biobased polyols offer your customers the sustainable solution they are looking for and come with unique properties such as increased hydrophobicity.  In this presentation we share test results in elastomer applications showing favorable results when compared to traditional petrochemical based polyols.

Dan Culbertson, Omni Technologies | What the Heck is TSCA and Why Should I Care?

August 23, 2023 - 2:00pm EST

As business owners and operators we’re faced each and every day with a list of decisions and objectives that only WE can take care of. Questions like these all compete for our attention: Should I hire another sales person?; How do we gain control of our expenses?; How recession proof is my business? With all of these seemingly urgent issues facing us on a daily basis, it is increasingly difficult to make the case to spend time or energy on issues that don’t seem nearly as urgent.  

TSCA (Toxic Substance Control Act) is a prime example of one of these non-urgent but increasingly important issues that needs our attention as business owners. Trying to make heads-or-tails of what TSCA means for our business requires the ability to speak in the foreign language in which government regulations seem to be written.  

In this presentation you will hear what TSCA holds in store for you as a business owner or operator, what the PMA is doing on behalf of its members, and how you can position yourself to minimize the impact that this long standing (but ever changing) legislation can have on your business.

Nathan S. Purwanto, Northwestern University | Best Technical Paper 2023

July 26, 2023 - 2:00pm EST

Effective Routes to High-Performance, Elastomeric, Cross-linked Polyurethane-like Materials That Are Recyclable with Full Cross-link Density adn Property Recovery