SOCMA moves Fort Worth show to April

SOCMA has announced a change of date for the first Specialty & Custom Chemicals Show under its ownership. The event, which the association bought in August, has been moved from February to 14-16 April 2021, still at the Omni in Fort Worth, Texas.

“Despite the recent resurgence of coronavirus cases, news of these vaccines has health experts targeting Q2 of 2021 as a beginning for a return to normalcy,” said SOCMA president and CEO, Jennifer Abril. Among the safety protocols that will be in place throughout will be:

* Daily health checks

* Mandatory masks

* Social distancing

* Sanitation stations

* Plexiglas barriers at the registration and food and beverage stations

* Nightly sanitation of trade show floor

* One-way traffic on the trade show floor

The move, Abril added, is part of “our quest to safely hold an in-person event conducive to meeting business objectives of companies across the supply chain”. As well as supplying products and materials crucial to the recovery from the pandemic, SOCMA members are among those working on vaccines to treat it.