REACH: Just getting started

The REACH regulation has reached another significant goal: The registration for phase-in substances had its final deadline at the end of May 2018. The collected data represent one of the largest databases on chemical substance...

EU REACH registrations completed while Turkish REACH transition period is just launched

Since the last EU REACH Registration deadline, which enabled companies putting low volume substances on the market with the pre-registration numbers until 31 May 2018 ended, communications up and down the supply chain have...

UK Institute to harness disruptive technology to transform drug discovery

Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced funding for a series of ambitious technology projects that will transform the way medicines are discovered, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to develop groundbreaking drugs faster, cheaper and better...

The Periodic Table of Videos is 10 years old

They have 1,074,181 subscribers and have won numerous awards, and on Sunday 24th June 2018 the team behind the Periodic Videos celebrated ten years since they posted their very first film on Youtube. Six hundred...

Starting a business relationship

In this edition of Chemical Industry Journal, we speak to MartinGilmore, Head of Partnerships and Business Engagement for Physical Sciences at Lancaster University, to find out about seed funding and facilities available at Lancaster...

How deeper collaboration can create opportunities for improved business resilience

In this issue, we speak to Simon Thompson, Managing Director and Chemical & Life Sciences Practice Leader at Marsh, about the evolution of insurances broking, the issues of importance to the chemical industry today,...

Gear up for the electric car revolution

As the world’s leading chemical companies, that for decades have made catalysts that remove polluting substances from vehicle exhausts, switch their focus to become key players in powering electric cars of the future, we...

UK electric vehicle battery industry could be worth £2.7 billion per year for UK...

A new report shows that UK companies are well-placed to supply valuable materials needed for batteries to be built in UK – a potential £2.7 billion per year business opportunity.  The report commissioned by...

Growing concerns on EU market access post-brexit

The Chairman of the UK’s leading organisation for the chemical supply chain, the Chemical Business Association (CBA), has underlined the industry’s growing concerns about securing continued access to European Union markets post-Brexit.  Speaking to more...

Order books and sales remain positive, future sales margins negative

Order books, current sales, and sales margins have all remained in positive territory since the last CBA Trends Survey three months ago (March 2018). Current sales margins are weak and the outlook, over the...