Is your Risk Management maturity fit for future purpose?
As all best practice operators know, the effective implementation of risk management processes is critical to the achievement of shareholder value, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and protection of health, safety and the environment. But,...
Safety Data Sheets: Ensure your Supply Chain remains compliant
By Dr Mark Earnshaw
Yordas Group (formerly The REACH Centre)
Safety data sheets (SDS), a requirement under the REACH Regulation (EC) 1907/2006, are one of the primary means for chemical manufacturers and suppliers to communicate information...
Fresh start to 2018 for harmonized chemicals legislation in Turkey
Turkey makes a fresh start to 2018 with a new chemicals management plan in place for the industry.
Companies putting chemicals on the Turkish market must comply with the Turkish chemicals regulations in line with...
Will you REACH your goal? the countdown to the REACH deadline is on…
With the final REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) deadline looming at the end of May this year, the race is on to complete testing and prepare dossiers in time.
This last deadline...
Study shows that more support is needed for SMEs
A study commissioned by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has shown that many SMEs face financial challenges when it comes to registering under the REACH regulations.
The study of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) revealed...
Polyisobutylene in the lubricants, polymers and associated industries
The global demand for polyisobutylenes (PIB) was estimated at ca. USD $4.33bn (1 million tonnes) in 2015 and is predicted to grow to $7.71 bn (1.8 million tonnes) by 2024. Due to their unique...
Meet the Study Director…
Dr Fiona Bailey joined the XCellR8 team in October 2017 as Study Director. She looks after most of the non-GLP studies that the company conducts, focusing primarily on in vitro genotoxicity tests using the...
Solvents Industry Association highlights the dangers of static electricity when handling flammable liquids
A fatal accident at a US-based cosmetics company in November was a reminder that the potential to cause fire is a major hazard associated with the handling of solvents and flammable liquids, particularly when...
Linking people and processes for successful safety management
Policies are the backbone of any management system. They set out an organisation’s commitments and provide a benchmark for achievement. They are endorsed by senior management who must sign them to demonstrate their commitment...
A ‘Cracking’ future for commodity chemicals
North East England’s base and petrochemical cluster is one of the foremost in Europe. It is a vibrant collaborative community of companies with many global leaders represented and is quite simply thriving!
The commodity chemical...