Project explores Industry 4.0 opportunities

Chemical company BASF and software company SAP have announced the start of a project that will help businesses to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by Industry 4.0. Based at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany,...

Progress: our vision for process safety management

In this edition of the Chemical Industry Journal we discuss process safety with Richard Roff an engineer with experience in a number of major hazard industries and Chair of the Process Safety Management (PSM)...

Current order books and sales continue
 to rise – but margins remain neutral

Current order books and sales have continued to rise over the last three months for the UK’s chemical supply chain – but whilst current sales margins remain neutral, the outlook for future sales margins...

Making the most of hazard identification

A thorough hazard identification process is the foundation of good risk management, without which, risk may be missed, misunderstood and mis-managed. But is hazard identification becoming too boring? There are a number of established hazard...

The European REACH Congress 2017

After the success of previous events, The European REACH Congress, organised by TSGE Forum, will return to the InterContinental Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany on 21-22 November 2017. REACH Today and the Challenges Ahead With a fresh...

Only 365 sleeps until the REACH 2018 deadline: but is it keeping you awake?

The final deadline for registration of existing substances used in low volumes (1–100 tonnes per year) as part of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) is Thursday 31st May 2018. Although the aspiration...

The Benefits of Adopting a Registration Management Software

Too many Compliance Departments in the Chemical industry are still using a mix a desktop tools to manage critical regulatory projects such as registration dossiers. As Compliance teams become a strategic part of chemical...

The clock is ticking… Will you REACH the deadline in time?

The countdown is on to the REACH May 2018 deadline – make Chemex your regulatory testing partner to help you REACH your goal! The final REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) deadline for...

Reach and Brexit –
 Select Committee provides a
reality check

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has published the results of its inquiry into the future of chemicals regulation post-Brexit. Peter Newport, Chief Executive of the Chemical Business Association (CBA) considers the Committee’s...

Last leg of REACH registration just around the corner

The last REACH registration deadline on 31 May 2018 completes what started already in 2008: collecting information on all the chemicals in use on the European market and closing the gap of not having...