Global registration of chemicals

How to make a core data set and secure data access The EU legislation on chemicals has set a new standard for registration of chemicals worldwide. Similar initiatives to strengthen the chemicals legislation are seen...

Post Brexit opportunities for Brenntag UK & Ireland

Chemical Industry Journal asked Russel Argo, President Brenntag UK & Ireland for an update following the feature in the Spring issue. What is the current level of business confidence in the UK chemical sector? How...

The growing influence of the SIA

Originally formed in 1973 as the Hydrocarbon Solvents Association, the Solvents Industry Association (SIA) as it is known today came into being a decade later when its scope was broadened to encompass the full...

Process Modelling improves plant safety

Dynamic simulation can provide a way to document and understand the complex risks of process plant, while paying for itself in improvements. The first step of risk assessment is by now very familiar to all...

2017 will see over 8000 delegates go through the Cogent Skills Process Safety Management...

Cogent Skills sits at the centre of the science industries and supports all levels of vocational training, qualifications and skills development across a wide range of industry sectors. One of the key focuses for...

Looking to future needs crucial for the chemical industry

Talk to Sean McDonagh and it does not take long for the subject of safeguarding the future of the chemical industry to enter into the conversation. As the Head of Chemicals for Siemens Industry, based...

Insurance services for the chemical industry

Much was said in the previous edition of the Chemical Industry Journal in the way of Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things. There is a new tide of technological advancement and as Cisco’s...

Regulatory challenges beyond 2018

A challenging and busy year for manufacturers and importers in the EU as well as non-EU companies who are working hard to comply with REACH Regulation through their Only Representatives (OR). There is an advantage...

2017 – a year of promise for Brenntag UK & Ireland

From its headquarters in Leeds, Yorkshire, Brenntag UK & Ireland offers its business partners a wide range of products and value added services such as filling services and mixing and blending, as well as...

Why developing home grown talent has never been more important

Brexit, the skills gap and the forthcoming apprenticeship levy would each in their own right impact the chemicals industry – the combined effect leaves John McCarthy from The Outward Bound Trust to argue that...