Over the last quarter, we have held two breakfast events. Our 27th March breakfast sponsored by Perry Process Equipment Ltd was attended by nearly 40 people and featured the following short presentations.
Darren Bentham from Perry Process Equipment outlined the benefits and risks of using used equipment.
Steve Kershaw from Haztech Consultants Ltd presented a real case study on “HSE & EA Enforcement”.
Darren Wilson from ReAgent gave an introduction to the company and discussed how business planning has helped them create a vision for the future aspirations of the business.
Malcolm Pollard from Baytouch spoke about how REACH and other regulatory frameworks are now firmly part of the business management landscape, data storage, management and access across the business is becoming exponentially challenging and threatens business viability and the license to operate. Whether its Supply Chain communications – efficiently managing supplier SVHC declarations, SDS and customer declaration requests, communications and documentation of all types, accessing up-to-date global regulatory content or Substance Volume Tracking,
The next breakfast, sponsored by Siemens was held on the 8th May. The following presentations were made:
Sean McDonagh, Siemens Industry GBI regional lead for the Chemical sector, highlighted his organisations support for UK Manufacturing through regional educational facilities:
* Trafford College new Centre for Science and Technology : where Siemens have partnered to launch a groundbreaking skills and apprenticeship partnership
* Manchester University: Chadwick Pilot Lab DCS to be used for teaching & Research
Judith Friesl from The REACH Centre spoke about the challenging task of keeping track of chemicals regulations. This task is made even more complicated by the fact that some regulations are changing at a rapid speed. However, all those changes can have a major impact on business continuity. Judith highlighted why effective chemicals management is crucial and which supporting tools are available on the market.
Guy Cohen from Antal International spoke on the challenges of attracting and hiring the best talent in the chemicals market? What can you do as an employer? His presentation gave advice to companies on the importance of selling opportunities to candidates, in a heavily candidate driven market. Guy also briefly covered some other tips on attracting the best talent in the market.
