Akzo Nobel has announced a new structure for its Executive Committee. This change is designed to drive operational excellence, increase customer focus, and ...
The assessment of biocidal active substances is regulated under the latest Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 (BPR). One-fifth of the over 50 active...
On account of their external impact, major accidents in the chemical industry are very quickly followed by the question of responsibility, i.e., who is liable. ...
In the course of the systematic re-evaluation of all available biocidal active substances which is being carried out under the biocidal products regulation, it ...
ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, has published appendices specific to nanomaterials to the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment,...
ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) concluded that the available scientific evidence meets the criteria in the CLP Regulation to classify titanium-dioxide...
As a rule, manufacturers of solvent-containing paints and varnishes have to prevent explosion hazards and define hazardous areas (zones). Explosive atmospheres ...
Diisocyanates widely serve as monomers in polyurethane products for seals, adhesives and coatings in the coatings industry. Workers may be exposed to them when ...
Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr Majid Al Kassabi, is set to launch the Kingdom’s first paint and coating industrial committee on May 24, 2017 ...
The next REACH phase entails a registration for companies that either produce substances in amounts between 1 and 100 tons or import them into the European ...
The government recently announced its plan for implementing the long-awaited modern industrial strategy, which has been welcomed across the coatings industry,...
All in all, 2016 was a good year, according to the majority of Europe’s leading heads in the coatings industry who took part in ECJ’s Annual Survey. The ...
