SORIS » Announcements http://www.soris.org The Chemical Network Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:13:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sustainable Manufacturing for the Process Industry http://www.soris.org/research/sustainable-manufacturing-for-the-process-industry/ http://www.soris.org/research/sustainable-manufacturing-for-the-process-industry/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:14 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=454 The Chemistry Innovation KTN supports the TSB funding call “Sustainable Manufacturing for Process Industry” .  The competition for feasibility and collaborative R&D funding opens on 27 February.  Enquiries to be made to  Technology Strategy Board (competitions@innovateuk.org) or to CIKTN (janet.sanger@ciktn.co.uk) for advice on the call.  There will be a parntering event in London during week commencing 27 [...]]]> The Chemistry Innovation KTN supports the TSB funding call “Sustainable Manufacturing for Process Industry” .  The competition for feasibility and collaborative R&D funding opens on 27 February.  Enquiries to be made to  Technology Strategy Board (competitions@innovateuk.org) or to CIKTN (janet.sanger@ciktn.co.uk) for advice on the call.  There will be a parntering event in London during week commencing 27 February and a TSB briefing day on the call on 8 March in Manchester.

]]> http://www.soris.org/research/sustainable-manufacturing-for-the-process-industry/feed/ 0 UK Pavilions at Chemspec http://www.soris.org/announcements/uk-pavilions-at-chemspec/ http://www.soris.org/announcements/uk-pavilions-at-chemspec/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:25:09 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=450 The Chemical Industries Association, with the support of UKTI, are organising UK pavillions at the following Chemspec  on fine and speciality chemicals:

Chemspec India  -   Mumbai 26-27 April 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/india/ Chemspec USA  -   Philadelphia 8-9 May 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/usa Chemspec Europe – Barcelona 13-14 June 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/europe/

For further information please contact Neil Harvey, Head of International Trade at the [...]]]> The Chemical Industries Association, with the support of UKTI, are organising UK pavillions at the following Chemspec  on fine and speciality chemicals:

Chemspec India  -   Mumbai 26-27 April 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/india/
Chemspec USA  -   Philadelphia 8-9 May 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/usa
Chemspec Europe – Barcelona 13-14 June 2012 http://www.chemspecevents.com/europe/

For further information please contact Neil Harvey, Head of International Trade at the Chemical Industries Association, or contact SORIS for an “Expression of Interest” form.


]]> http://www.soris.org/announcements/uk-pavilions-at-chemspec/feed/ 0 Former SORIS Chairman to advise UKTI http://www.soris.org/announcements/bryan-davies-to-advise-ukti/ http://www.soris.org/announcements/bryan-davies-to-advise-ukti/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:22:48 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=440 UKTI  announced  the appointment by PA Consulting of Bryan Davies (a former Chairman of SORIS) to advise UKTI on a national export promotion blueprint for the chemicals sector.  Bryan is already a member of the CIA’s International Business Promotion Network and the CIA will  support Bryan in his new part-time role.  For [...]]]> UKTI  announced  the appointment by PA Consulting of Bryan Davies (a former Chairman of SORIS) to advise UKTI on a national export promotion blueprint for the chemicals sector.  Bryan is already a member of the CIA’s International Business Promotion Network and the CIA will  support Bryan in his new part-time role.  For further information contact Bryan at bryan.davies@uktispecialist.com or Neil Harvey at CIA,    harveyn@cia.org.uk

]]> http://www.soris.org/announcements/bryan-davies-to-advise-ukti/feed/ 0 CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SPORT AND SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE http://www.soris.org/announcements/chemical-applications-for-sport-and-sports-infrastructure/ http://www.soris.org/announcements/chemical-applications-for-sport-and-sports-infrastructure/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:55:45 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=432 UKTI is going to showcase the UK’s engineering and chemicals expertise and capability linked to sports in the next calendar year and beyond.  One method is by using short examples where UK engineering and chemicals companies/organisations are supplying into sports, sports equipment, sports infrastructure (e.g. materials or instrumentation used in measurement and [...]]]> UKTI is going to showcase the UK’s engineering and chemicals expertise and capability linked to sports in the next calendar year and beyond.  One method is by using short examples where UK engineering and chemicals companies/organisations are supplying into sports, sports equipment, sports infrastructure (e.g. materials or instrumentation used in measurement and timing etc), sports medicine etc, especially where the examples are high-tech, unexpected and/or intriguing.

Please suggest any such such examples to: janet.tingle@ukti.gsi.gov.uk and copy to Roisin McClory roisin.mcclory@ukti.gsi.gov.uk with the following information

  • Your name and contact details
  • The company/organisation name
  • The sporting connection/application – stressing the innovation or leading/unexpected technology being applied and bringing out any intriguing/newsworthy aspect in a short description
  • Is the example already written up (e.g. on the company website or in literature) do you know? And are you aware of the existence of any visual material (photographs, diagrams, film) that accompanies the story?
  • The company contact details
    • ]]>     http://www.soris.org/announcements/chemical-applications-for-sport-and-sports-infrastructure/feed/ 0     EC Review of REACH http://www.soris.org/regulatory/ec-review-of-reach/ http://www.soris.org/regulatory/ec-review-of-reach/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:15:07 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=421 The European Commission is carrying out its own review of the REACH Regulations. and their impact on innovation.

    Contributed comments are invited [...]]]> The European Commission is carrying out its own review of the REACH Regulations. and their impact on innovation.

    Contributed comments are invited at  www.cses.co.uk/reach_innovation_survey/

    ]]> http://www.soris.org/regulatory/ec-review-of-reach/feed/ 0     REACHReady 2013 SIEF survey http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reachready-2013-sief-survey/ http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reachready-2013-sief-survey/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:36:46 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=418 Experience from 2010 registrants showed that you cannot start preparing for a registration deadline early enough and 2013 is no exception. However, the only public mechanism for assessing the collective progress being made towards the next deadline is when a Lead Registrant has been nominated and when a substance has been [...]]]> Experience from 2010 registrants showed that you cannot start preparing for a registration deadline early enough and 2013 is no exception. However, the only public mechanism for assessing the collective progress being made towards the next deadline is when a Lead Registrant has been nominated and when a substance has been successfully registered. As there are quite a few other key stages on the path to a successful registration, REACHReady is keen to find out what the spread of activity looks like in SIEFs where the deadline for the earliest registration is 30 May 2013.


    REACHReady would like anyone who is involved in a SIEF working towards a 2013 registration deadline to complete a short questionnaire. REACHReady will analyse the responses and report on the results early in 2012. The survey will close in mid December.

    REACHReady will use the results of the survey to assess progress being made, to find out if the same sticking points that were identified in the 2009 and 2010 SIEF surveys have materialised again and to see what more REACHReady can do to help.

    Find the survey at   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XZ6ZGBT

    ]]>     http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reachready-2013-sief-survey/feed/ 0     ECHA Report on REACH and CLP http://www.soris.org/regulatory/echa-report-on-reach-and-clp/ http://www.soris.org/regulatory/echa-report-on-reach-and-clp/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:02:19 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=412 In June 2011 ECHA published its report on the operation of REACH and CLP.  It contains a number of lessons and recommendations, notably that:

    severe non-compliance should be punished, 58% of companies identified themselves as SMEs (in a 2010 study),  incomplete and incorrect dossiers are very common, unnecessary animal testing is not being commissioned, SIEFs are not [...]]]> In June 2011 ECHA published its report on the operation of REACH and CLP.  It contains a number of lessons and recommendations, notably that:

    severe non-compliance should be punished, 58% of companies identified themselves as SMEs (in a 2010 study),  incomplete and incorrect dossiers are very common, unnecessary animal testing is not being commissioned, SIEFs are not working properly so some companies are (wrongly) submitting independent dossiers, different companies decide upon different CLP classifications for the same molecule.

    The original report can be found at http://echa.europa.eu/doc/117reports/operation_reach_clp_2011_en.pdf

    ]]> http://www.soris.org/regulatory/echa-report-on-reach-and-clp/feed/ 0     REACH Delivery http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reach-delivery/ http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reach-delivery/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:12:20 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=397 In future Safety Data Sheets must be “provided” – not merely “made available”.  A UK company offers a service to make MSDS available to your customers.  Under certain conditions there is a free service for low volume MSDS.  Fuller details [...]]]> In future Safety Data Sheets must be “provided” – not merely “made available”.  A UK company offers a service to make MSDS available to your customers.  Under certain conditions there is a free service for low volume MSDS.  Fuller details at www.reachdelivery.com

    ]]>     http://www.soris.org/regulatory/reach-delivery/feed/ 0     Responsible Care Toolkit for SMEs http://www.soris.org/regulatory/responsible-care-toolkit-for-smes/ http://www.soris.org/regulatory/responsible-care-toolkit-for-smes/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:10:24 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=391 CEFIC has made its Responsible Care Toolkit for SMEs available on its website at www.cefic.org/RC-Tools-SMEs  Elements include integrate SHE management, security, occupational health and safety, plant and process safety, transport and logistics, environment, energy efficiency, chemicals regulation and [...]]]> CEFIC has made its Responsible Care Toolkit for SMEs available on its website at www.cefic.org/RC-Tools-SMEs  Elements include integrate SHE management, security, occupational health and safety, plant and process safety, transport and logistics, environment, energy efficiency, chemicals regulation and product stewardship.

    ]]>     http://www.soris.org/regulatory/responsible-care-toolkit-for-smes/feed/ 0     Last minute opportunity to exhibit at 2011 CPhI Frankfurt http://www.soris.org/announcements/last-minute-opportunity-to-exhibit-at-2011-cphi-frankfurt/ http://www.soris.org/announcements/last-minute-opportunity-to-exhibit-at-2011-cphi-frankfurt/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:40:35 +0000 http://www.soris.org/?p=384 The CIA is organising a pavilion at this major international exhibition and can offer fully furnished exhibition space to member companies at £6000 + VAT per unit.  This is less than half the minimum price of an organisers shell scheme booth.  The usual UKTI qualifying terms and conditions do not apply and [...]]]> The CIA is organising a pavilion at this major international exhibition and can offer fully furnished exhibition space to member companies at £6000 + VAT per unit.  This is less than half the minimum price of an organisers shell scheme booth.  The usual UKTI qualifying terms and conditions do not apply and so large companies as well as SMEs can participate.

    Exhibition catalogue entries for the show must be registered by the end of next week after which no further bookings will be taken for the pavilion.  Availability is limited so please respond now to Neil Harvey at CIA if you wish take advantage of this limited offer.

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