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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 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 Technology Strategy Board plans to launch at least three new Technology Innovation Centres (TICs). There are ten candidate areas, of which Sensor Systems is one. The successful TICs will attract significant investment over the next five years. A workshop on 15 July will try to find, from potential users and key stakeholders [...] Dial-a-Molecule is a Grand Challenge network funded by EPSRC to promote research aimed at step change in the ability to deliver molecules quickly and efficiently. More information can be found at www.dial-a-molecule.org . Until now the network has organised a series of meetings that developed the initial ideas of Dial-a-Molecule into focus areas. They [...] An Indian company – of good reputation in textile and leather chemistry – seeks “technical collaboration” with a UK company. This is a UKTI lead: SORIS suspects the enquirer seeks complementary products to manufacture on its [...] ECHA has announced it will publish more information from registration dossiers. Following a legal interpretation by the European Commission Services and advice from its Management Board, ECHA will disseminate certain information that is contained in the safety data sheet – which includes the name of the registrant and the registration number. Registrants of [...] CIA is trying to establish how many companies manufacture or use substances registered (or to be registered) as intermediates and whether the changes introduced by the ECHA guidance of December 2010 are affecting them. It is conducting a short survey (at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W9MXFG9). For further information about the changes please contact Silvia [...] The Technology Strategy Board recently launched a new Grant for Research and Development programme designed specifically for individual small to medium enterprises. Three types of grant are available – for proof of market projects, proof of concept and development of prototype. Depending on the type of grant, funding levels range from £25,000 [...] |
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