REACH and Continuity of Supply

SORIS is aware of fears that  some materials will become unavailable because suppliers do not register them under REACH.  SORIS also knows of SMEs keen to acquire new product lines.

30 years of chemical match-making suggests a need for brokerage – helped by the ECHA fee differential for large and small companies.

Interested parties (particularly those wanting to divest products) should [...]

4610 Metals offered by NISP

NISP offers surplus metal dusts, arising from a site clearance
Calcium
Magnesium
Iron
Silica
Synthetic graphite
Calcium sulphide
Calcium carbide
There are approx 200 – 250 drums, of which 66 have been batch-tested. Consistency is fine powder up to larger particulate [...]

4612 Platform Chemicals offered

A new bio company offers platform chemicals from readily renewable resources. Companies interested in alternative sources of HMF, phenol, xylose, glucose, mannose and arabinose should [...]

Maximising the value of your Intellectual property

A recent Materials KTN presentation offered a method for identifying and recording “intellectual capital” (i.e. more than patents and trademarks and including intangible items).
A case study showed how composites technology plus telemetry from F1 motor racing had combined in a lucrative opportunity supplying lockable manhole covers for the London Olympics.

Contact details available from [...]

COSHH Risk Assessments

COSHH365 is a software and Internet wizard to help companies with COSHH risk assessments. It is not a substitute for the judgement of a health & safety manager, but seems to offer a considerable lifting of the administrative burdens of that post. It also prepares consistent and visually arresting documents. Notably it [...]

Investment Finance

At Informex, SORIS met a Philadelphia based private equity company, looking for investment opportunities. They claim to differ from usual PE companies; have a much longer time horizon; have particular empathy with, and understanding of, the chemical industry; work with current owners instead of replacing them; and would welcome opportunities in UK.

If this could be [...]

4595 Investment Funds

A $1 bn Russian fund seeks investment projects in nanotechnology (a fairly loose definition).   Preferences are specified for  activities of interest (and are available on request [...]