News 2008

Following the Open Meeting on modified phenolic resins hosted by the European Phenolic Resins Association (EPRA) in mid-October, the Association has identified two additional resin chemistries requiring active management in order to meet their REACH requirements. Accordingly, back-to-back meetings are proposed to explore the possibilities for consortium formation in the following areas: A Substituted Phenolic

Further to the Open Meeting on modified phenolic resins hosted by the European Phenolic Resins Association (EPRA) in mid-October, five companies have now committed to the formation of a REACH Consortium as a precautionary measure to co-ordinate the information on Phenol Formaldehyde Amino resins required to cover their obligations under the legislation, even though there

Further to the Open Meeting on modified phenolic resins hosted by the European Phenolic Resins Association (EPRA) in mid-October, two companies, Fenolit d.d and Uralchimplast, have declared the intention of moving towards the formation of a REACH Consortium to cover the following two product types: Formaldehyde, reaction products with cashew, nutshell liquid and phenol (CAS

Further to the Open Meeting on unmodified phenolic resins hosted by the European Phenolic Resins Association (EPRA) in mid-May, three companies have now committed to the formation of a REACH Consortium to co-ordinate the information required to cover their obligations under the legislation. The three initial member companies are Dynea Chemicals OY, Hexion Speciality Chemicals

Four companies with interests in unmodified phenolic resins have established a REACH consortium to co-ordinate the gathering of information required by the legislation. Dynea Chemicals, Hexion Speciality Chemicals, Sumitomo Bakelite Europe and Ashland (UK) held the consortium’s first steering committee meeting in August. Other eligible groups can participate as founder members until 22 November 2008,

Further to the notice provided last week in Chemical Watch concerning unmodified phenolic resins which referenced parallel work on modified phenolic resins, the EPRA REACH Steering Group is pleased to confirm that it has now set a date for an Open Meeting to discuss REACH registration needs for this group of substances and the possible