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Global Service Providers Guide 2012
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forewordWelcome to Chemical Watch’s second global service providers guide and directory. This edition follows the successful inaugural guide in 2011, and the growing need of our readers for information about the breadth and depth of the service provision for REACH, GHS and other chemicals management activities globally.
The guide is in three parts. The editorial is based on a survey of some 277 respondents based in client companies across the world looking back at changes in 2011 and predictions for the year ahead. The guide represents a snapshot of the current state of play but in analysing the survey data our author Cynthia Challener once again conducted numerous interviews with providers and clients to obtain an understanding of what they think current and future trends are, resulting in some important insights.
The core body of the guide comprises the corporate profiles of 106 global service providers, including consultants, lawyers, laboratories, information providers, IT solutions and training companies – almost 60 organisations have opted for two-page spreads, while almost 50 have quarter-page niche profiles. Each profile presents
information about the company in a harmonised and visual way providing detail that can often be time consuming to gather concerning staff employed, global office details, corporate history, services provided, clients, testimonials, case studies and key staff. Our aim is to save you time and take you in closer to help you draw up shortlists of service providers for your new projects, or to confirm the credentials of those service providers you already work with.
The last section of the guide is an A-Z listing of these organisations together with other service providers around the world, providing key details in a comparison matrix as a further tool to make the process of finding the right organisation more efficient than ever before.
This guide would not be possible without the considerable effort and support of the service providers represented. Chemical Watch would like to thank them all for their help in compiling the editorial and profiles.
Mamta PatelEditor
About Chemical WatchChemical Watch publishes news and intelligence to help companies achieve sound chemicals management that responds to the many non-regulatory drivers as well as meeting responsibilities under chemicals legislation worldwide, including regimes such as REACH, CLP, GHS and TSCA. We keep you abreast of policy and business trends across the EU, North America, Asia and the rest of the world. Because we are not tied to any trade associations, government or campaign group, we are able to offer objective news and analysis for all sectors. Our services include:
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contentsChemical service providers editorial .... 5Profiles .......................................2824-7 Response ..................................... 283E Company ........................................ 30ACTA .................................................... 32APC ...................................................... 34Apeiron-Team ....................................... 36ARCADIS .............................................. 38ARCHE ................................................. 40ATOUT REACH ..................................... 42B-Lands Consulting ............................. 44bibra toxicology advice & consulting .. 46Bioagri .................................................. 48Brixham Environmental Laboratory ..... 50Bureau Veritas ...................................... 52Cardno ENTRIX .................................... 54CEHTRA ............................................... 56Centro Reach ....................................... 58ChemADVISOR .................................... 60Chemservice ........................................ 62ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche . 64Chilworth – a DEKRA Company .......... 66Compliance Services International ..... 68CRAD ................................................... 70CS Regulatory Ltd ................................ 72Dr. KNOELL CONSULT ........................ 74EBRC Consulting ................................. 76EcoMundo ............................................ 78ECOonline ............................................ 80elc group .............................................. 82ENVIRON ............................................. 84ERM ...................................................... 86Exponent International Limited ............ 88H2 Compliance .................................... 90Harlan Laboratories ............................. 92ICF International ................................... 94International Cosmetics & Chemical Services Ltd ......................................... 96
Intertek ................................................. 98JSC International ................................ 100KFT Chemieservice ........................... 102LAUS .................................................. 104LSR Associates .................................. 106Mercer ................................................ 108NOTOX................................................ 110Polgar ACRO ...................................... 112PwC .................................................... 114REACh ChemAdvice GmbH .............. 116REACH mastery ................................. 118ReachCentrum ................................... 120REACHLaw ......................................... 122Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA) .............. 124Royal Haskoning ................................ 126SCC .................................................... 128Science & Environnement .................. 130Smithers Viscient................................ 132SSS (Europe) AB ................................ 134TNO Triskelion .................................... 136ToxMinds ............................................ 138Wildlife International Ltd..................... 140WTConsulting ..................................... 142
Niche firm profiles ....................... 146AG-HERA ........................................... 146Alemare Solutions .............................. 146ALTox .................................................. 146AW-ChemAdvice ................................ 146Caleb Management Services ............ 147CFCS .................................................. 147ChemRisk ........................................... 147ChemSW ............................................ 147CJV Consulting Limited ..................... 148Compliance & Risks ........................... 148CONUSBAT ........................................ 148Crowell & Moring ................................ 148Danger And Safety Srl ...................... 149
Dr Mach.............................................. 149Ecotox Services International ............ 149EggCentris ......................................... 149ETC ..................................................... 150Exitss .................................................. 150FinnREACH ........................................ 150FoBiG.................................................. 150Global MSDS ...................................... 151IGCON ............................................... 151Jongerius Consult BV......................... 151JRF Global ......................................... 151Linmark Consulting ............................ 152LKC Switzerland Ltd ........................... 152MSDS Europe..................................... 152Peter Fisk Associates ......................... 152REACH Delivery ................................. 153REACH Global Services .................... 153Reach Only Representative Ltd ......... 153Reach Registration Services Ltd ....... 153REACHReady ..................................... 154REACHsuite ........................................ 154REACHWise ....................................... 154Regulatory Services International ..... 154SciVera ............................................... 155Sitmae REACH Services BV .............. 155Steptoe & Johnson LLP ..................... 155Stewardship Solutions Ltd ................. 155Tenviro ................................................ 156The Wercs .......................................... 156Tox Focus LLC .................................... 156toXcel International Ltd ...................... 156Toxikon ................................................ 157Verdant Law PLLC .............................. 157wca environment ................................ 157Wilmer Tox Consulting ........................ 157
A-Z Listings ................................ 158
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OverviewAfter completion of the 2010 registration deadline for the EU’s REACH Regulation, activity in the chemicals management and control sector seemed to quieten a little in early 2011 as companies took time to recover from the efforts for the 2010 registrations and worked to get reorganised and prepared for the 2013 deadline. But the slack has since been compensated for by new chemicals control legislation in other nations, implementation requirements for the UN globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) and changes in sector-specific regulations (eg nanomaterials, biocides, crop protection products, cosmetics, food contact materials, veterinary and human medicines, etc). By the end of 2011, many chemical manufacturers and downstream users were also beginning to take action with respect to the 31 May 2013 REACH registration deadline for lower volume chemicals. This resulted in most service providers experiencing a modest increase in business in 2011, and many made preparations for an anticipated year of significant growth in 2012.
To learn in more detail how users and providers of chemicals management and control services view the sector – from their level of satisfaction to expectations for use of different types of services – Chemical Watch conducted the second annual survey of its unique member community. Over 270 respondents shared their thoughts on the services they rely on the most and the level of outsourcing they anticipate in the future. The results, including comparisons where possible with the data gathered from the first survey, are presented below along with a discussion of the major trends and issues facing the chemicals management and control activities.
An introduction to chemical service providersChemicals management and control efforts span a wide range of activities that impact all aspects of a company’s operations. Even large organisations that have their own environmental, health and safety and product stewardship departments often turn to service providers for strategic advice, independent administrative assistance, scientific and legal expertise, laboratory capabilities and software and information management tools. Smaller firms that lack the resources for in-house staff rely heavily on service providers for all of the above, as well as development and implementation of required programmes and activities.
Our survey captured the following types of services offered by companies, many of whom offer multiple services, not least through networks as discussed later in this section:
O consultancy/advisory O representation/management O legal O laboratory and technical
O information providers O software/IT
See the A-Z Listing at the back of the guide for details of what services are offered by more than 200 service providers.
The basic make-up of the chemicals management and control service provider sector has remained relatively stable in recent years, but new developments in various regions of the world are beginning to have an impact. The majority of service providers are currently located in Europe or the US, but the increasing implementation of chemicals management and control regulations in other countries, such as China, South Korea, Malaysia, Turkey and Russia, has created a demand for service providers with expertise in these new regimes.
In fact, several respondents to the Chemical Watch survey indicated that they were specifically looking for service providers with global expertise and insight. The market has responded, with regional domestic firms establishing a presence and a growing number of western-based providers adding on-site staff and/or partnering with local experts.
Networking among smaller providers with different core areas of expertise has also grown within the mature markets. By forming such relationships, these providers believe they can continue to offer the flexibility and responsiveness of a small company, combined with the full breadth of capabilities that would traditionally only be found in a much larger organisation. “There is no one service provider organisation that can deliver every aspect of a customer’s REACH requirements. Therefore, there is a distinct advantage in having a formal network of high quality, complementary service providers united by working to the same set of rules and the same set of goals through a common IT platform,” comments Malcolm Pollard, CEO of Baytouch and REACHsuite.
The chemicals sector, which includes manufacturers of basic/commodity chemicals, fine and speciality chemicals, crop protection products and pharmaceuticals is the largest purchaser of services. Manufacturing is the second most important customer segment, and includes automotive, aerospace, electronics, appliances and similar products. However, consumer products and the retailers that sell them are also increasingly turning to service providers for assistance with regulatory compliance, particularly in Europe due to the REACH Regulation, which covers substances in articles, and in other parts of the world, where REACH-like regulations are being adopted.
It is difficult to make direct year-on-year comparisons as the number of respondents varies and does not cover the entire market place but 151 purchasers of services who responded to this question each invested on average, at a company level, approximately €9.3m on outsourced services, which equates to a total yearly expenditure of €1.410bn. Importantly, and similar to last year (38%), these external efforts accounted for only 37% of the work completed by respondent companies, with the majority actually carried out by in-house teams (Figure 1).
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Figure 1
Percentage of chemical management work performed by in-house teams at survey participant firms
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The growing complexity of global chemicals management and control requirements has had both direct and indirect impacts on the growth of the service providers sector. Clearly, demand for services has increased as a broader array of companies has turned to outside support for assistance with compliance efforts. Divergent company strategies have been implemented in response, and in turn, the organisational structures required to support those strategies, are also emerging. Overall, 42% of respondents indicated their activities are fully integrated, while just 10% have separate compliance divisions, and the remainder are integrated to some degree. Some firms have more fully integrated their chemicals management and control activities throughout their business operations over the last five years, while others have strengthened their compliance divisions (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Integration changes over the last five years
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27% Remained the same43%
Regardless of whether they have shifted to a more integrated or separated approach, the change in strategy and organisational structure has often led to an increased need for external support from service providers (Figure 3).
Figure 3
Effect of strategy and organisational changes on use of external service providers
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The money spent on external providers was most often invested for the retention of laboratory services (32.7%), followed by consultancy work (23.7%), IT and software support (12.8%), information management (8.2%) and legal assistance (8.1%). This line-up is quite different from that in 2010 when our respondents suggested that consultancy work (30%) and representation/management services (18%) were in greatest demand (Figure 4). This shift is not surprising given the need for laboratory services to meet data requirements for the upcoming May 2013 REACH registration deadline. “Ecotoxicological testing, in particular, was in greatest demand in 2011 due to requirements for REACH. We fortunately had the flexibility to allocate technical staff to these lab activities in order to meet this increased need in the marketplace,” says Carlotta Casalegno in the regulatory and development business of ChemService srl Controlli e Ricerche.
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Respondents use chemicals management and control services most often on an occasional basis, with 11% or less preferring to retain services on a permanent basis (Figure 5). Consultancy/advisory, laboratory and information services were the three service types that were most likely to be permanently or frequently retained.
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Customer satisfaction levelsThe success of any industry depends on its ability to provide products and services that meet the needs of the marketplace – in other words, that provide value as perceived by its customers. Of concern then, is that Chemical Watch survey respondents indicated that their overall level of satisfaction with the services they receive is lower, down from 88% at the time of last year’s survey, to 77% currently (Figure 6).
Case study
DR. KNOELL CONSULT: Application of a category approach to avoid expensive and time consuming animal testingProblem: A consortium realised that there were several data-gaps within a group of 20 substances, which could cause high costs for animal testing and a considerable delay in dossier preparation.Solution: DR. KNOELL CONSULT began by first of all preparing a full data-set of physico-chemical parameters for all the substances in question. Based on this, it was subsequently possible for their experts to establish a well-founded registration strategy leading to a comprehensive category approach. As a result, all data-gaps could be filled by read-across within this category, saving time and money. It was not necessary to perform animal tests nor to propose them.
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The drop in satisfaction is due to a decrease in very satisfied participants. Two particular areas of dissatisfaction are pricing and the quality of the briefs that respondents have received. Specifically, in 2011, just 47% of participants felt that their service providers were providing value for money, down from 64% in last year’s survey. Regarding the quality of briefs, while 83% of participants were happy with the briefs they received in 2010, only 72% found them to be satisfactory in 2011. Finally, just 41% of this year’s survey participants are satisfied with the prices charged by their service providers, compared with 48% last year (Figure 7).
Case study
Compliance Services International (CSI): Building a long-term relationship to ensure business continuityProblem: Two EU affiliates of a US-based parent company needed a third party representative prior to the 2008 REACH pre-registration phase for dealing with nearly 30 substances.Solution: CSI worked closely with the clients’ EU and US staff to produce a viable REACH strategy that involved pre-registration, pre-Sief and Sief communications, survey responses and consortium communication, accessing required data, and creating and submitting IUCLID format dossiers. As a result of CSI’s efforts and the client’s adoption of a highly proactive approach, registration of all substances under the 31 May 2013 deadline should be complete in Q2 of 2012, and all those with a 2018 deadline should be complete by Q1 2013. Such early registration will allow promotion of the client’s product components as REACH Registered and gain the commercial advantage in advance of the registration deadlines.
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Figure 7
Satisfaction of survey participants with specific service aspects
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This decline in satisfaction levels should be a warning to service providers. The expected continued growth of the chemicals management and control service provider market does not guarantee success to anyone that offers services. “Companies learned in the run-up to the 2010 REACH deadline the types of problems they can encounter: delays, lack of transparency, lack of expertise, etc.” states Christelle Henry, a REACH representative with ATOUT REACH. “Many clients understand REACH now and cannot work anymore with someone who thinks that he knows better. REACH is complex, and often service providers and clients need to discuss the technical points in order to decide together what needs to be done.”
In fact, a number of respondents to the Chemical Watch survey indicated that they were considering a change in service providers: 9% said they had plans to change, while
a further 51% said they would possibly change. Both of these figures are up slightly from last year (Figure 8).
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Several specific reasons were given for the possible change, and many related to cost and quality of the service provided. It must be noted, however, that a need for services on a global basis was also a frequently mentioned explanation.
“There remains a wide range of service providers and capability in the market,” admits Sue Bullock, a principal at ENVIRON. “It’s often a challenge for companies, particularly those new to the chemicals management and control market, to differentiate between the capabilities of different service providers.”Reasons cited for changing service providers:
O provider not keeping up with regulatory information and requirements
O lab services that promise delivery and then don’t – poor service
O poor follow-up of outstanding actions O cost and quality of service O competitive tender for some work O lower price or better value O small charges for everything O business expanding to different regions O inadequate knowledge of global chemical regulatory
compliance topics and limited availability of solutions O broader database availability O high turnover means constant loss of experience in
suppliers. As a result need to broaden the base of companies which can supply services.
O keeping up with technologyOf course, our figures show the majority of the survey
participants were happy with the chemicals management and control services they received. And there are good reasons not to change, even if a user of these services is not wholly satisfied. Some companies are concerned about the know-how loss when switching service providers and prefer to assure the continuity of projects. Others aim to build long-term partnerships with their suppliers, and also feel that changing providers would cause unnecessary extra work and bear unwarranted risks. “Much of the business in our core industry sectors is repeat business
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from satisfied customers, while new business often comes through personal recommendations to others from these existing clients,” confirms Warren Scott, senior consultant and REACH programme coordinator with Compliance Services International (CSI).
Chemicals management and control service provision, in fact, is a business based largely on trust. Relationships are critical. For customers of these services, being able to rely on adherence to project protocols is a top priority, according to Chemical Watch survey respondents. Regular face-to-face meetings and building long-term relationships are also very important (Figure 9).
Figure 9
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Before these issues can even be considered, however, service providers must earn the right to have the opportunity to build trust and develop relationships. They must meet a minimum set of expectations, the most important of which are demonstration of their expertise and proof of performance on similar projects, according to survey participants. Other key factors considered during the selection process for service providers include knowledge of regulations (increasingly on a global scale), proposal quality, availability, certifications and price (Figure 10).
“There is a minimum set of criteria that service providers must meet; they must have excellent technical expertise, credibility, trustworthiness and integrity. Beyond that there are qualities that can differentiate suppliers. Flexibility, the ability to establish an easy working relationship, and the willingness to really listen to clients’ needs can provide a competitive advantage,” notes Grant Kinsman, CEO of H2 Compliance.
“Clients want expertise and commitment, and to feel confident that the service provider can and will do more than just the minimum,” agrees Erwan Saouter, director of
Science & Environnement. “They also need to feel that their service providers are part of a team,” he notes. In fact, clients seem to be focusing on personal recommendations for choosing their service providers, according to Paul Thomas, director at CEHTRA. He also agrees that credibility and quality seem to be high on the list for return clients and new clients recommended by existing clients.
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Case study
CEHTRA: Contesting technically flawed studiesProblem: During 2011 a client passed us a set of studies which included one chronic ecotoxicology test which would have resulted in a serious classification and labelling issue as well as an extremely low PNEC in the risk assessment, seriously limiting the European manufacturing tonnage of this substance.Solution: CEHTRA ecotoxicologists undertook an in depth evaluation of the relevant data and analogues and pinpointed a series of flaws in the methodology used in the study. The issues were not clear from an initial reading of the report that superficially appeared to be a Klimisch 1 study. However, further to a critical review of the raw data on the test replicate parameters and statistical analysis used in the study, a position paper was prepared and submitted. The laboratory performing the study agreed to invalidate the existing study and re-perform it for free for the client.
The past year: Looking back at chemicals management and control service provision in 2011Rapid expansion of the global regulatory landscape continued to have an impact on the chemicals management and control services market in 2011. Unlike the previous year, however, which was dominated by the need to meet the first REACH registration deadline, 2011 was a year of more varied activities, with REACH requirements only partially responsible for the increasing demand for services. Materials and market-oriented legislation, the impact of GHS implementation, and new chemicals control programmes in several countries around the world caught the attention of companies involved in the production, distribution or sale of chemicals – in addition to ongoing CLP and REACH requirements.
Estimating the actual growth rate of the service provider market is challenging because there are many different types of service providers, and potentially different levels of demand between and within each category. In 2011, therefore, some providers, such as Bureau Veritas and Borenius, found that REACH was less important to their businesses, while more traditional hygiene and environmental services were profitable. Others, like ReachCentrum, continued to see a growing demand for REACH-related activities, including support of lead registrants and Sief leadership teams. Meanwhile, providers with expertise in plant protection products, biocides and cosmetics-related regulations, such as Exponent International, seemed to experience a significant rise in interest for support. Those that have worked to stay on top of the somewhat nebulous nanomaterial and endocrine disruptor fields, like Steptoe & Johnson, are also attracting inquiries, given that recent decisions could lead to additional regulatory requirements for products containing substances that fall under these classifications. In three areas – laboratory testing, information and data provision and software systems – the growing complexity of
global chemical regulations appears to have benefited all players.
Many companies are now building on relationships they formed with their service providers at the cutting edge of REACH implementation. “Many of our clients used us in 2011 because they were generally pleased with the way we had worked with them in 2010,” notes Mr Thomas of CEHTRA. Even so, his company took time last year to identify areas where they could improve, and implemented changes to address them.
Despite companies favouring to keep much of their compliance work in-house, there was sufficient demand for external expertise to warrant several providers increasing their staff numbers. Firms including Sustchem Engineering, toXcel International, Steptoe & Johnson, LAUS, Chemservice, CS Regulatory, DR. KNOELL CONSULT and ENVIRON, among others, added staff as new growth was considered sustainable.
Some providers believe that the increasing number and complexity of the regulations that companies must comply with is driving an interest in providers that offer specialised services. Others disagree, however, believing that it is necessary to offer both breadth and depth. “Companies that provided a full range of services combined with in-depth expertise and the necessary capacities succeeded the most,” says Michael Cleuvers, head of the industrial chemicals regulatory affairs business unit with DR. KNOELL CONSULT. Dieter Drohmann, managing director of Chemservice GmbH adds that competence in different regions (eg EU, Americas, Asia) is necessary in addition to the ability to offer a broad service range. Firms that have direct chemical experience, strong technical capabilities and understand the global requirements and that can provide centralised solutions also have an advantage, according to John E Phillips, vice president and technical director – product safety and compliance with Cardno ENTRIX.
But Chris Eacott of Stewardship Solutions echoes the view that smaller companies can offer more flexible services through their ability to network. “Smaller consultancies are not tied to using in-house resources, with the potential limitation in choice and quality that this expectation can bring,” he argues. “By operating through networks of associates, smaller consultancies can often bring the best of several alternative options to bear on particular problems.” Several firms are also forming partnerships to ensure that they can provide assistance to customers on a global basis.
Despite the continued growth of the market, a certain amount of consolidation is predicted. “There has been a dramatic increase in the number of providers in recent years as new entrants to the market, from smaller consultancies right through to larger organisations that have looked to capitalise on REACH. While this situation allows for a more competitive marketplace for our customers, it has also meant that the advice provided by less experienced service providers has led to issues for certain REACH registrants,” according to Steven Green, director of CS Regulatory. “As a result, we expect that over the next few years, there will likely be a reduction in the number of service providers, particularly those who cannot demonstrate significant expertise in the areas in which they are said to specialise.”
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Case study
CS Regulatory: Applying alternative tox assessment methodologiesProblem: A company needed to register a range of similar products for which existing NONS Base Set information was available. For registration under REACH this looked like it would require a reproductive toxicology test.Solution: CS Regulatory used available data on analogues and appropriate literature and QSAR data to group the chemicals, demonstrate a common metabolite for all of them and extrapolate the predicted results. This approach was accepted by the regulatory body. The company avoided nine separate OECD 421 screening studies at a savings of €640,000, and numerous animals were saved as a result of the application of a suitable alternative methodology allowable under REACH.
Below we take a look at the key areas in which companies are seeking support and a discussion of how well these are served by service providers.
REACHWhile the first big deadline for REACH came and went in 2010, service providers still kept busy in 2011 addressing a mixture of REACH issues ranging from those related to the first registrations to those associated with the 2013 deadline.
O During the first part of 2011, ECHA received nearly 600 updates per month to previously submitted registration dossiers.
O Downstream user (DU) obligations and the requirements of exposure scenarios and extended safety data sheets (eSDSs) were key issues during 2011. The late availability of ECHA’s Chesar tool for deriving exposure scenarios led to the use of a number of different formats, leading to significant confusion. The complexities of formulations were also of particular note.
O Compliance with REACH communications requirements for SVHCs contained in articles (finished goods) was a real challenge, particularly given the short consultation period of 45 days. ECHA’s review of dossiers from the 2010 registrations took place more quickly than the market expected and updates were requested with very short turnaround times, according to Peter Godfrey, REACH business manager for Cambridge Environmental Assessments.
O The poor quality of some of the dossiers being submitted under REACH has been raised as a concern by ECHA and others, and is likely to be a growing issue.
O ECHA questioned the validity of some read-across cases but ECHA demonstrated a clear resolve to address unsupported and poorly substantiated claims for read-across and non-default assessment factors, which provided a few headaches for industry but were often justified.
O The dissemination of REACH-registered dossiers on ECHA’s website has allowed interested organisations/companies/individuals to learn far more about the substances that have been registered then was previously possible.
O Industry adopted a varied attitude to the definition of intermediates clarified at the last minute by ECHA,
with some taking a “wait and see” attitude while others wanted to be more proactive.
O Sief members came forward with study information that had not been made available during the dossier preparation phase in 2010. Lead registrants had to decide how and if they should include the information into existing dossiers.
O Supply-chain communication is still a big issue. It is very difficult to identify all of the players due to the complex inter-relationships between manufacturers, suppliers and distributors.
O 2013 REACH registration dossier work began for chemical companies working to register substances in advance of the deadline.
Case study
REACHReady: Training and advice for long-distance REACH complianceProblem: A niche manufacturer of complex dyes manufactures its products in both the US and the EU, but its regulatory expertise is located in the US, with only one person in Europe. They needed advice on how to tackle REACH.Solution: REACHReady briefed senior executives and trained the regulatory team in the US on the technical details of REACH. Practical advice was also provided on working with EU institutions and in multilingual meetings with different operational norms and behaviours. Practical exercises, including role playing of Sief participation, were incorporated into the training. As a result of the training, the dye manufacturer developed internal procedures for handling registrations, and with some further assistance from the REACHReady Helpdesk, was able to make successful submissions for the 2010 deadline.
GHS including CLPImplementation of the GHS in countries around the world, such as in China with Decree 591, continues to pose challenges to global organisations that must comply with the various legislative and regulatory interpretations being implemented in each country. Service providers are finding, however, that many clients don’t realise the implications of this variability.
”The biggest issue we see with GHS is that many people don’t understand the difference between GHS and the EU CLP, and how other country harmonisations with GHS will end up with regulations that are different in some details compared to the EU CLP programme,” remarks Desmond Waight of DanGoods Training and Consultancy. He adds that many also do not recognise how the GHS interacts with transport requirements. Training will be the key for overcoming this lack of understanding.
The wide difference in requirements from nation to nation has also meant an increased need for local support with respect to GHS compliance.
Companies struggled with putting in place the necessary software to ensure compliance with GHS/CLP requirements. According to Ned Mataraso, marketing administrator with The Wercs, “They were not aware of how long it may take in order to implement software changes or to add the ability to create compliant documents. Companies resolved the issue by either moving to a new software platform that allowed them to implement the necessary changes or by adding functionality to existing
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o portfolio management and SIEF communication;o eSDS compliance check;o study monitoring;o general and financial consortium management;o data and cost sharing.
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platforms.” Another difficult challenge was the need to provide eSDSs in multiple languages.
Service providers with the ability to offer effective training programmes and support targeted around the various local regulatory interpretations of the GHS were most successful in 2011. REACH24H, located in China for example, reports a growing demand for training on compliance issues with Chinese GHS (and other) regulations.
Case study
H2 Compliance: Maintaining market access with effective product stewardship programmesProblem: A global blue chip company needed a product stewardship programme to help ensure development of appropriate procedures and practices.Solution: H2 Compliance provided the tools, structure and strategies for a robust and cost effective product stewardship programme that has become strongly integrated into the operations of the company and extended to include the supply chain. The result: no market access issues since the programme has been implemented.
Non-REACH chemical notification legislationThe introduction/expansion of REACH-like regulations in many other countries, and particularly in Asia, continued to have an impact on chemicals management and control service provision in 2011. While many of these regulations are based on REACH, they often have many points of differentiation from the EU regime, and thus add further compliance burdens to chemical manufacturers and their customers. Key developments in 2011 included:
O the registration deadline for Turkey’s chemicals notification regulation drove a lot of activity in the first part of 2011
O China revised its registration scheme to create Decree 7 on the Measures on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances
O Taiwan pursued its new scheme for existing chemical substance nomination (ECN) and plans for new chemical notification (NCN)
O Serbia also enacted a chemicals management and control system in 2011
O Malaysia now has an Environmentally Hazardous Substances Notification and Registration (EHSNR) Scheme
O Japan and South Korea have also moved forward with major reforms to their chemicals management laws. The regulatory agencies in these countries – and others like China – are now facing the significant issues that come with implementation of such complex legislation
O TSCA reform was held up in 2011 due to political gridlock, and any further movement will not be likely in 2012 due to the fact that 2012 is an election year
O in the US, the new Chemical Data Reporting Rule (formerly the Inventory Update rule), which determines what and how exposure-related information on chemicals is collected, was adopted with implementation beginning in 2012
O California introduced a new draft version of its Safer Consumer Products Regulations in October 2011 for the identification of hazardous substances, the analysis of alternatives and the possibility of substitution, risk management, or information dissemination.
Sector-specific legislationIt seems that 2011 was a year of heightened activity for sector-specific regulations:
O in Europe, a Biocidal Products Regulation was negotiated and aimed at enhancing the efficiency of product authorisations compared to the previous regime
O the European Commission published its regulatory definition of nanomaterials in October 2011. The definition will be used in legislation applying directly to all producers of products containing nanomaterials, and industry groups predict that it will cover many more substances than are currently considered as nanomaterials, many of which do not have nanospecific information available. The definition has raised significant questions as to how nanomaterials will fit into REACH.
O new regulations in Europe on food contact materials have driven some demand for support services
O the new Cosmetics Regulation that will come into force in Europe in 2013 drove a lot of business for providers offering services to this market
O the regulatory framework for cosmetics in China remains complex and frustrating for businesses, despite significant changes in recent years intended to bring it closer to those in the EU and the US
O the new EU Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC) was a source of business for several service providers in 2011
O demand for services in the plant protection/crop protection products area remained strong in 2011
O legislation attempting to manage the risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals has been passed in Canada, and the debate continues in Europe and the US
O children’s product regulations were adopted in several US states, including Maine and Washington, and have created a demand for consultancy and advisory services. There has been, in fact, a significant increase in activity at the state level in the US with regard to chemicals management and control.
Case study
FoBIG: Saving money with read-across evaluationsProblem: A company discovered that it was missing a pre-natal development toxicity study and a two-generation study for a phase-in substance.Solution: FoBIG proposed and developed a strategy to use available data for the two main metabolites of the submission substance. These data were older, but it was shown that, in a weight-of-evidence approach, taking evidence from several studies together was sufficient to achieve a sound evaluation of the hazard (classification) and risk. Documentation and explanation of the read-across approach was provided. As a result, the company invested approximately €20,000 in the read-across approach compared to approximately €300,000 for new testing.
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Case study
toXcel: Advising on product safetyProblem: In late 2011, due to a change in supplier, a manufacturer and distributor of men’s and women’s apparel discovered that a strip of material on a line of apparel contained elevated levels of phthalates. The problem was detected in a routine chemical analysis completed by the manufacturer that is performed on samples of apparel in the country of origin prior to shipment. The particular phthalates detected in this material are listed as substances of concern by a number of international regulatory authorities. A large shipment of this apparel to North America was being held up pending resolution of the safety of the items for consumer use.Solution: toXcel organised a strategy for addressing this problem and developed an exposure assessment method. The articles were tested for actual emissions in an environmentally-controlled test chamber by a certified testing laboratory and the approved exposure models were used to quantify the inhalation and dermal exposures for scenarios involving wearing of the apparel. toXcel successfully demonstrated that the total absorbed doses of phthalates were below the regulatory levels of concern. As a consequence, a shipment of apparel worth $1.75m was able to be released, and the products arrived at stores in the US in time for critical Christmas holiday sales. A voluntary recall and destruction of product was averted by this timely solution to the problem. The general principles used in the exposure modeling and risk assessment have been used successfully for a number of EU clients who manufacture products that are exported to other countries.
Key legal casesThere remains little movement in court cases being brought against the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Commission, and/or individual Member States due to the expense of such action and the uncertainty of the outcome. “In several data compensation related matters, ECHA was of limited assistance,” says Lynn L Bergeson of Bergeson & Campbell, a member of the ACTA Group EU. “We continue to assist our clients in gauging the cost versus the benefit of initiating any such action,” she adds.
REACH-related court cases that were decided in 2011 could have wide-ranging impacts on compliance activities for chemical manufacturers and downstream users.OO OIn 2011, the European Court dismissed four cases
challenging the inclusion of substances on the REACH candidate list, suggesting that it will be very hard for chemical companies to fight these decisions and confirming how short the time for bringing a case actually is.
OO OIn case T-262/10, the European General Court did annul a European Commission decision not to include a substance in a positive list of additives for use in plastic food contact materials. The EC decision was based on the fact that the company originally seeking authorisation had withdrawn its application. Steptoe & Johnson identified this decision as a clear breach of procedural law, and the court confirmed this assessment. Importantly, the court found that the earlier decision was a “regulatory act” (as defined in case T-18/10), and thus could be challenged based
on the more favourable (to applicants) standing rules introduced by the Lisbon Treaty.
OO OThe NGO ClientEarth started a legal case against ECHA following its rejection of a request for access to documents regarding company names and tonnages.
OO OACTA Group EU is currently assisting in a case against the Commission pertaining to its failure to follow proper procedures prior to issuing use restrictions against specific substances. The case was filed in 2011, and a response to the Commission’s defence is due in early 2012. Potential implications would be for the restrictions to be overturned while also setting a precedent that the Commission and ECHA must follow their own procedures, including performing a risk assessment on a per substance and use basis, as well as notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO), prior to issuing such restrictions.
Tax issuesIngrid Sekki, manager for Latin America at REACHLaw, gives two examples of issues that companies managed with the help of their service providers in 2011: dealing with potential double taxation with regards to OR services and deciding whether it was more tax efficient to designate EU subsidiaries as ORs or importers.
Software and informationRapid expansion of the global regulatory landscape is driving significant corporate interest in IT solutions that support enterprise-level strategies for compliance and sustainability. “Companies are looking to consolidate their systems in order to reduce the complexity and risks associated with compliance reporting,” remarks Francis Trudeau, senior product manager for product stewardship solutions with IHS.
Case study
Baytouch: Supporting effective communication and provider alliancesProblem: Providing the vast array of services needed today is not practical for one firm. Alliances between organisations and service providers with varying expertise and complementary skills are necessary to meet expanding client requirements. An effective IT solution is needed to enable all of these independent firms to operate cohesively with the same set of data.Solution: Baytouch’s REACHsuite IT solution encompasses sophisticated Sief management and communications along with all of the integrated project controls, document storage facilities and contract management, making the registration process much swifter with less risk and lower administrative overhead. Caleb Management Services uses REACHsuite to give consistent project and communication tools to manage a range of consortia such as Fatty Acids, ATC (Additives Technical Committee), ABC ( Alkanolamine Borates Consortium), and more recently ERGTC (European REACH Grease Thickeners Consortium).
Companies thinking more strategically also started implementing not just chemical management systems in 2011, but systems with robust supplier management automation, according to market analyst Kathleen M Hurley with Actio Corporation. “Automated data capture, supplier query, customer communication and data management are the basis for leaner operations, BOM management,
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risk management, better public perception, higher quality products and less reporting trouble as documentation of chemical use becomes increasingly public.”
The most challenging area for software suppliers in 2011 was in the area of eSDS preparation and integration across functional modules. “Our clients now want everything in the same place and easily accessible, including emails, documents, test data, CSRs, SDS, and so on, for stewardship reasons and to reduce administrative overhead,” comments Baytouch’s Mr Pollard.
As for information providers, successful companies brought to the market scalability, breadth, and accurate data within comprehensive and timely solutions – all in the framework of a truly global platform, according to Robert S Christie, CEO and president of 3E Company. His company saw its growth in 2011 come from an increasingly international footprint with data employed through an expanding range of compliance and business processes, along with a heightened attention to stricter regulations requiring data and support.
Laboratory testingMany of the lower tonnage chemicals affected by the 2013 REACH deadline have very limited ecotoxicity data available so it is not surprising that testing laboratories saw increased demand for ecotox services in 2011. In general, the companies starting these studies so far in advance of the deadline were those that had the experience of the 2010 registration process.
Testing services were also in demand by companies gathering information for sector-specific regulations (cosmetics, biocides, crop protection products, pharmaceuticals, etc), and as a result of the ongoing requirements associated with other conventional EH&S related activities.
Outside of the EU and the US, recent major environmental protection issues, such as the battery manufacturing pollution and lead poisoning cases in China, the plasticiser concerns in the US, Europe, Taiwan and other countries, and the nuclear disaster in Japan, are also contributing to public concerns about product safety and leading to an increased desire and expectation for some sort of certification, according to Nathan Chen, deputy general manager of REACH24H. Larger, well recognised firms are said to be significantly benefiting as a result.
Case study
Stewardship Solutions: Maintaining continuity of business despite late pre-registrationProblem: During a 2011 due diligence audit of its French distributor, a US company learned that no pre-registrations for many of the company’s substances that were sold into the EU market at volumes above the 1 tpa threshold had been submitted by an only representative or the distributor.Solution: Following a rapid consultation with the UK REACH authorities, it was decided that Stewardship Solutions could become a first-time importer by assuming full only representative responsibilities on behalf of the US company. The necessary steps for Stewardship Solutions to become the only representative were taken within a very short period of time, and continuity of business to the EU was subsequently assured, to the great relief of all concerned.
How to get the most from your service providerThe customer is always right, but we thought it might be instructive to ask service providers responding to our survey what they feel constitute good and bad clients. The resulting wishlist will prove useful in forging more productive business relationships. According to our survey participants, the best clients:
O recognise the critical importance of EH&S regulatory compliance, and the impact that EH&S initiatives can have on other corporate initiatives
O do not unnecessarily demand urgency, are realistic when defining actual deadlines, and are willing to ask questions
O are innovative and thriving organisations committed to maintaining compliance in their operations and supply chains
O clearly and promptly communicate with service providers about any need or on-going change and recognise the fundamental importance of providing complete information
O understand that you can’t do REACH on the cheap. They work in a trusting partnership recognising that very often a bit more time and effort invested helps them to save money in the long run
O use a consultant as an extended part of the company O appoint an internal knowledgeable person who is the direct
contact for the consultant, and who is responsible for internal communication within the client organisation and for putting the required information together
O communicate well, are open about their needs, expectations and limitations, even when these change, and anticipate requirements far enough in advance to facilitate planning and scheduling
O include the service provider in the overall strategy and planning process for their registration activities, regardless of industry sector
O see business opportunities in the regulations and take a proactive attitude.
O are dedicated to ensuring compliance and minimising liability in a competitive market place while also appreciating the complexity of global chemical programme requirements along with the nuances, technicalities, and business challenges of bringing new products to market and maintaining compliance.
The year ahead: Expectations for chemicals management and control service provision in the futureDemand for all aspects of services related to REACH registrations – OR and Sief management support, dossier preparation, laboratory testing, data analysis, etc – has not only carried over but is growing in the first part of 2012. At the same time, the expansion in global regulatory requirement and product and market-specific legislation will continue to provide business for service providers with the right sets of skills and abilities and levels of expertise and experience. Overall, 2012 is predicted to be a year of
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strong growth for the chemicals management and control service providers market.
Given the approach of the second major REACH deadline, it is not surprising that most service providers expect REACH to be the major regulatory driver for the provision of services in 2012. In fact, an overwhelming 92% of survey participants still identified REACH as the global driver.
“There is a sense among many in the business of helping companies with their substance registrations that there still appears to be a general lack of awareness of what resources are needed and the timescales involved in making a successful and timely registration,” says Philip Copestake, a senior toxicologist with bibra toxicology advice & consulting.
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The next important drivers identified by Chemical Watch survey participants included the GHS, the EU CLP Regulation, other global chemical notifications and China’s notification and registration rules for new substances (Figure 11). The regulations in Japan, Korea and Taiwan are
of particular concern, as is the impact of the increasing complexity of global regulations and the continuing pressure to avoid delays to market for a more diverse product range. Revisions to the RoHS Directive in Europe, pharmaceutical regulations around the world and activities in California were also specifically noted by survey respondents.
“There has been an increase in the market due to adoption of new national chemical regulations in many different countries along with the alignment of their current GHS legislation with the UN GHS, and we believe that this trend will continue as a growing number of countries take these steps,” notes Ms Sekki.
“We agree, and are expecting a surge in 2012 due to the continued requirements coming from emerging markets, as well as deadlines approaching for various European legislations,” comments Marc Thouin, vice president of regulatory services for Intertek. “The trend for companies is to rely on service providers with a global coverage; that is in all markets and all geographies where such legislation is implemented and enforced.”
Service providers responding to our survey also point to several other non-regulatory drivers that have brought clients to them. Chief among them are government policy, increased outsourcing of business support functions by client organisations and general economic growth (Figure 12). Specifically mentioned reasons included growth in the Asian economy and the globalisation of businesses in general. A greater need to understand what materials are involved in a company’s entire supply chain and how to pursue business continuity in the face of the removal of essential substances from the market were also highlighted.
Case study
3E Company: Integrating EH&S and product stewardshipProblem: Plastic products producer Spartech Corporation needed an information management system that would allow data sharing through integrated vendor material safety data sheet (MSDS) management with MSDS authoring in order to streamline the development of hazard communication documentation and management of vendor sourced raw material MSDSs and promote compliance.Solution: 3E Integrated MSDS Data for MSDgen solution provided Spartech with the combined EH&S and product stewardship ‘one stop shop’ solution they desired. Supplier MSDSs and raw material data used in Spartech products is updated and imported into the MSDgen authoring platform on a regular basis, and key property information is extracted and used for the development of product-level hazard communication documentation. The resulting increase in productivity and increased confidence in regulatory compliance has been invaluable to Spartech, according to Spartech’s corporate product stewardship manager Bernard C Henn.
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Regarding outsourcing, Ms Bergeson believes that in the current market place, there is an increase in the need for service provider support as companies continue to scale back internal operations. The reasons can be many, but generally have to do with a lack of expertise in-house, or a lack of the level of resources needed to work – often to tight deadlines – on dossier preparation such as that required under REACH. CEHTRA’s clients, for example, have strong product stewardship and regulatory teams, but few have groups of (eco)toxicologists able to reach the level of operating capacity required to absorb the upcoming regulatory peaks, according to one of the company’s director’s Paul Thomas.
REACHWith respect to ongoing REACH requirements, dealing with eSDSs and exposure scenarios will continue to be major issues in 2012. The scaling of exposure scenarios is a particular concern highlighted by Ineke Gubbels, director of IGCON. “I think that companies are severely underestimating the extensive knowledge of exposure assessment methods that will be necessary for completing the scaling process.”
Companies will also be dealing with ECHA’s feedback on their registration dossiers and will need to respond to its questions concerning testing strategies. Authorisation of substance uses will also be a much more prominent issue in 2012, along with the development of socio-economic analysis (SEA) expertise. The beginning of Member States’ substance evaluation processes will also bring challenges, reminds Vincent Navez, a senior legal advisor with ReachCentrum.
The impact of the 2013 deadline will affect a set of new companies – generally SMEs – which will need extensive assistance as they typically do not have in-house resources. “SMEs need help in interpreting REACH requirements, and while ECHA has been constructive in providing guidance to companies, their response time can be frustratingly long, so companies often turn to service providers to fill the gap,” says Arnold van der Wielen, a consultant at AW-ChemAdvice.
GHS including CLPCountries are continuing to adopt GHS-compliant regulations as well as updating those already in place, meaning a continuation of the compliance monitoring headache already experienced by many firms.
US plans to implement the GHS are currently attracting most attention. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) submitted its final rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in October 2011 for review. In January 2012, OMB requested a 30 day extension. The final rule is expected in February 2012. Based on the proposed rule, both pure compounds and mixtures will need to be addressed simultaneously in an 18-month period, according to Julian Reddy, head of REACH and chemical notification services with Exponent International.
“The revision will have far-reaching implications for material safety data sheet (MSDS) and label authoring, publishing, distribution, and management,” feels 3E’s Mr Christie. “The proposal also includes revised criteria for the classification of hazardous chemicals, as well as changes to definitions and terms used in the standards, and new training requirements for employees. As a result of the alignment, companies will face many challenges, including re-evaluating how their substances and mixtures are classified, re-issuing MSDSs and labels, and training staff as appropriate.” Furthermore, different agencies within the US are likely to adopt different versions and thus have different requirements under the GHS regulations, further complicating compliance.
The EU CLP Regulation continue to present challenges as well. Many companies have not realised how much time it takes to implement software changes or add the ability to create compliant documents, according to Mr Mataraso. In 2012, the change in mixture labelling from the Dangerous Products Directive (DPD) to CLP will be an issue for many companies, as will the implementation of the second adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of the CLP Regulation and changes to the irritancy and environmental classification requirements.
Other global regulationsMajor changes to regulations in countries outside of the EU are also anticipated in 2012, with many of them in Asia. “Countries with chemicals control legislation will strengthen their laws, and countries with no legislation will implement new ones,” states Mr Drohmann of Chemservice. In particular, he notes the continuation of GHS implementation and further implementation of REACH-like chemicals control regulations.
“We can expect changes to the regulatory landscape in the Far East as legislation develops and evolves into practical systems for use,” remarks CS Regulatory’s Steven Green. The ‘new’ South Korean legislation that was proposed in 2011, for example, is similar in many ways
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to REACH, and could be enforced beginning in 2013 or 2014 (although there could be delays), so companies must be working towards compliance in 2012. The Malaysian inventory and Russian registrations will become more important as well.
The implementation of the chemical substance notification regulations and GHS in China have progressed, and companies now need to ensure that they are in compliance for introducing new products to the Chinese market, according to Mr Chen of REACH24H. China is providing a significant challenge to industry, though, because although the new guidelines were implemented in October 2010, certain key documents weren’t available, in particular how the newly required risk assessments should be performed. “As a result,” says Exponent’s Mr Reddy, “the Chinese chemical notifications have almost been left in a state of limbo. Draft risk assessment guidance was issued towards the end of 2011, but as far as we are aware, it has not been finalised, and only recently have the first full notifications submitted under the new guidelines been accepted by the authorities.”
Case study
REACH24H: Navigating through China’s new chemical notification lawProblem: A non-Chinese cosmetic manufacturer had a plant extract that could not be separated from the ethanol solvent in which it is sold. The testing results, therefore, did not demonstrate the desired properties because the concentration of the substance of interest was too low to be effectively evaluated using standard testing methods.Solution: REACH24H first determined that purification was indeed impossible. The cosmetic company thus issued a prudent self-statement attached with justification materials. The laboratory was also asked to issue an expert statement in line with the requirements of the regulation indicating that testing on the solution was not possible. A dossier was submitted to the CRC with a self-statement, a representative agent statement and an ecotoxicological test report on the product in solvent. The notification dossier is presently under review by the CRC expert committee
At least in the US, there isn’t much activity expected in the way of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform in 2012. “Given budgetary constraints and other fiscal issues that impact US priorities, we do not anticipate much, if any, progress,” notes Ms Bergeson. However, she predicts increased action on endocrine disruptors and computational toxicology in the coming year, and continued increased use of existing TSCA authority to achieve enhanced chemical management goals.
Many are also keeping an eye on the decisions that ECHA makes with regard to thresholds and principles in its review of dossiers from 2010 REACH registrations. There is hope that the same data can be used for compliance requirements in different countries. This hope has some basis, as the EU contributes to the OECD’s testing programmes, which are used to develop test guidelines.
Sector-specific issuesCompanies will be facing more sector-specific regulatory changes in different jurisdictions. “Many of these issues were simmering through 2011 and are starting to bubble at the surface,” comments ENVIRON’s Ms Bullock. In particular, she points to emergent testing
strategies for endocrine disruption, deadlines for biocidal product registration and increased focus on exposure to substances in foods and the environment. Others include cosmetics and nanomaterials regulations.
New requirements under the EU 2009 cosmetic products Regulation come into force in July 2013 including several significant differences relating to notification, roles and responsibilities, nanomaterials, safety assessments and assessors, the reporting of serious undesirable effects (SUEs) and claims. The cosmetics dossiers issue has become enormous over the last few months for CEHTRA – so much so that the firm had to recruit new staff specifically to work on it. Cosmetics is also a growth area for H2 Compliance, according to Mr Kinsman. “Cosmetics producers are looking for additional expertise in the compliance area as they become more aware of the requirements of REACH and the new regulation,” he observes.
Case study
ChemService Controlli e Ricerche: Rapid chemical equivalence dossier preparationProblem: In mid 2010, Finchimica, an SME manufacturer of crop protection products, wanted to submit to the UK Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) a chemical equivalence dossier for Pendimethalin technical, a broad spectrum herbicide included in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC whose data protection period has just expired. Timing was crucial in order to be the first approved source and gain immediate market share.Solution: In just three months, ChemService Controlli e Ricerche performed a preliminary screening of the different qualities of Pendimethalin manufactured by Finchimica, identified the level of quality needed in order to match the technical product registered, performed a Five Batch Analysis on Pendimethalin of said quality and submitted the relevant chemical equivalence dossier to CRD using the fast track option. Non-testing data (QSAR and in vitro) were included in the dossier in order to support the toxicological equivalence of Finchimica’s product with the registered source. The dossier was accepted by CRD in December 2010, and Finchimica became the first approved source of Technical Pendimethalin in Europe after the originator.
Companies will also need to take stock of how the recently agreed EU Biocidal Products Regulation will affect them. CEHTRA’s Mr Thomas believes that the increase in testing required for biocidal products and other regulations will have an impact on companies looking to complete study packages under REACH.
Nanomaterials also attracted a lot of attention in 2011, particularly following publication of the European Commission’s regulatory definition. “This definition implies that a lot more substances will be regarded as nanomaterials than previously expected,” states Hiram Moerman, managing director of Apeiron-Team. “In addition, the concept is still so broad that it will take some time before the authorities and companies really understand how to deal with these kinds of substances. There will, therefore, be a considerable number of companies facing the difficulties associated with dossier preparation for such materials,” he adds.
Endocrine disruptors are less known to the general public than nanomaterials, but there is probably more scientific proof available of the risk the use of such substances causes, Mr Moerman says. Phthalate plasticisers, organotin antifoulants, alkylphenol surfactants,
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some pesticides, and phytoestrogens, among others, have been identified as possible endocrine disruptors. Organotin compounds, which exhibited this effect, have already been eliminated from marine paints and coatings. Attention to endocrine disruptors is expected to increase in 2012.
Other activities of note include the revision of the 2001 EU General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) and environmental risk assessment requests driven by the human and veterinary drugs regulation in Europe.
Laboratory testingMany service providers are seriously concerned that laboratory testing capacity will be insufficient to meet demand in 2012 given the confluence of REACH registration and sector-specific regulatory requirements. As a result, the use of alternatives (in vitro testing, read across/QSAR) will assume even greater importance for the next REACH deadlines.
Case study
Chris Braun Consultancy: Using epidemiology expertise to reduce testing needsProblem: A company had budgeted for full reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity testing of a substance covered under REACH, but needed assistance in managing the studies.Solution: Chris Braun Consultancy, using its expertise in epidemiology, determined that, based on a review of the available literature, the testing was not necessary. As a result, the company saved nearly €1.8m.
ECHA’s decisions on 2010 dossiers and test proposals will be a crucial influence on this demand. The fact that there are more substances covered by the second REACH deadline in 2013 and that these generally have less available data are also key factors. Higher tier studies from 2010 dossiers are now slowly being accepted by ECHA following consultation, so these are taking up lab capacity that will be required for studies identified in the data gap for 2013 substances, according to Mr Green at CS Regulatory. Particular tests that providers are expecting to be in increasing demand include Annex VII phys-chem tests, ecotoxicity-related tests and ATEX/DSEAR tests for explosive substances.
Downstream user/communication issuesDownstream users are facing several big issues in 2012. Supply chain communications, from eSDSs to communicating the presence of SVHCs in articles and preparations (all the way to the retail level), continue to present important challenges throughout industry. While many downstream users are aware of REACH and CLP, they often are not always sure of the requirements for compliance. Others are aware of the legislation but choose to do nothing until forced to take action, preferring to believe that enforcement will not be that strict, especially when related to the exposure scenarios, according to IGCON director Ineke Gubbels. In addition, the requirements for articles containing SVHCs seem to be less well recognised.
“Communications issues associated with chemicals management and control regulations are an ongoing issue,” remarks Mr Green. “Interpretation of the legislation by various actors is an ongoing process, and learning curves can be reasonably steep, dependent on the
geographical location of interest for compliance.” The inability of downstream users to find out how their suppliers are doing in terms of the registration of substances for the 2013 REACH deadline may also be a problem for many companies in 2012.
Software solutions and regulatory content have helped to address some of these issues, such as eSDSs. In 2012, according to Mr Trudeau of IHS, software vendors are providing systems to help with the development of specific exposure scenarios for mixtures. “Software solutions for managing exposure scenarios are developing and will be of interest to many companies, as eSDSs work their way down the supply chain,” agrees Denehurst’s Gill Pagliuca. “The next hurdle will be the eSDS for mixtures,” adds Peter Douben, director of REACHWise, “Helping companies understand the issue and providing solutions that are in line with ECHA guidance is proving a challenge, but do-able.”
Case study
REACHWise: Resolving REACH non-compliance issuesProblem: After internal changes in management, an importer of products into the EU realised that certain ingredients were not pre-registered for REACH.Solution: REACHWise notified the competent authorities when this case of non-compliance became apparent, indicating that the issue was identified following internal changes within the company. The authorities accepted the rationale and agreed to a timetable for completion of the necessary registrations in 2011.
Training opportunitiesWith so many new requirements being phased in over the coming years, there has been an increased demand for training services. SMEs are looking for training on the requirements for REACH registration of their substances and the use of the IUCLID-5 and Chesar IT programmes. Companies like ReachCentrum are responding with webinars, virtual training and e-learning solutions along with more conventional face-to-face offerings.
Downstream users are another larger group that are looking for training. This group has the least awareness at present and can thus benefit the most, according to a spokesperson from Bureau Veritas. Separately, REACHReady is meeting this need with courses covering how to write and read exposure scenarios.
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ReachCentrum: Offering REACH awareness boot camp and IUCLID5 training coursesProblem: Companies new to REACH need assistance with understanding the regulations, determining requirements and learning use IUCLID5.Solution: ReachCentrum created a REACH awareness boot camp in 2011, a five-day course covering REACH fundamentals that includes assistance with visualisation of a project plan and the use of IUCLID5 for creating substance datasets. The companies attending the boot camps were better prepared to manage themselves internally and could communicate effectively within the Sief. Furthermore, each course includes the creation of a dossier in IUCLID ready to send to ECHA. It is possible for some companies to submit dossiers at the end of the training session.
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Software /information solutionsGiven all of the various requirements for REACH, the many international implementations, the numerous country chemicals management and control regulations and the growing array of market-specific legislation, companies need to ensure that they have a sophisticated approach to data management in place to track tonnages of substances manufactured and imported, coverage by ORs, substance classifications, registered uses, safety data sheets and other product information.
The market for software systems is therefore expected to be strong in 2012. As more jurisdictions address complex regulations such as REACH, CLP and GHS, this trend will continue to drive increased interest in implementing IT solutions that can streamline business processes around chemical lifecycle management, as well as the full spectrum of environmental, health safety, operational risk and other enterprise sustainability business challenges, according to Mr Trudeau.
“Fortunately, initiatives are already underway to help with distributing exposure scenario information from business to business and to make that information easier to understand and communicable via standard phrases. These endeavours are expected to mature and progress in 2012,” he says. An example is the ESCom (Exposure Scenario Communication) project under the auspices of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), with the dual objectives of providing a library of ES phrases and an electronic data exchange mechanism for exposure scenarios in line with the Chesar system. A group of IT companies provides one third of the resources, and Cefic and Downstream Users of Chemicals Coordination (DUCC) provide the remainder.
“Access to accurate and reliable product and regulatory data will remain critical, as will the ability to aggregate this data from disparate sources and deliver solutions that help companies manage both business and compliance processes,” adds 3E’s Mr Christie.
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IHS: Solving hazard communications dilemmasProblem: A leading specialty chemical company was seeking a solution to help its senior decision makers address multiple enterprise sustainability management (ESM) business challenges around proliferating regulatory requirements – including the need to streamline production of hazard communication documents in multiple languages and prevent the loss of valuable operational knowledge because of staff retirements.Solution: IHS provided its IHS Product Stewardship Solution – including software, managed regulatory content and expertise – to address its strategic ESM issues and increase operating efficiency in the process. IHS supports SDS production and provides regulatory content and software that streamlines data management processes for hazard communication documentation and addresses country- region-, industry- or jurisdiction-specific regulations. As a result, the company now manages product stewardship and compliance as part of a unified strategy for enterprise sustainability management.
Implications for service provisionCompanies in North America and the EU are faced with a much more competitive and consolidated market today, and
thus some are focusing more on cost control rather than on implementing a quality, long-term strategy, with reduction in budgets for sustainability programmes. Service providers therefore need to be sensitive to this issue and seek ways to validate their costs or reduce costs where possible, assesses Ruud Overbeek, vice president of global health, environmental and regulatory services with Intertek.
Indeed, according to our survey, 52% of respondents indicated that they would increase the use of in-house staff in the next 12 months, and 69% would do so over the next five years (Figure 13). “We are seeing companies preparing for REACH registration in 2013 and beyond looking to carry out more of the work themselves with expert support to guide them where necessary, rather than looking for consultants to offer a complete management solution,” notes Ms Pagliuca.
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services available. In the next 12 months and five years, consultancy/advisory, information, IT and software and laboratory services will be most in demand (Figure 15 and 16). Given the above discussion, these results are no surprise.
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IT solutions will indeed play a critical role. “Information management systems and software technology are currently undergoing major revisions to keep up with the changing regulatory demands. We are hopeful that new viable options will be made available in early 2012,” observes Ms Bergeson. That is particularly true as regulatory obligations and supply chain pressure extend to more medium- and small-sized companies. “The issues around chemical management are increasingly complex, as regulation and public awareness increases and penalties for non-compliance or unsafe use rise. Successful chemical management strategies evolve and involve commercial, technical and strategic elements cutting across many disciplines,” asserts Ms Bullock.
And for companies big and small, regardless of their commitment to regulatory compliance, it may be difficult later in 2012 to obtain the necessary laboratory tests, as laboratory capacity is likely to be filled.
“We’ll see continued expansion of the chemicals management and control services market in 2012. But 2013 is when things will really pick up for companies selling environmental regulatory compliance technology,” asserts Actio Corporation’s Ms Hurley. “By 2013, companies lagging and waiting until the last minute will have to get their chemical data organised. There is the big 2013 REACH deadline, GHS will have teeth in the US by then, and significant TSCA updates are likely.”
Over the next five years, clients anticipate that supply chain communications (and also supporting IT systems), regulatory/policy tracking and regulatory interpretation will show the highest levels of growth, with over 70% saying their needs will increase in each area (Figure 17).
Partnerships between service providers and clients will become ever more crucial during these next five years. “Successful partnerships go far beyond the purchase of a point solution. Today, clients can gain much greater value by sharing with service providers their standard operating procedures, operational workflows and process, and strategic goals. The best of the service providers, in turn, offer innovative solutions that are designed to fundamentally transform the way clients conduct their business processes and deliver tangible benefits throughout the organisation. These benefits include streamlining operations, improving corporate efficiency, cutting costs, meeting compliance objectives and optimising human and capital resources,” states Mr Trudeau.
The goal in the end, and one that Apeiron-Team’s Mr Moerman hopes will begin to be achieved beginning in 2012, is the recognition by manufacturers and downstream users that REACH is not just about registration and simply a legal requirement, but it has as its true intent the safe use of chemicals, and if safe use cannot be guaranteed, the elimination of those products that contain them.
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Website www.24-7response.orgE-mail [email protected] office 1 The Courtyard, Denmark Street, Wokingham,
Berkshire, RG40 2AZ, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)118 902 9373/ +44 (0)118 977 2147Contact Caroline RaineDirectors Caroline Raine Richard ShreeveOwnership OAMPSLocations UK based, Worldwide workFounded 2011
OVERVIEW
Chemical emergency response, incident management, clean up and training for the chemical and fuel industries: from providing first aid advice to assisting those managing major emergencies, 24-7 Response has the expertise to help minimise the impact of any chemical incident. Hazardous goods can also pose all sorts of problems when things go wrong, for example:
O personal injury may result unless the correct first aid is given O chemical reactions can occur if more than one product is involved O water courses may become contaminated unless preventative
measures are takenThese are just a few of the scenarios where the 24-7 Response can help. Our Chemical Emergency line is permanently staffed by experienced chemical incident advisors – all highly qualified chemists specialising in helping those facing any type of chemical or hazardous goods incident. They have the resources to rapidly access information on the products involved. Anytime, anywhere in the world, our advice can make a difference. We are uniquely positioned to provide a complete Level 1, 2 and 3 response service – nationwide chemical emergency advice, management and clean up. Level 1 response is emergency advice given over the telephone. For clients of OAMPS petrochemical insurance we can mobilise our in-house team of incident managers – many of whom are ex-Environment Agency – to provide Level 2 (advice at the scene) and, through our nationwide network of UK spill accredited contractors, a Level 3 (clean-up) response.
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Chemical and hazmat emergency line for hazchem placards
With the introduction of REACH, CLP, GHS etc there is a greater expectation that publicised emergency telephone numbers not only operate, but are directly answered by someone who can provide pro-active advice.More and more, manufacturers and distributors of hazardous goods are subscribing to the standards set by the chemical industry’s Responsible Care initiative. Companies that commit to the programme are required to implement a wide range of health, safety and environmental measures including the provision of a reliable Level 1 response..Chemical emergency line – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
All calls to the Chemical and Hazmat Emergency Line are recorded and detailed reports are sent to the client. Contact information for key personnel is held on our system should urgent notification be required – usually in the case of a major incident.Using modern communications technology, with extensive back-up functionality, 24-7 Response offers a robust and cost-effective solution to the demands of operating a specialist emergency telephone number round the clock.REACH consultancy compliance help and advice
With an in-depth understanding of the regulations that apply to the transport and supply of chemicals, our consultants can help companies to comply with REACH, CLP/GHS, IATA, ADR, lithium battery transport and other international regulations.24-7 Response offer a number of services based around REACH, the key services include:
O REACH impact assessments O REACH dossier preparation O REACH Sief representation O REACH third party and only representative services O REACH exposure scenarios advice
Safety data sheets and supply labels including translations
Safety data sheets (SDS) must be supplied with substances and mixtures that are hazardous to heath. However, anyone being supplied a chemical can demand an SDS even if it is not hazardous if the mixture contains hazardous components above certain thresholds. In addition, the SDS must be provided in the language of the member state it is supplied in. 24-7 Response offers a cost effective SDS translation serviceDue to the recent change in legislation under the classification, labelling and packaging Regulation (CLP) all substances needed to be reclassified by December 2010 and mixtures will need to be by June 2015. This will mean updates and changes to both SDS and labels. There will also be a requirement for extended safety data sheets which will need to contain information relating to exposure scenarios. 24-7 Response provides an SDS authoring service, or if you are looking for reassurance that your SDS complies we offer a checking service.
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CLP and CLP notifications
We can help you to manage the classification, labelling and notification processes associated with CLP.Dangerous goods transport advice (DGSA)
There is a legal requirement under ADR for anyone involved in the loading, unloading or transportation of dangerous goods to appoint a dangerous safety goods advisor (DGSA). 24-7 Response has a team of qualified DGSAs that are able to offer advice or act as your DGSA. Through our sister company, PTF Training, we also run regular SQA accredited DGSA training courses. Our principal consultant is a founder member of the recently formed association for DGSAs, the British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP) www.badgp.orgChemical incident management and clean up
Incident management response: situations often occur when the presence of an expert on the scene is required, 24-7 Response can contact an on-call OHES incident manager and arrange for them to attend the scene. Many of our staff are former employees of the Environment Agency – experienced in providing on-site assistance to help minimise the impact of a spill.Fuel, chemicals and hazmat Clean-up: 24-7 Response also have direct access to a nationwide network of UK spill accredited chemical and fuel clean up contractors. Should the need arise, our incident advisors can mobilise a rapid response team from a local specialist clean-up company.Training
Drawing on our incident advisors’ expertise, we have designed training courses that will give your staff an understanding of the risks when handling chemicals – and mitigate the consequences should things go wrong.Chemical transport trainingChemical safety training: in their daily work, many people use or handle hazardous goods. Our chemical hazard awareness course will give them an insight on label interpretation, safe handling and incident management. Additional modules, such as practical spill response can be added, if required.CLP (classification, labelling and packaging) training for suppliers of chemicals who need to generate, 24-7 Response can train staff to classify products correctly and ensure that they have the necessary information to generate safety data sheets (SDS) and product labels to comply with the latest CLP/GHS. Lithium battery safety and legislation training: recent changes to legislation have placed many new restrictions on the transport and supply of lithium metal, lithium-ion and lithium polymer cells and batteries. Our course not only clarifies what the legislation means to those involved, it also gives delegates an understanding of what the hazards and are why the legislation is necessary. DGSA training: for many years our sister company, PTF Training has been running SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) accredited DGSA courses.
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TESTIMONIALS
“When a sub contractor caused a major fire at our depot, OAMPS were on site within hours managing the incident and liaising with the relevant emergency services on our behalf. We had never used the emergency response provided by OAMPS before and we are pleased in our hour of need it lived up to our expectations.” – Robert Oakley, Eco Oils.“We have found 24-7 has provided us with a completely professional and efficient service, it is very important to know that all calls are dealt with by professionals and that any advice complies with regulations at all times. As the implications of any incidents relating to fuel spillages etc have the potential to be very serious the experience with the emergency response service has been excellent and we would strongly recommend 24-7 to anyone within the industry.” – Ray Fowler at Goff Petroleum“Our dealings with 24-7 Response have been of a high standard. It is reassuring to both ourselves and our customers to have the back-up of a credible and professional supplier in the HS&E field.” – Neil Ryding at FAST Exocet
STAFF SELECTION
Caroline Raine – Principal Consultant of 24-7 Response
Caroline assists those managing major emergencies, to help minimise the impact of a chemical incident. Caroline is a chemical legislation expert, with experience of interpreting and implementing EU legislation relating to hazardous chemical substances. This experience has been developed whilst working directly in the chemical industry and on consultancy projects. Caroline is a qualified dangerous goods safety advisor, for the transport of hazardous goods by road. She holds the NEBOSH general certificate and is currently working towards her NEBOSH health and safety diploma. In addition Caroline is a committee member of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS) and is a founder member of the British Association of Dangerous Goods Professionals (BADGP).Richard Shreeve
Richard has over ten years’ experience in the specialist field of chemical and hazardous goods emergency response. Richard and Caroline Raine set up 24-7 Response in the spring of 2011, giving OAMPS a complementary service to the established emergency response and incident remediation capability within the group.Kate Coughlan
Holding a BSc (Hons) in pharmaceutical and forensic analysis, Kate has several years’ experience in chemical emergency response and hazardous goods legislation. Kate joined 24-7 Response in the spring of 2011, where she is responsible for operations for the 24-7 Response Emergency number service. Kate is also heavily involved in delivering 24-7 Response’s consultancy and training services.
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Website www.3ecompany.comE-mail [email protected] office 3207 Grey Hawk Court, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA 92010,
USATel/ Fax +1 760 602 8700/ +1 760 930 6662Directors Robert S Christie, President and CEO
Leo Oves, Vice President, Research and DevelopmentJeffrey Starr, Vice President, MarketingGreg Merwin, Vice President, North American SalesAndrea Verspay, Vice President, European SalesAlan Goodman, Director, Asia and Latin America SalesAlex Ortiz, Vice President, Ariel US Operations
Ownership Owned by public company, Verisk AnalyticsLocations US, Canada, Europe, AsiaFounded 1988
OVERVIEW
3E Company is the trusted global provider of chemical, regulatory and compliance information services. Our vision and commitment is to serve as a global strategic partner for EH&S compliance data to our customers across the supply chain and throughout the product lifecycle. 3E provides its customers with the premier knowledge-base of substance level regulatory data and product level MSDS data; round-the-clock global coverage and customer support; data accuracy, quality and integrity; a breadth of solutions covering upstream product stewardship and downstream workplace safety; and unparalleled experience and domain expertise. Services include reference and integrated regulatory data; MSDS authoring systems and services; MSDS distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; regulatory reporting and hazardous waste management.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 6No of countries represented -Staff, group -Staff, chemical service provision -
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWNConsultancy/
advisory5%
Information80%
IT & software10%
Other5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Carlsbad, CA, USA: 3E Company's world headquarters and the world-renowned EH&S Mission Control call centreCopenhagen, Denmark: European headquarters and MSDS authoring and related regulatory services centre-of-excellenceMontreal, QC, Canada: MSDS management products and services operationsBethesda, MD, USA: Ariel global regulatory data development and operationsKingsport, TN, USA: MSDS authoring centre-of-excellenceCanton, OH, USA: MSDgen MSDS authoring platform product, operations and support centre
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory data access and delivery – decision support
Ariel WebInsight™ – a subscription-based online reference tool for researching and tracking how chemicals and substances are regulatedArielLogic™ for food and flavours – a subscription-based online reference tool for researching and tracking regulated flavours and food additivesAriel Data Manager™ (ADM) – seamlessly integrates chemical regulatory data into corporate systems and provides efficient change management and regular updates as regulations change and new ones are releasedAriel Solutions for SAP® EHS management – integrated chemical, regulatory, toxicity and eco-toxicity data, vendor MSDS data, expert rules, multilingual phrases, document and label templates, and data loading tools for managing EH&S compliance activities in SAP EHS managementMSDgen ® MSDS Authoring Software – an enterprise software solution suite designed for companies’ in-house EH&S staffMSDS authoring services – provides outsourced or co-sourced assistance with authoring MSDSs via 3E’s own fully-dedicated, in-house staff of highly qualified, multi-lingual authorsMSDS distribution – facilitates the dissemination of MSDSs through multiple channels, including web hosting, or a scheduled delivery via fax, email, or postProfessional services
REACH – 3E can work collaboratively with a company to produce exposure scenarios for eSDSsGHS – classification services and consulting to companies who need assistance with understanding the implications of GHS has on their businessTSCA – services range from fully outsourcing TSCA compliance to project-based, function-specific areasC&L notification – assists manufacturers and importers with CLP classification and subsequent ECHA notification under the European Union’s CLP (classification, labelling and packaging) RegulationEuropean product registration – 3E can determine which products need to be registered, perform the registration process, the maintenance of the registration and any necessary updates to MSDSs and labelsDGSA (dangerous goods safety adviser) – 3E can serve as a company’s DGSAEH&S supply chain data and sustainability tools
3E Online Supplier Portal – facilitates efficient supply chain communication by offering a streamlined process for users to obtain EH&S and regulatory information from their suppliers3E Green Product Analyser – provides powerful regulatory and toxicology analysis of productsMSDS management and workplace safety
MSDS Management: a variety of products and services for the management of vendor supplier MSDSsTransportation: 24-7-365 global hotline access for guidance and classification of shipping hazardous materials for any modeEmergency response: 24-7-365 emergency response to spills, ingestions or exposures, or for dispatching emergency responders to an incidentRegulatory reporting: outsourced services for researching, identifying analysing, tracking, completing and submitting required disclosures, permits and reports
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Hazardous waste management and classification services: that support customers’ hazardous waste management obligations, including proper storage and disposal
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS1998 Company founded; pioneered MSDS management services
business2004 Acquisition: Ariel Research Corporation; international expansion2007 Acquisitions: HSE Systems and MSDS Solutions2008 REACH and GHS initiatives2009 AMR Research (now Gartner) publishes report, “3E moves its
way to outsourced MSDS management leadership”2010 Acquired by Verisk Analytics2002-11
Six-time winner Environmental Business Journal Business Achievement awards. Winner of four Occupational Health and Safety product of the year awards. Nine-time winner Commitment to Worker Safety awards from Compliance Magazine.
ACCREDITATIONS
CHMM, CSP, DGSA, CPEA, CSBA, REA, IATA, more
PARTNERS
SAP, Japan Chemical Daily, ChemSW, SciQuest, Kelaroo, Waste Management, Source 44, RegScan, Redstone, SOCMA ChemStewards
CLIENTS
Perstorp, Brenntag, Shell Oil, GrafTech International, Eastman Chemical, Sumitomo Chemical, Cabot Microelectronics, Menasha Corp, Costco Wholesale, Southwest Airlines, DTE Energy, Cabela's, Bostik, Momentive Performance Materials, Novelis, JM Huber, Supreme Chemicals, AMCOL International
TESTIMONIALS
“WebInsight has changed the way our team works by making us more efficient… we have been continuously impressed by the depth and breadth of the Ariel regulatory data and content… Our team has also found great value in the information and guidance that 3E Company provides. The topics and coverage are always extremely timely and relevant to our business.” – Perstorp“With GHS and REACH looming, we knew that our MSDS processes had to be improved and tightened up. MSDgen gave us the platform to not only improve the quality of our MSDS data, but also to manage the process of generating and distributing MSDSs.” – AMCOL International“Both services (MSDS authoring and MSDS distribution) have a wide range of strong technical resources behind them and we’re confident that we’re providing our employees and customers with the most accurate MSDSs in a timely manner. Employee and customer feedback has been extremely positive.” – Novelis
CASE STUDY 1: Brenntag utilises 3E’s SAP EHS Solutions to distribute and deliver optimised global HSE programme
Industry: chemical distributionChallenge: “To ensure the company has the most accurate and comprehensive regulatory data available, as ever changing regulations, initiatives and directives emerge from regulatory and governing bodies on national, state and local levels.”Solution: Ariel Solutions for use with SAP® EHS ManagementResults: “We partner with 3E because of the depth and breadth of their global chemical and regulatory content coverage. We strongly feel that 3E Company has the experience, contacts and language skills needed to stay current with global regulations. We know that the information they are providing us is always accurate and reliable. We were also strongly impressed with ADM-EHSAP’s ability to seamlessly load this information
into our existing SAP EHSM system… Adopting 3E Company’s Ariel content and tools for SAP EHSM has brought our ability to manage compliance information for the myriad of environmental regulations impacting our business to a whole new level. Since partnering with 3E, our compliance efforts have been streamlined, which translates to increased productivity and focus on the more strategic aspects of compliance management.”
CASE STUDY 2: JM Huber Corporation relies on 3E Company to author compliant multiple-language MSDSs
Industry: manufacturer of engineered materials, natural resources and technology-based services to customers spanning many industries, from paper and energy to plastics and construction.Challenge: keeping up with constantly-changing regulations in multiple countries; producing locally compliant hazard communication in the multiple languagesSolutions: MSDS authoring services, Emergency Response, 3E MSDS On Demand®Results: JM Huber has experienced improved liability and risk management, heightened cost efficiency and control and increased productivity. “Using 3E’s Authoring service saves us so much time. Every time one of our SDSs is changed, all of the corresponding sheets need to be revised as well – in several different languages. Being able to outsource that stress and burden is a tremendous relief. We have been very happy with the service and the quality of the work that our 3E team provides.”
STAFF SELECTION
Sookie Hong – Senior Regulatory Research Analyst
Hong is responsible for researching, analysing and monitoring overall chemical and other EH&S related governmental legislation and regulations of the Asia Pacific region. She has nearly 15 years of regulatory expertise focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, including work in Japan, Hong Kong and the US. Hong holds an MA in international affairs, Asia political economy from American University in Washington DC, and graduate certificate of East Asian studies from Harvard University. She is fluent in Korean, Japanese, English, and highly proficient in Mandarin (including professional reading skills in both simplified and traditional Chinese).Yasmin Chen, Manager Authoring Operations, Europe
Chen is manager for 3E’s Copenhagen Authoring Operation, as well as a senior MSDS author and regulatory consultant. She is responsible for the day-to-day management of services offered in the area of global MSDS authoring and label preparation and consulting in the area of chemical management and EH&S in general. Chen has over 25 years’ experience working with chemical products in research & development from chemical industries and institutes in China and Denmark as well as more then a decade of experience in the areas of hazard communication and regulatory compliance worldwide. Yasmin holds a PhD in chemistry from Copenhagen University, Denmark, an MS in chemistry from Beijing Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academic Science and a BS in chemistry from The China University of Science and Technology. Yasmin relocated to Denmark from Beijing, China in 1989. She is fluent in English, Danish and a native Chinese speaker. In addition, she reads and understands Norwegian and Swedish.Bonita Reynolds – Senior MSDS Author/ Regulatory Specialist
Reynolds has been with 3E since 2008. She has been heavily involved with TSCA compliance for the last 14 years of her 24 year regulatory professional career. In addition she has experience from the foods, drugs and cosmetics industry. Reynolds has managed the role of TCSA coordinator for major chemical companies where she worked with writing and maintaining TSCA compliance programmes, training, auditing, day to day compliance, product reviews, inventory status and exemptions, new chemical submissions, technical contact with EPA and customer notifications.
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Website www.actagroup.comE-mail [email protected] office 23 New Mount Street, Manchester, M4 4DE, UKTel +44 (0)1612127405Contact [email protected] Lynn L Bergeson and Lisa M CampbellOwnership Private company, affiliated with:
The Acta Group LLCThe Acta Group China LLCBergeson & Campbell PCB&C Consortia Management LLC
Locations US, UK and ChinaFounded 2004
OVERVIEW
The Acta Group EU Ltd (Acta EU) and its affiliates The Acta Group LLC (Acta) and The Acta Group China LLC (Acta China) are leading international specialists in chemical product approval, support, and regulatory defence. Acta, Acta EU, and Acta China are affiliated consulting firms established to control the spiralling costs and inefficiencies encountered by clients seeking approvals to market chemicals, biocides, products of biotechnology and nanotechnology, and medical devices in global markets. Acta, Acta EU, and Acta China manage products from concept to approval, utilising the skills and experience of professionals who have worked in the specific product areas in government and industry. The Acta EU regulatory team provides project management for fast-track product approval by building support and defence packages for product portfolios.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 3No of countries represented >25Staff, group >25Staff, chemical service provision >25
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
30%
Representation& management
20%Information
10%
IT & software5%
Legal25%
Training5%
Other5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
The Acta Group LLC Bergeson & Campbell PC; and B&C Consortia Management LLC 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 100W Washington, DC 20037-1701
SERVICES PROVIDED
General consulting services
We represent and counsel individuals, business entities, trade associations, and industry associations. Our fundamental goals are to solve our clients’ existing problems and to minimise future difficulties. We take a multi-disciplinary approach in assisting our clients. Attention must be paid to the interplay of all branches of government and interest groups. Our capabilities, borne of site- and issue-specific experience, combined with our national and international view on policy and regulatory developments, position us to handle all these tasks with judgment, creativity, and efficiency.Global product registration and agent services (only representative services)
Regulatory chemical product notification, registration, and technical defence under the framework of global chemical programs. Acta, Acta EU, and Acta China concentrate on obtaining, maintaining, and supporting product approvals and efficiently overcoming commercial or regulatory impediments to the successful and profitable marketing of approved products. The multi-disciplinary skills offered by Acta, Acta EU, and Acta China professionals are essential to obtaining cost-effective and timely product approval. Jurisdictions we are active in are: North and South America, European Union, Switzerland, Turkey, and Pacific Rim.Data compensation support services and trade infringement/competition issues
Acta EU and its affiliates are engaged in numerous data compensation and competition-related issues at the global level. Activities range from supporting, evaluating, preparing, and managing data cost on behalf of the data owner as well as for those entities seeking data access. As a result of recent activities in association with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) legislation, many clients continue to evaluate and pursue competition-related issues. We are actively engaged in data compensation and competition-related disputes.Technical document preparation activities
Undertaking the appropriate document preparation and coordination to support a registration and post registration activities, ie chemical substance dossier preparation, exposure assessments, hazard assessments, specific effect analysis and assessments, petitions, response to comment documents, inquiries, and safety data sheet (SDS) preparation.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1998 Parent company, Bergeson & Campbell PC formed in Washington DC, USA
2000 Bergeson & Campbell PC establishes consulting affiliate, The Acta Group LLC in Washington DC, USA
2004 The Acta Group LLC establishes an international consulting affiliate, The Acta Group EU Ltd in the UK
2010 Bergeson & Campbell PC establishes a consulting affiliate, B&C Consortia Management LLC in Washington DC, USA
2011 The Acta Group LLC establishes an international consulting affiliate, The Acta Group China LLC
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ACCREDITATIONS
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001; International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9001; ISO 14000
PARTNERS
B&C Consortia Management LLC
CLIENTS
Acta EU’s clients are involved in many businesses, including basic, specialty, agricultural, and antimicrobial chemicals; biotechnology, nanotechnology, and emerging transformative technologies; medical devices and diagnostic products; fibres; paints and coatings; plastic products; and chemical manufacturing, formulation, distribution, and consumer product sectors.
TESTIMONIALS
Our client list is maintained on a confidential basis. We do not publish client names/testimonials.
CASE STUDY 1: Successful ECHA appeal
Provided strategic technical support to our European legal counsel, Field Fisher Waterhouse, in the first successful appeal under the REACH legislation. It is important to note that at the time of the appeal, the technical completeness check (TCC) tool was not available. ECHA rejected the dossier based on the premise of incompleteness. A successful appeal was performed without the need to petition ECHA further. The substance was granted registration, a registration number assigned, and appeal fees returned.
CASE STUDY 2: Data compensation issue
Prepared strategic counselling and documentation to support and submit data compensation dispute/appeal under the REACH legislation. Reviewed and issued response to ECHA’s position on the data sharing dispute. Initiated documentation to support a petition for competition law infringement in association with conduct under the framework of REACH. Our work in this area builds upon our significant and extensive data compensation work in the US under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In other roles, we perform analysis of data valuation in association with the data rights to be granted.
CASE STUDY 3: Import tolerance
Provided strategic regulatory counselling on development of import tolerances/exemption from tolerances for raw and/or processed agricultural goods exported from Europe into the US that have been treated with pesticides that are not registered in the US under FIFRA and can be expected to have residues. Worked extensively with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff to bring cases to successful resolution. In addition, worked extensively with enforcement personnel in cases where commodities have been inadvertently imported bearing residues of unregistered pesticides and resolved matters successfully.
STAFF SELECTION
Lynn L Bergeson – Principal/Director
Ms Bergeson has for over two decades assisted individual companies and a wide range of trade groups and ad hoc consortia on chemical-specific legislative and regulatory matters. Ms Bergeson’s practice areas include Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), FIFRA, REACH, and related international chemical notification, registration, and strategic product defence and product approval litigation matters.Leslie Scott MacDougall – Director of Regulatory Affairs
Ms MacDougall has more than two decades experience in various chemical-related matters. She spent a significant portion of her career as a programme manager for the US EPA. In her current role, Ms MacDougall is the managing director for Acta EU with emphasis on global product registration support activities. She is a key technical advisor to legal staff in support of international litigation matters (ie appeals, data compensation issues) and international chemical legislation developments.Ruth C Downes – Regulatory Specialist
Ms Downes specialises in REACH registrations and worldwide notifications. Ms Downes is experienced in performing REACH-related submissions as well as document preparation to support international registration activities. Ms Downes has strong links with national competent authorities and communicates with competent authorities frequently. She participates in substance information exchange forums (Sief) and consortia supporting registration activities.Andrew Bourne – Regulatory Specialist
Mr Bourne has significant experience in regulatory and chemical management matters. Previously, Mr Bourne worked for Exponent International Ltd (Exponent) as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist where he was a liaison for Sief members, steering groups, and downstream users for the compilation of substance identification and available substance data and risk management information for the REACH phase-in 2010 deadlines. In addition, Mr Bourne produced several chemical safety reports (CSR) for Annex IX and X registrations and assisted in biocides and plant protection registrations.
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CONTACTS
Website www.apc.eu.comE-mail [email protected] office Unit 3, Cromwell Business Park, York Road, Wetherby,
LS22 7SU, UK Tel +44 (0)1937 547962Contact Jeff OldDirectors Steve Shires, Saul Shires, Daniel Shires,
Jeff Old – Operations Director,Chris O’Hara – Director of Regulatory Affairs
Ownership Private Locations UK (Wetherby and Ringwood), France, Spain and
PolandFounded 2001
OVERVIEW
Established in 2001 by Dr Steve Shires to satisfy a market need for a co-ordinated network of scientific consultants. APC has steadily grown to have offices in the UK, France, Spain and Poland, as well as a global network of consultants covering more than 40 countries. APC’s experienced team of chemists, agronomists, toxicologists and environmental experts can address a broad range of regulatory challenges. Working together with our network of local experts whose knowledge and contacts within various ministries around the world enables APC to design bespoke regulatory solutions for our clients’ needs.As a result of the global reach of the APC network, APC can provide sound regulatory and technical support for biocides (98/8), plant protection products (1107/2009), biopesticide and general chemicals (REACH).Dedicated APC project managers are assigned to each client from the beginning. They become the focal point for communications, providing the client with valuable strategic advice and timely support throughout each project to submission and during evaluation to approval.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €4mTurnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 5No of countries represented >40Staff, group 26Staff, chemical service provision -
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
98%
Training2%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Agents in Japan, plus a consultant network covering Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australasia
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory dossier services
Data gap analysis, drafting of data waivers, data extrapolation, risk assessments, dossier preparation, placement and monitoring of studies, including efficacy development programmes. Plant protection products
Our staff at APC have extensive experience in the preparation and submission of dRRs in the support of zonal authorisations. APC has provided support to our clients for various regulatory projects including data matching, technical equivalence, support through to Annex I inclusion, Annex I renewal (AIR) and dRR Zonal dossiers. Many of these projects required an innovative and bespoke approach to the preparation of higher tier risk assessments. APC can provide market reviews and literature reviews for potential new products and has considerable experience in obtaining international registrations outside EU including Africa, Asia and CIS countries. APC has successfully managed ten Annex II data matching programmes for protected study dossiers and gained Annex I listing for several novel active substances.We have supported numerous actives through the EU review process, including two bio-pesticides and managed and submitted >200 Annex III dossiers with another 50 applications mutual recognitionsAPC’s particular strength is in the use of our local consultant network to provide regulatory support for our customers, from the drafting of MSDS and labels in the local language through to in-person negotiation with the regulatory authorities. Biocides
APC’s team of experts has experience in the submission and support of Annex I dossiers in support of various PT groups, including higher tier environmental and non-dietary human risk assessments. In addition, APC’s network of consultants can complete, submit and notarise national applications forms for our clients in support of applications in the transitional period before Annex I inclusion comes into force. Biopesticides
Through our consultant network, APC has expertise in the submission of four Annex I dossiers in support of a biopesticide.REACH and GHS
APC provide a range of services from third party/only representation to dossier preparation and risk assessment for CSRs. Our experts have experience of various exposure modelling tools required for CSRs, including ECETOC TRA, ART, Stoffenmanager, EUSES, ConsExpo, BEAT etc. APC can prepare CLP/GHS proposals for MSDSs and dossiers. Training
APC runs training events in ecotox, biopesticides and new EU pesticide regulations
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Company registered in England2005 French office opened2008 UK Wetherby office opened2009 Polish office opened2010 UK Ringwood office opened
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PARTNERS
Triveritas – veterinary medicine specialist
CLIENTS
Our current client data base has more than 100 clients from various industry sectors and disciplines
CASE STUDY 1: European plant protection product support at STEP 2
APC performed a preliminary bird and mammal risk assessment according to the EFSA Guidance (2009) for a fungicide used on a variety of crops. The critical uses of the product were discussed by ecotoxicology and efficacy experts to ensure that uses were supportable in terms of application rates, numbers of applications and timings (BBCH stages. The efficacy and residues trials programme was tailored to support the revised rates and timings with the aim of supporting the maximum number of crops at re-registration. Separate member state (MS) draft registration reports (dRR) were found to be appropriate for the Central zone as the target MS had different crop groups and environmental fate modelling requirements. On the other hand a zonal dRR was found to be appropriate for the Southern zone where there was overlap of uses and environmental fate modelling. Where necessary MS specific environmental requirements (eg UK spray drift PECsw or relevant FOCUSsw scenarios) were detailed and appropriate environmental mitigation specified.
CASE STUDY 2: Annex II equivalence at Step 1
One of the Annex II data matching programmes for protected study dossiers that APC managed was for an insecticide with many complex metabolites and some very challenging environmental issues. In this project we were able to save our client >€1m of studies by drafting skilful waiver arguments and having detailed negotiations with the EU RMS. Despite the many technical challenges APC was then able to meet the tight Step 1 submission deadline and get a positive evaluation from the RMS. Finally, APC lead the successful negotiations for access to protected vertebrate studies with the primary data holder. Our client was therefore able to maintain all of their existing national registrations at a cost well below what was initially expected.
CASE STUDY 3: Out of season trials
Using our large network of consultants, APC was able to organise out of season trials in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in order to speed up the acquisition of data needed to confirm the performance of a new formulation. Our field efficacy experts were then able to justify the inclusion of this data as supporting evidence showing comparability with EU conditions where appropriate. This initiative resulted in a registration being obtained one year earlier than first anticipated.
CASE STUDY 4: REACH registration non-phase-in substance
APC have assisted a PPP manufacture with their REACH preparations by undertaking a full analysis of their marketed products and undertaking REACH registration procedures for the relevant substances. Within this, APC identified the requirement to register non-phase-in substances with ECHA, and took the relevant action to achieve this, filing enquiry dossiers with ECHA, and then using the results of this, and our in house expertise, to undertake a data gap analysis. We then oversaw the completion of any data gaps by overseeing data access agreements with previous registrants, or by constructing expert data waiving arguments for submission to ECHA. This led to a full REACH registration for the substances in question, achieved in early 2010
STAFF SELECTION
Steve Shires – Managing Director
Steve Shires started his career in the plant protection business at Shell Research in 1977, where he was a founder member of the environmental biology group. Following seven years leading ecotoxicology projects on pesticides, he spent a further four years in Shell managing development and registration in the Far East and Australia. In 1988 Steve moved to FMC as the registration manager for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and then moved to become director of development and regulatory affairs. In 2001 he started Agchem Project Consulting Ltd (APC), with a vision of making it a truly international consultancy offering a full range of services at national as well as central EU level. In his current role as managing director of APC Steve is responsible for providing overall company management plus guidance in both technical and business strategic issues.Jeff Old – Operations Director
Jeff Old started his career in 1984 as a field trials officer in the herbicide group of Agrisearch UK conducting and arranging small plot field trials. He developed this group becoming manager in 1988 and continued until changing his role within the company in 1991 to become production control manager responsible for the scheduling and management of the workload in the field teams. In 1993 he joined Inveresk Research to set up their field trials department conducting field trials for all pesticides growing and developing this team to 27 staff and attained GEP and GLP in Spain, Italy, France, Poland and UK. In 2010 he joined APC as operations director with responsibility for the day to day running of the company, project scheduling, resourcing of dossier submissions, financial aspects of the company. Chris O’Hara – Director of Regulatory Affairs
Prior to joining APC, Chris O’Hara was the head of the Human Health Group at a major consultancy co-ordinating the preparation of dossiers/risk assessments and the management of resource allocation.Chris O’Hara, director of regulatory affairs has 18 years of regulatory experience with plant protection products, biocides (various PT groups) and CSRs for REACH gained from working at a contract research organisation and at a major consultancy. He has a comprehensive working knowledge of EU regulatory evaluation procedures and risk assessment methods, including relevant guidelines and EC directives as they pertain to existing and new active substances. Graham Poulton – Field Development Manager
Graham began his career at HLS, where he gained valuable practical experience in both laboratory and field activities. Having reached the role of efficacy specialist, Graham then joined APC in 2008 as field development specialist and then manager with responsibilities for a team of nine.Graham provides support on all topics coming under either GEP field trials or product development. He takes a lead on developing business strategy in these areas in response to changes in the regulatory environment.
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Scientific services
Product definition and chemical substance identification; CLP notification dossiers; classification of substances and mixtures; representation of our clients in consortia; REACH registration and notification dossiers (study monitoring and hazard assessment; data gap analysis and setup of testing strategies; derivation of threshold values; alternative testing methods; development of exposure scenarios and risk assessment; PBT [persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic] assessments).Regulatory services
Support in REACH (including requirements for nanomaterials), REACH-like legislations, CLP, RoHS, Food Contact, Biocides Regulation: from referral to information sources to assistance in interpretation of legal texts.Industrial services
Tailor-made advice for a cost efficient implementation of regulations, taking into account the global business strategy and required flexibility of our clients; assistance in development of chemicals management system and product stewardship programme; writing of position papers and communication with authorities; SVHC (substances of very high concern) tracking; audit programme: compliance audit, system audit; supply chain audit; project audit; due diligence audit; engineering support for the implementation and documentation of strictly controlled conditions for intermediates.Project management and training
Consortium management; pro-active project management with focus on in-time and in-budget delivery supported by state of the art IT tools.Apeiron-Team organises workshops on various aspects of the REACH implementation process. Upon request, tailor-made in-house trainings are developed.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2009 Start of Apeiron-Team NV2010 Management of consortium of a highly specialised chemical2010 Move to the new location in Kontich2010 REACH training for Belgian federation of chemical industry2010 Development of a client portfolio of SMEs and multinationals in
chemical and polymer industry2010 Successful registration of more than 100 substances for
REACH2011 Workshops on development of threshold values, on
interpretation of extended SDS and on default values used in exposure models
2011 Generation of safety data sheets with exposure scenarios based on chemical safety reports
2011 Extension of client portfolio in food and pharma industry2011 Participation in Smithers conference in Atlanta with presentation
on development of exposure scenarios2011 Expansion of services and experience in REACH-like
legislation, global SDS requirements and chemicals management
2011 Development of company specific DU-CSRs (downstream user chemical safety reports)
2011 Writing of position papers regarding certain substances exempt under REACH
2011 Development of compliance check tool for extended safety data sheets
2011 Invited speaker at Sustainable Chemistry Summit in Canada: Toxics Reductions – What’s Next? The EU Perspective: REACH
CONTACTS
Website www.apeiron-team.euE-mail [email protected] office Pluyseghemstraat 69 2550 Kontich BelgiumTel +32 3 808 20 69Contact Elke Van AsbroeckDirectors Elke Van Asbroeck Hiram MoermanOwnership Private companyLocations Kontich, BelgiumFounded 2009
OVERVIEW
Our mission is to support industry with cost efficient implementation of complex chemical related regulations. We provide a high level of expertise in chemicals management in the entire supply chain for all relevant regulations as well as for internal responsible care objectives.We are a highly motivated team of doctors in toxicology and chemistry and engineers with industrial experience. As a company of ten people and a limited number of sub-contractors with niche knowledge, we provide specific expertise, while being able to act flexibly and client focused.
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Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 10Staff, chemical service provision 10
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ACCREDITATIONS
O Certified toxicologists O Environmental advisor (Milieu coordinator) O Strategic advisor SME
PARTNERS
O ProMil O CjConsult O Burgess Regulatory Services Ltd O Jongerius Consult
CLIENTS
Our references are situated in several industries and their entire supply chain from manufacture to recycle:
O chemical industry: petrochemical, fine chemicals, toll manufacturing O food industry O polymer industry O refinery O tyre industry O pharma Industry
TESTIMONIALS
"Our experts, together with the experienced Apeiron-Team, successfully implemented the complex EU regulations REACH and CLP. We appreciate the know-how exchange and professionalism on both sides” Borealis"Apeiron-Team is a no-nonsense company delivering their services on time, in full and in budget" Monument Chemical
CASE STUDY 1: REACH dossier preparation
To support the registration of a high volume rubber chemical, Apeiron-Team has built for this substance the complete REACH dossier and prepared the registration for the lead registrant. The multi-constituent substance was evaluated by Apeiron-Team in all relevant physico-chemical and toxicological aspects both human and environmental. Exposure was assessed for all stages of the lifecycle including the waste stage.Apeiron-Team also provided the CLP classification and composed the eSDS, including the annex. Within the consortium Apeiron-Team provided the cost evaluation of the studies and has set up the cost-sharing model for the consortium and Sief members.
CASE STUDY 2: Development of downstream user chemical safety report
A large chemical company using several substances at ten different sites throughout Europe discovered that compliance with the relevant exposure scenarios in the received SDS could not be confirmed for all sites. Instead of looking for site-specific solutions for each of the non-compliant plants it was decided to develop downstream user chemical safety reports (DU-CSR) that covered all separate sites. Exposure scenarios were developed that took into account company-specific data, starting from the worst-case plant, ultimately guaranteeing compliance. The company now only needs to verify compliance with its own DU-CSR in case of changes of circumstances and thus has become independent of the SDS sent by its suppliers.
CASE STUDY 3: Strategic advice to align REACH registrations with the business objectives
Although REACH registration is a scientific exercise involving a lot of communication throughout the supply chain, REACH is also very much a business driven effort. Apeiron-Team has helped several multinationals to develop their REACH registration strategy taking into account the markets and import/export strategies the business had already in place. In addition, where warranted position papers were written in order to defend the exemption status for specific substances under REACH. By doing so, a cost effective registration strategy could be developed avoiding unnecessary registration cost while securing optimal business continuity and flexibility.
CASE STUDY 4: Development of a compliance check tool for incoming extended safety data sheets
For a company dealing with an extensive incoming product portfolio, Apeiron-Team developed a compliance check tool for incoming (extended) safety data sheets. The goal of the tool was to cover legal obligations at different levels: in the first instance, for each product should be documented whether an SDS is required and if so, when it was received and whether it conforms to the legal requirements. On a second level, the tool had to allow the assessment and documentation of compliance with the exposure scenarios. In case follow-up is needed as a result from this compliance check, this can also be tracked and documented by means of the tool.
CASE STUDY 5: Strategic approach for authorisation and restriction
The REACH restriction and authorisation process is complex but business critical. Apeiron-Team developed for a global article manufacturer a strategic approach to deal with these challenges. Substance specific timelines were developed to allow the company to participate in the authorisation process either directly or via their supply chain. The strategic plan was aligned with process development and R&D planning to ensure efficient and effective use of these resources to assure business continuity at long term.
STAFF SELECTION
Elke Van Asbroeck – Managing Director
O ir (Bio-)chemical engineer O polymer chemistry/ waste O cost-efficient regulation implementation O auditing/ GPS O supply chain communication (eg SVHC) O import/ export strategy
Hiram Moerman – Managing Director
O ir chemical engineer O specialised in process chemistry O product stewardship and GPS O auditing O regulatory IT systems (eg IUCLID, CSI tools) O consortium/ project management
Dr An Jamers – Scientific Advisor
O PhD ecotoxicology O registration/notification dossiers O Sief/consortium representation O PBT assessments O product stewardship and GPS O global SDS requirements
Dr Katrien Monsieurs – Scientific Advisor
O PhD organic chemistry O specialised in organic synthesis O substance identification O classification and labelling O knowledge in human toxicology O REACH and CLP training
Dr Tine Vandenbrouck – Scientific Advisor
O PhD ecotoxicology O specialised in mixture effects O hazard and exposure assessments O registration/notification dossiers O eSDS generation/scaling tools O ERT certified toxicologist
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CONTACTS
Website www.arcadis.com/Global_Product_Stewardship.aspxE-mail [email protected]
[email protected] Head office Gustav Mahlerplein 97-103, 1082 MS Amsterdam PO Box 7895, 1008 AB Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTel/ Fax +31 020 2011011/ +31 20 2011 002Contact Alain Vassart (Europe), Michelle Langefeld (US)Directors Kristof Peperstraete, Executive Director Environment
(Belgium) and Jim Hill, Operations Leader (US) Ownership Public companyLocations 300+Founded 1888
OVERVIEW
ARCADIS is an international company providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in infrastructure, water, environment and buildings. We enhance mobility, sustainability and quality of life by creating balance in the built and natural environments. ARCADIS develops, designs, implements, maintains and operates projects for companies and governments. With more than 19,000 employees and €3.2bn in revenues, the company has an extensive international network supported by strong local market positions.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €2.3bnTurnover, chemical service provision €5mNo of offices 324No of countries represented 20Staff, group 19,000+Staff, chemical service provision 42
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
50%
Representation& management
25%
Information10%
Laboratory5%
IT & software5%
Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Our 300 offices around the world provide global support. Centres of excellence for our product stewardship services are located in both Europe and the US. For Europe, contact ARCADIS Belgium: Citylink, Posthofbrug 12, 2600 Antwerpen-Berchem, Belgium. Contact: Alain Vassart, 0032 3 328 62 48, [email protected] the US, contact: ARCADIS US: 4665 Cornell Road, Suite 350, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241, USA. Contact: Michelle Langefeld, 001 513 860 8700, [email protected]
SERVICES PROVIDED
In order to produce exceptional value for our clients, employees and shareholders, we organise our services into four main business lines, each with its own area of strength and strategies: infrastructure, water, environment and buildings. These segments are naturally woven together, inspiring us to work across disciplines and geographies to deliver exceptional solutions to complex issues.One of the services in the business line environment is global product stewardship (GPS), as highlighted below. In this team, we focus mainly on regulatory compliance for chemicals, biocides and waste.REACH from A to Z
The mission of our GPS team is to enable our clients to efficiently manufacture and market their products, and to manage their supply chains in a safe, responsible, and globally compliant manner. The major focus is currently on REACH and CLP/GHS in all its aspects: we provide scientific and management support, combined with strategic advice, resulting in regulatory compliance in the most efficient way. ARCADIS performs risk assessments, prepares chemical safety reports, derives classifications and labelling, supports communication in the supply chain and evaluates extended safety data sheets. The team supports multinational companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector with the development and implementation of their REACH compliance programme, organises compliance audits and provides on-site employee training.Restriction and authorisation under REACH
Thanks to its extended internal network of expertise, both in industrial uses of chemicals as well as in regulatory affairs and economics, ARCADIS is uniquely placed to prepare application dossiers for restriction or authorisation under REACH, including data collection and socio-economic analysis. The scope of work performed by ARCADIS covers all stages needed for such a process from the IUCLID file to the management of industrial consortia specifically created for this purpose. Biocidal product authorisation
The Biocidal Product Directive (BPD 98/8/EC) aims to harmonise the European market for biocidal products and their active substances. On top of that, it intends to provide a high level of protection for humans, animals and the environment. It is anticipated that an update of the Directive, as a regulation, will enter into force on 1 January 2013.Being compliant with this Directive is the legal prerequisite that allows marketing of your biocidal products in Europe. It is a time consuming and costly process demanding various expertises. ARCADIS can provide regulatory and/or technical support in the complex process of getting your biocidal products authorised.
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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1888 Parent company Heidemij formed in the Netherlands1993 Geraghty & Miller merges with Heidemij1998 Global company becomes ARCADIS2002 BBL (est 1984) establishes a global product stewardship
(GPS) practice with Cincinnati as its centre of excellence2005 ARCADIS merges with BBL2006 ARCADIS Belgium is established as a second GPS
centre of excellence2010 ARCADIS manages several REACH consortia and
supports clients in about 100 REACH registration dossiers
2011 ARCADIS further innovates to face regulatory challenges like the authorisation process, REACH enforcement, Biocides Regulation, and others
2011 ARCADIS is engaged by several multinational companies as their key service provider for developing and implementing their REACH compliance strategy
ACCREDITATIONS
European registered toxicologists (EuroTox); European registered chemists; diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology.
CLIENTS
ARCADIS works for multinational clients around the world. We have built sound relationships with clients in following market sectors: chemical production, pharmaceuticals, automotive, rare earth compounds, consumer goods, oil and gas, governments and policy-makers, and others.
CASE STUDY 1: Product stewardship services for a home and personal care product producer
ARCADIS supports a multinational company with its REACH registration programme. In addition to REACH support, ARCADIS has been providing general regulatory and product safety services to multiple businesses within the company. Key activities include human and environmental safety assessments, updating product material safety data sheets, US TSCA import/export review, scientific manuscript preparation, developing website content, support for green certification, and global product registrations.
CASE STUDY 2: Exemption dossiers under REACH
Certain substances are exempt from registration under REACH, either because they are listed in Annex V or because they are recovered from waste under specific conditions (Art 2.7 d). For both cases, ARCADIS is preparing exemption dossiers which need to be made available to competent authorities on demand. In addition, the classification of very complex industrial streams of recovered products and mixtures are updated and adapted to the new CLP Regulation.
CASE STUDY 3: REACH consortia management
ARCADIS is currently consortium manager for several international REACH consortia. This includes coordination and follow-up of the REACH registration project, budget and cost tracking, cost sharing among members and communication with stakeholders. Besides management support, ARCADIS is also involved in preparing registration dossiers, developing read-across approaches and intelligent testing strategies and monitoring of studies. The consortia are supported by a team of project managers and experts in chemistry, toxicology and ecotoxicology.
STAFF SELECTION
Ranulfo Lemus-Olalde ScD – Human Health Toxicologist
Dr Lemus-Olalde is focused on assessing human health risks to support clients in implementing the GHS and REACH. He has provided toxicological assessments and has supervised non-clinical GLP studies. He has published papers in journals such as Food and Chemical Toxicology and Environmental Health Perspectives. He is a recipient of the NIOSH’s Alice Hamilton award for Occupational Safety and Health, a member of the Society of Toxicology; and a diplomat of the American Board of Toxicologists.Hans Cardinaals – Chemist and Risk Assessor
Hans Cardinaals holds a BSc in analytical chemistry and an MSc in human nutrition. He gained significant experience in performing and evaluating physical chemical properties of substances by managing the chemistry department of a contract research organisation for seven years. Over the last 15 years, he has been a regulatory specialist contributing to the preparation of dossiers for different regulatory frameworks (including plant protection products, biocides and industrial chemicals).Nele Deleebeeck PhD – Ecotoxicologist
Dr Deleebeeck holds the academic degrees of MSc in biology, MSc in environmental sciences and technologies, and a PhD in applied bio-engineering sciences. She has worked for academics, industry, the Belgian government and consultancy. She has more than ten years’ experience in environmental risk assessment and this for a wide variety of chemicals, with her main specialty being metals and metalloids.Kate Sellers, PE – Environmental Engineer
Kate Sellers edited and co-wrote Nanotechnology and the Environment (2008) which explores the implications of this new technology. She has presented seminars and short courses to professional societies and multinational clients, and has advised clients on issues ranging from the consequences of nanoparticle exposure to the nuances of regulatory registration. She holds a BS in chemistry, a MS in environmental engineering.
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Website www.arche-consulting.beE-mail [email protected] office Stapelplein 70, box 104 9000 Gent BelgiumTel +32 9 265 87 58Contact Marnix VangheluweDirectors Marnix Vangheluwe Patrick Van SprangOwnership Private companyLocations Gent and Leuven, BelgiumFounded 2009
OVERVIEW
ARCHE was founded in 2009 by key experts from EURAS who hold a unique track record (15 years) in the field of environmental toxicology, exposure modelling and the preparation of risk assessment dossiers in general.One of the key areas of expertise is the preparation of REACH-related risk assessments and full dossiers for inorganic substances such as metals, alloys, slags etc and, as such, the ARCHE experts have been involved in the preparation of many guidance documents on these topics. Other key services include the classification of substances and complex mixtures (GHS/CLP), setting and/or evaluation of (site-specific) environmental quality standards, and the assessment of pharmaceuticals in the environment, plant protection products and biocidal products.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 2No of countries represented 1Staff, group 12Staff, chemical service provision 12
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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IT &software
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Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
PJ Van Benedenstraat 4, box 2033000 Leuven, BelgiumTel: +32 16 28 49 00
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH
The REACH Regulation is the biggest piece of chemical legislation ever. ARCHE is well placed to help you set up a REACH implementation plan and assist you with the fulfilment of your obligations as producer, importer, distributor and/or downstream user of phase 2 and 3 substances under REACH. We can assist in (a) literature search and data evaluation, (b) IUCLID, (c) exposure scenarios, (d) CSA/CSR, (e) read-across and data waiving, (f) QSAR and (g) REACH dossier submission, updating and follow-up.Classification of substances and complex mixtures under CLP/GHS
In order to remain compliant with all the current legislation related to the hazard classification of substances and (complex) mixtures, ARCHE provides the following services: (a) identification of obligations under CLP and REACH (b) re-classification of substances/mixtures to meet the new CLP requirements (c) SDS creation/updating and assignment of classification according to CLP and REACH requirements, (d) support the required hazardous declaration to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (e) preparation of CLP notification dossier to the classification and labelling (C&L) inventory utilising IUCLID 5 software (f) implementation of GHSWater Framework Directive (WFD) and Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) Directive
The WFD and EQS Regulations directly impact the operation of industrial sites; one of its goals is to assess/protect the chemical status of water bodies (eg impact of effluents). ARCHE provides tailor-made plans to increase the realism of the compliance assessment: (a) translation of generic EQS (b) derivation of site-specific EQS using bioavailability/background corrections (c) implementation of probabilistic techniques covering temporal variations (d) development and management of full-scale monitoring programmes (biological and physicochemical characterisation) (e) modelling and risk/exposure assessment of the effluent mixing zone. Biocides and plant protection products (PPPs)
ARCHE has extensive expertise and a proven track record in delivering solutions to environmental problems at all stages in the registration/review of biocides and PPPs. Offered services include: (a) effect and exposure assessment for the active substances and products (b) identification of data gaps and design of higher-tier studies (c) exposure modelling (FOCUS suite of models, EUSES, USES, CONSEXPO, EASE) (d) higher-tier exposure scenario development, (e) CLP (f) dossier preparation, submission and follow-up (g) client representation in meetings with regulatory authorities (h) product stewardship.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2009 Foundation of ARCHE (staff: five people)2010 Expansion of the team to 12 people, with offices in Ghent
and Leuven
PARTNERS
EBRC Consulting GmbH, HannoverPietConsulting
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CLIENTS
Industrial clients and consortia related to the following chemical substances:
O metals including: Cu, Ni, Mo, Pb, Zn, Hg, V, Co, Fe, Se, Sr, Mg, Bi, Te, Ti
O organic compounds: chlorinated flame retardants, organic acids, plasticisers, amines, biocides, pesticides
O complex materials: Cu slags, Ti slags O other inorganic substances: Ca, B, NaOH, KOH, sulphur dioxide-
related substances (SO2, sulphites, thiosulphates, dithionites), lime, nitric acid, phosphoric acid
TESTIMONIALS
“IMOA has worked for the last five years with the environmental scientists working at ARCHE, and they have proved for IMOA/MoCon to be a very wise investment. We can therefore highly recommend ARCHE with regard to their technical expertise and knowledge on environmental issues (aquatic and terrestrial), organisation of research projects, and data interpretation. ARCHE worked with numerous metal consortia for REACH, and is widely recognised by the metals industry as the experts in their field” − Sandra Carey, International Molybdenum Association
CASE STUDY 1: REACH 2010 chemical safety reports for metals and metals compounds
The people currently working at ARCHE assisted several metal consortia in their REACH dossier preparation and chemical safety report generation for their metals and metal compounds that had to be registered by 1 December 2010. Data gap analysis with regard to the tonnage-specific REACH information requirements on physicochemical and (eco)toxicological properties were conducted, and where needed testing programmes were designed and managed. The collected and/or generated data formed the basis of the environmental effects assessments that were performed. The outcome of this work was combined with the results of the exposure assessment and relevant exposure scenarios that were also generated by the experts working at ARCHE. These risk characterisation exercises provided the operational conditions under which safe use of metals and metal compounds could be ensured for men and environment. In addition, all information that was used in the CSR was entered into the ECHA data information format (IUCLID).
CASE STUDY 2: MeClas – metals classification tool
Most complex materials in the metals sector contain a spectrum of different metals (compounds) and minerals, which therefore requires extensive physico-chemical, toxicity and ecotoxicity reference data sets. The MeClas tool offers a unique web-enabled classification tool that is always updated to the latest classification rules. The tool comprises several tiers, aimed at the progressive refinement of classification through recognition of speciation, specific mineral content and the availability of test data on the complex material in question. A licence is needed in order to use the tool (register and obtaining a login account at www.meclas.eu in order to access the MeClas tool and all supporting information). The MeClas tool has been developed jointly by EUROMETAUX and ARCHE based on initial developments in collaboration with the European Copper Institute, ICMM and Euromines.
CASE STUDY 3: Environmental risk assessment of a biocidal product for milk extraction systems
Our experts compared two environmental risk assessment methods for a disinfectant for milk extraction systems: 1) the emission scenario document for biocides (ESD) based on local consumption estimates on a typical dairy farm, and 2) EUSES based on local consumption estimates extrapolated from EU/regional tonnage. For the ESD, formulae and default values were implemented into an Excel worksheet. In EUSES (2.1), scenario 2.5.1 was used; currently there is no scenario available for the product type in question and this scenario was the most appropriate alternative. It was concluded that an ESD calculation is useful for a basic evaluation. However, the formulae appear to be very sensitive to degradation rates in soil and slurry. Although a specific exposure scenario for PT3/PT4 biocides is not yet available, EUSES is preferred due to the more refined fate calculations, the fact that it takes into account a great number of characteristics of substances and that the outcomes of EUSES are far more extended than with an ESD calculation. The results of this study were published at the SETAC Special Science Symposium in October 2011.
STAFF SELECTION
Patrick Van Sprang − Managing Director ARCHE
Patrick Van Sprang graduated as master of science in engineering (environmental technology) at Ghent University (1988). At Ghent University (1994-2000) he was responsible for the research group aquatic ecotoxicology. He was co-founder of EURAS, a consultancy company specialising in environmental risk assessment. Patrick Van Sprang is the main author of the environmental part of several risk assessments (eg Cu, Ni, Pb) and contributed to the metal risk assessment guidance document (MERAG).Marnix Vangheluwe − Managing Director ARCHE
Marnix Vangheluwe graduated as master of science in engineering (biochemistry) at Hogeschool Gent (1989). In 1991 he obtained a master in environmental sanitation (Ghent University). At Ghent University (1992-2000) he was responsible for the research group sediment ecotoxicology. He was co-founder of EURAS, a company specialising in environmental risk assessment. He is the main author of the metal risk assessment guidance document (MERAG) and the official REACH Appendix R.7.13-2.Frederik Verdonck − Senior Science Project Manager
Dr Frederik Verdonck obtained his PhD degree in bio-engineering on probabilistic risk assessment at Ghent University (Belgium). At ARCHE his main expertise area comprises the implementation and application of statistical and modelling approaches in exposure, effects and risk/safety assessment. Currently, Dr Frederik Verdonck is the leading expert in developing and implementing new tools in the field of exposure scenario building.Hilde Dosogne − Senior Science Project Manager
Hilde Dosogne graduated as bio-engineer (1992) and obtained a PhD in veterinary sciences at Ghent University (1998). From 2001 until 2004 she worked as R&D and regulatory affairs consultant for Pharmavize. From 2004 until 2011 she worked as regulatory affairs manager (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for DeLaval. Her responsibilities at ARCHE include European biocidal product dossier preparation, submission and follow-up, both on national level and according to the mutual recognition procedure.
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Website www.atoutreach.frE-mail [email protected] office LE DIAMANT A - 14 rue de la République, F – 92800
PUTEAUX, FranceTel +33 146531120Contact Nadine Mulot/ Christelle HenryDirectors Philippe PrudhonLocations FranceOwnership PrivateFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
Created in June 2007 through an initiative of the French Chemical Industries Association (UIC – Union des Industries Chimiques), ATOUT REACH helps companies (manufacturers, importers, downstream users) right throughout the value chain to prepare and implement REACH and CLP regulations. Our methods are many faceted including in-company training courses, webinars, dedicated consultancies tailored to the client.Our specific structure allows us to be very reactive to our clients’ needs: they first asked for training at the beginning of our activity in 2007. The years 2008 and 2009 were dedicated to a strategic approach and chemical inventories. In 2010 we produced many registration dossiers for clients as lead registrants, but most of them were members of joint submissions. We also have presented approximately 25 webinars for SMEs to help them deal with all REACH processes.In 2011 we were regularly asked for SDS authoring, so we developed a special partnership with SELERANT in order to use their IT system EUSHEET (EUSHEET is a software that allows the creation of safety data sheets in 26 languages).2012 is again dedicated to the registration of our clients.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 3Staff, group 5Staff, chemical service provision 3
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
50%
Representation& management
20%
Training30%
GLOBAL OFFICES
France
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration
The services we offer include: O registration strategy O pre-Sief discussions on sameness, level of involvement in the Siefs O intelligent testing strategies O estimation of direct and indirect costs O communication within the supply chain O preparation and submission of Registration dossier for REACH via
IUCLID 5 and REACH ITSief/consortia management
O Special assistance for SMEs in their role of lead registrants O Sief/consortia agreements review or redaction with specialists
lawyers advices O Sief/consortia management O Discussions within the Sief: surveys, discussions organisation, O Tools for web conferences
Classification and labelling
ATOUT REACH offers expertise on CLP regulation for substances and mixtures.We also work on the notification process: direct, bulk or IUCLID.SDS authoring
Using our partner tool EUSHEET from SELERANT, we offer our clients the possibility of being able to build their SDS, including the calculation of the classification and translation of all SDS.Training
We offer companies up to date training, and internships, with partners or with ourselves. We are experts in training and advising on REACH, CLP, IUCLID, the role of downstream users, and SDS. Ask for a specific course and we will build the programme to suit you and your company.OR services
We offer the only representative services to non EU companies.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 Company starts2008 Partnership for IUCLID2010 New service as OR 2011 Partnership for SDS with SELERANT EUSHEET
ACCREDITATIONS
We are a member of ORO, the Only Representative Organisation in Brussels and comply with the quality exigencies of ORO.
PARTNER
O Selerant, Mulon Conseil
CLIENTS
Our clients range from SMEs in the chemical industry to luxury multinational companies, formulators, and companies in the aeronautics and cosmetics industries (especially on natural substances issues thanks to our partner Mulon Conseil). We do not disclose our customers’ names publicly, but we will provide reference names and testimonials upon request.
TESTIMONIALS
We handled more than 80 registration dossiers in 2010. We are happy to provide testimonials upon request.
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CASE STUDY 1: REACH 2010 – Sief management and registration dossier
ATOUT REACH was asked in 2010 to prepare the registration dossier for a substance. The Sief participants were not from the chemical industry and, as a result it was an even more complex task than usual, as we also had to help them understand why they had to be REACH compliant and what they had to do to achieve it. Nevertheless with our expertise the dossier was prepared and submitted on time, and the clients were satisfied.
CASE STUDY 2: REACH training
ATOUT REACH was responsible for training a large chemical company. Several sessions were organised for the technical teams in the different arms of the company and the tools were prepared together with theREACH coordinator.ATOUT REACH also works for a luxury goods company as facilitator for its REACH working group. The meetings, organised three times a year, where ATOUT REACH:
O presents the regulatory news O answers brands’ specific questions about REACH or CLP compliance O participates in the website organisation and redaction O gives advice on letters to be sent to suppliers and/or clients.
CASE STUDY 3: REACH compliance strategy
Our client’s product is a non phase-in UVCB, at the moment used only for research and development purposes. The blocking point was to choose between the inquiry process and the feasibility of registration in a similar EINECS.Together we worked out and defined their strategy which included:
O PPORD notification O substance characterisation as UVCB O classification and assistance for SDS authoring O contacts with existing consortia for read across and category
approach O assistance for lead registrant responsibilities
CASE STUDY 4: REACH training
For a chemical industry client, we are in charge of their safety data sheets. This involves:
O information research on substances and classification determination O classification of five mixtures O SDS model for the company O SDS for mixtures O translation in 23 languages
STAFF SELECTION
Nadine Mulot
Expert consultant REACH/CLP/SDS, with 20 years’ experience. Nadine is a biotechnological engineer, who worked for ten years with aromatics legislation (MANE, FEDAROM – national aromatics federation), and as a general secretary for UIC (Union des Industries Chimiques)Dr Christelle Henry
Expert consultant on REACH, with 15 years’ experience. Christelle has a PhD in environmental chemistry – chemical engineer. She has been involved in working with REACH for eight years, firstly to help SMEs understand its impact, then with ATOUT REACH where she is lead registrant for a customer for 2013
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Web site www.reachteam.euE-mail [email protected] office 5 Place Robert Schuman, BP1516, Grenoble FranceTel +33 476 295 867Fax +33 476 295 870Contact Dr Michael J Kilner (UK)
Dr Jean-Marie Prat (France)Dr Giovanni Prota (Italy)
Ownership Private companyLocations Grenoble, France Beijing, ChinaFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
B-Lands Consulting offers worldwide regulatory compliance solutions with a strong focus on the EU and Asia. Since 2007 B-Lands has been developing expertise in the fields of REACH/CLP, biocides and cosmetics and delivers compliance solutions to a worldwide client base. B-Lands Consulting has been operating a strong regional office in China since 2008 and provides Asia compliance solutions for clients who seek to gain in China’s lucrative market.B-Lands is staffed with multi-lingual experts able to address compliance issues worldwide.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 3No of countries represented >40Staff, group 18Staff, chemical service provision 18
GLOBAL OFFICES
B-Lands Consulting, 5 Place Robert Schuman, BP1516, Grenoble, FranceChemken Consultancy, 2nd Floor, 6 London Street, London, W2 1HR, UKB-Lands Beijing,YiZhuang Business Development Area, 100176, Beijing, China
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
30%
Admin/ management
30%
Information10%
Laboratory2%
IT & software15%
Training5%
Other8%
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH compliance
O REACH only representative, REACH late pre-registration and full registration
O Generation of the technical dossier and chemical safety report (CSR) under IUCLID 5
O Supervision of physico-chemical, toxicological and eco-toxicological testing (via GLP certified labs)
O QSAR modelling qualitative/quantitative structure activity relationship, bridging and waiving
O Generation and update of (extended) safety data sheets (SDS and eSDS) in compliance with REACH and CLP
O REACH dossier submission, updating and follow-upCLP/GHS notification
O Available data collection and assessment. Testing proposals for classification of the substances and mixtures
O Double classification for substances in accordance with both CLP and DSD (Directive 67/548/EEC)
O Automated generation of CLP compliant labels for substances and mixtures
O Submissions of the C&L notifications to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
EU cosmetic products compliance
O Safety evaluation for cosmetics and fragrances O Generation of ingredient dossiers and submission to SCCP O Generation and update of cosmetic product safety reports and
product information files O Monitoring of toxicological studies required for dossiers O Reviewing labelling of cosmetics for compliance with EU
requirements O General regulatory support for cosmetic products
EU biocidal products registration
O Identification of biocidal products and their uses O Generation and submission of inclusion dossiers for active
substances in Annexes I or IA O Generation and submission of authorisation dossiers (first
authorisation, mutual recognition) O Study monitoring in required areas (toxicology, ecotoxicology,
environment, residues, efficacy…) O Coordination of task forces or consortia O General regulatory support for biocidal products
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 B-Lands first premises opens in Grenoble, France 2007 B-Lands launches QuickREACH, automated pre-
registration tool2008 B-Lands launches REACHChecker, instant online
REACH verifications 2008 B-Lands second premises opens in Beijing, China 2008 Over 17,000 pre-registrations completed2009 B-Lands launches biocides, cosmetics compliance
services2010 220 full registration dossiers submitted2011 Ongoing CLP notifications2011 Registration for late comer companies who missed the
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PARTNERS
China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters (CCCMC) InfodyneNexregPhycher Bio Développement
CLIENTS
B-Lands Consulting has an extensive portfolio of clients ranging from global multinational organisation to small sized enterprises. Due to confidentiality, the identity of our clients cannot be disclosed as we represent different parties through data sharing processes.
CASE STUDY 1: Integrated REACH/CLP compliance solutions
B-Lands undertook a wide-ranging REACH-compliance project covering an extensive product portfolio of more than 600 unique chemical substances on behalf of a US-based multinational-company. This project included an extensive REACH pre-registration programme that covered more than 30 separate EU legal entities, as well as the timely submission of REACH registration dossiers prior to the 2010 deadline.We participated in the relevant substance information exchange forums, handling all SIEF communication and interactions with consortia. In addition to REACH, this project integrated key obligations under CLP. This included the classification and notification of all chemical substances within the portfolio. As well as this, we collaborated with a major international accounting firm to offer a tax-streamlining solution which yielded significant cost savings and full compliance for our client.Currently we are assisting this company with various requirements under the Measures on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances (China REACH).
CASE STUDY 2: Takeover of existing compliance programmes
B-Lands was approached by an EU-based importer having failed in its submissions of several REACH dossiers to ECHA.After a thorough assessment of the client’s compliance status, we were able to successfully submit updated versions of the failed dossiers. As a result of our work, we were able to ensure that our client did not lose the substantial ECHA fees associated with the initial submissions. Similarly, B-Lands has successfully taken over regulatory compliance work from a significant number of REACH only representatives initially appointed by non-EU companies. As part of this process, B-Lands performs a full assessment of the existing compliance programme, including an extensive assessment of supplier compliance and an evaluation of the SVHCs in articles.
CASE STUDY 3: Instant online REACH verifications
Responding to demands from the field, B-Lands has developed several IT tools aimed at tackling compliance challenges via smart automation.As REACH compulsory measures are being increasingly adopted by industry players, B-Lands has recognised the necessity for recipients to quickly and accurately qualify REACH compliance justifications passed through the supply chain. REACHChecker provides our clients with instant verification support for any ECHA issued REACH reference number (Registration number, pre-registration, inquiries, notifications, etc) passed from higher up the supply chain. REACHChecker provides the confidence (and peace of mind) that erroneous references are screened out one step ahead of enforcement authorities.
CASE STUDY 4: Assistance with China REACH registration
Following the entry into force of the revised version of the Measures on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances “China REACH” (15 October 2010), one of our clients faced significant challenges with non-compliance and financial losses due to supply chain disruption. In the process of assisting this client, inquiries were made into the status of chemical substances in the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances Produced or Imported in China (IECSC). We proceeded to notify new chemical substances to the Chinese Chemical Registration Centre (CRC).The completion of this project relied on a joint effort by our European and Chinese regulatory teams.
CASE STUDY 5: Assistance in achieving global environmental compliance
A major French multi-national hotel chain contacted B-Lands to help address its regulatory compliance obligations covering REACH, CLP, WEEE, RoHS, biocides. From our ongoing work, we identified a number of regulatory compliance optimisation strategies. This led to the renegotiation of several corporate contracts for the purchase of multimedia and IT equipment resulting in significant cost savings for the client across its worldwide operations.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Jean-Marie Prat − Regulatory Chemist
PhD analytical chemistry at the University College Cork, Ireland Diplôme D’Ingénieur at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France Fields of expertise:
O Analytical chemistry, chromatographic phases and method development
O R&D project management Dr Michael J Kilner − Regulatory Chemist
Post graduate diploma in law at the Nottingham Law School, UK PhD organic chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK MSc chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK Fields of expertise:
O European law O Organic synthesis and product characterisation
Dr Giovanni Prota − Regulatory Chemist
PhD pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Pisa, Italy Fields of expertise:
O Occupational health and safety O Organic synthesis
Dr Declan Cusack − Regulatory Chemist
PhD organic chemistry University College Dublin, Ireland BA Mod, 1st class honours degree in medicinal chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Field of expertise:
O Organic synthesis O Analytical techniques (product characterisation)
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Website www.bibra-information.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Cantium House, Railway Approach, Wallington, Surrey,
SM6 0DZ, UKTel +44 (0)20 8544 4150Fax +44 (0)20 8544 4151Contact Peter WattsDirectors
James Hopkins, Managing DirectorPeter Watts, Director of ToxicologyGraham Hunt, Commercial Director
Ownership Private companyLocations United KingdomFounded 1960, acquired by current management 2005
OVERVIEW
bibra toxicology advice & consulting, an amalgamation of two sister companies – Toxicology Advice & Consulting Ltd and Bibra Information Services Ltd – is one of the most experienced and successful chemical hazard and risk assessment organisations in Europe. We combine the skills and expertise of a large team of highly experienced and outstandingly qualified toxicologists with the finest, independently owned toxicological databank in the world; this unique combination of world-class expertise and consulting skills with an outstanding information system means we can provide superior quality solutions to virtually all the problems faced, both by toxicologists and related company managers, in a highly-efficient and cost-effective manner.bibra toxicology advice & consulting has been working successfully with government departments and industry for many years across a broad range of sectors, including industrial chemicals, plant protection products and biocides. We have built an enviable reputation for our ability to handle large, as well as small projects, and to deliver high quality consulting and information services to tight deadlines. We are a leading supplier of REACH compliance services, assisting chemical manufacturers, importers and downstream users with all their REACH regulatory responsibilities. We helped industry successfully register a large number of substances for the first REACH deadline (in 2010) and continue to support companies with their REACH obligations for the 2013 and 2018 deadlines.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group £1.2mTurnover, chemical service provision £1.2mNo of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 15Staff, chemical service provision 13
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Information7%
IT &software
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SERVICES PROVIDEDDossier preparation, including CSA/CSRs (DNEL/DMEL derivation)Highly skilled in working directly into IUCLID preparing technical dossiers required under REACH and the Biocidal Products Directive, and in describing toxicological data in a robust but efficient way. Very experienced in interpreting/evaluating toxicity studies and working with appropriate assessment factors to derive risk-based levels of tolerable exposure. Accurate input of information into IUCLID facilitates the overall chemical safety assessment and production of the final chemical safety report for submission. We can also advise on relevant classification/labelling. Working with partners, we cover all aspects of REACH. We also provide a IUCLID 5 web-hosting service to our clients.Human health hazard and risk assessmentThe bibra team of toxicologists has worked together over many years, providing robust human health hazard and risk assessments for a diverse range of clients. Tailoring our output to suit the specific requirements of the client, we have worked with companies from the industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, biocides, food and food contact, consumer products and pharmaceutical sectors, as well as a number of international governments and respected NGOs. Our skill sets are very well matched to current requirements for toxicological hazard and risk assessment under REACH and other regulatory chemical control activities.Data searching, gap analysis and development of testing strategiesWe perform data searches as required under REACH. Retrieved information can be quickly assessed for relevance and reliability to satisfy tonnage-relevant data requirements. Additional testing can be minimised by expertly exploring opportunities for data waiving, read-across and taking weight-of-evidence approaches to fill data gaps. If further testing is deemed necessary we advise on testing strategies to minimise both the use of animals/overall costs to the client, while maintaining scientific integrity. We assess the impact of the results of new tests conducted and provide ongoing expert guidance on what is really needed.Extensive in-house toxicological database and databankFor more than 50 years, bibra toxicology advice & consulting has been scrutinising emerging toxicological literature, expert reviews or pronouncements, and indexing these in a systematic endpoint and chemical-specific way. Much of this scientific literature is held in-house in our technical library and quickly accessed using its associated database, TRACE. This unrivalled resource (listed as a valuable data source in ECHA guidance) allows instant access to relevant documents and is critical in helping us produce the finest hazard and risk assessment work for our clients, in the most timely and cost-effective manner.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1960 Formation of BIBRA1960 Establishment of Toxicology Information and Advisory
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library (databank), was developed2000 TRACE, and associated databank, independently assessed
as the finest toxicological data source of its type, worldwide2003/5 Toxicology Advice & Consulting Ltd and Bibra Information
Services Ltd established as vehicles to facilitate management buyout of Information and Advisory Department, including TRACE and its associated databank
2005 The new combined entity began to trade as bibra toxicology advice & consulting from Sutton, Surrey offices
2010 Relocated to new, larger offices in Wallington, Surrey
ACCREDITATIONS
Our senior toxicologists are all Society of Biology/British Toxicology Society and EUROTOX registered toxicologists. We are a REACHReady Approved Supplier
PARTNERS
TSGEEnviresearch LtdLinmark Consulting Gmbhwca environment LtdCampden BRI groupLeatherhead Food Research
CLIENTS
Many of our clients have a need for confidentiality so those listed below are just a small sample of the types of organisations that we work with:
O Actavis Group O CSL Behring O Environment Agency (UK) O Health Canada O International Programme on Chemical Safety O World Health Organization O Groupe Danone O Infineum UK Ltd O Innospec Active Chemicals O IRSST (Canada) O Johnson Matthey plc
TESTIMONIALS
“Reliable, responsive and adept at applying their toxicology expertise to REACH, our experience of working with bibra has been very positive” – Infineum UK Ltd"In my opinion the toxicologists at bibra/toxicology advice & consulting are able to provide a very high-quality service by applying a combination of many years of experience and a high level of efficiency, in relation to scientific toxicological literature reviews and risk assessment" – Marc Baril PhD, Conseiller scientifique, IRSST
CASE STUDY 1: Complex REACH submission involving a large category of substances
bibra toxicology advice & consulting has been working on a number of REACH submissions that involve large categories of substances. In one case, we are supporting a consortium of companies with all the mammalian toxicology aspects of their regulatory obligations for a group of more than 70 related metal compounds. The work has involved the evaluation of a large number of proprietary studies and published literature, drafting of endpoint study records (ESRs) in IUCLID 5, assessment of Annex III compliance, complex data-gap analyses and advice on possibilities for read-across and weight-of-evidence approaches, and the development of an appropriate integrated testing strategy, to minimise the amount of animal testing required.
CASE STUDY 2: Urgent request for help with chemical safety report
We are very happy to take on smaller projects and have been working with a number of clients to help out with specific areas of their REACH registration dossiers. In one case we were asked at short notice to help improve an existing IUCLID 5 dossier on a petrochemical additive manufactured in the EU at greater than 1000 tpa. This urgent request involved the peer-review (and significant improvement) of previously drafted ESRs and associated endpoint summaries, and the compilation of a chemical safety report (CSR), which included calculation of DNELs and PNECs, a PBT/vPvB and exposure assessment, risk characterisation step, and documentation of the necessary risk management measures and operational conditions (RMMs/OCs). The size and capabilities of our team meant that, despite the late notice and tight deadline, we could incorporate this project into our work schedule and the client was able to successfully submit their registration dossier in time.
CASE STUDY 3: Provision of alerting service to keep industry up-to-date on emerging issues
bibra toxicology advice & consulting was asked by an industry sector group to provide an ongoing service to track the emerging toxicological literature on a range of chemicals of particular interest to their members. Using a range of carefully tailored search and alerting strategies (SDI – selective dissemination of information), the bibra team receives daily notification of newly published or pre-published papers, abstracts or comment and alerts the sector group members to keep them abreast of the scientific literature and developing areas of possible concern. The service allows the industry to successfully foresee and manage arising issues in a co-ordinated and proactive way.
STAFF SELECTION
James Hopkins – Managing Director
James was a senior toxicologist of high repute at BIBRA before leading the management buyout in 2003. The new company, bibra toxicology advice & consulting, has performed impressively under James's guidance, reporting record results in 2010/11. James has wide experience in reviewing/evaluating toxicological data for a range of chemicals in a cross-section of industries and has also compiled numerous critical reviews of chemicals and several strategy documents for national governments.Peter Watts – Director of Toxicology
Peter is our director of toxicology and is a BIBRA veteran of over 30 years. His vast experience includes reviewing and critically evaluating toxicological data and providing risk assessments on numerous chemicals for government departments and industrial organisations. He helped in the preparation of the REACH Guidance on Information Requirements, has authored WHO-IPCS CICADS and Environment Agency CLEA reports, acted as a temporary adviser to the WHO, and provides peer-review services for OECD SIAMs (now CoCams).Philip Copestake – Senior Toxicologist
Philip has more than 25 years' experience at bibra, reviewing and critically evaluating toxicological data on a wide range of chemicals. He has worked with clients from a diverse range of industry sectors, international government departments and acted as an author and advisor to the WHO-IPCS. He is intimately involved in REACH, leading the bibra team of toxicologists to support a number of client companies and consortia with their registration submissions.The rest of the team
We have another ten highly-competent toxicologists, all of whom are professionally qualified (the majority are SB/BTS and EUROTOX registered toxicologists) and, barring our graduate trainee, range in practical experience from nine to 35 years. All are extremely skilled in chemical hazard and risk assessment and have been heavily involved in REACH-related work during the past three to four years.
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Website www.bioagri.com.brE-mail [email protected] office Rodovia SP 127 km 24, 13412-000 Piracicaba SP, BrazilTel + 55 19 3429 7700Fax + 55 19 3429 7713Contact Dr Jean-Luc GarrigueDirectors Dr Alvaro Vargas Dr Roberto Bonetti Dr Paulo Silva Edivan Tonhi
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Ownership Mérieux Nutrisciences Locations Brazil, France, ChinaFounded 1991
OVERVIEW
Bioagri is Latin America's leading pre-clinical contract research organisation (>1000 employees) serving the chemical, cosmetic, food, pharmaceutical and crop protection industries worldwide. Services encompass toxicity, physico-chemistry, ecotoxicity, analytical and microbiological studies, and residues analysis under applicable regulatory guidelines.Laboratories are OECD, GLP-certified, accredited by AAALAC International and employ the most current equipment and technologies. Bioagri, within its parent company Mérieux NutriSciences, has the ambition to become the partner of choice of chemical industry leaders, as in addition to expertise in toxicology, its unique strengths are indeed:
O reactivity, very short decision-making centres (in Brazil, but also in France or China if necessary),
O international locations throughout Mérieux NutriSciences, able to facilitate the local coordination of projects on the spot
O integrity, scientific quality and accountability, pivotal values of Mérieux Nutrisciences for three generations,
O extreme flexibility of our project management dedicated to studies (versus cost structure)
O global network and innovative services with access to key opinion leaders (eg China, Brazil, USA, Europe)
Overall, Bioagri offers to chemical, cosmetic, food, pharmaceutical or crop protection industry one of the most performing solution, with high quality standards at competitive cost for a large range of CRO services within undisputed financial robustness and international footprint.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group US $57mTurnover, chemical service provision US $11mNo of offices 16No of countries represented 3Staff, group 1005Staff, chemical service provision 250
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Headquarters Mérieux NutriSciences: Chicago, USAHeadquarters Bioagri Laboratorios: Piracicaba, BrazilSales Offices: Piracicaba (Brazil), Lyon (France), Shengai (China)
SERVICES PROVIDED
Toxicology
Performs all classical acute to long-term toxicity studies in rodents, rabbits, guinea pigs and dogs, by oral, dermal, inhalation or intraperitoneal route, under supervision of an animal welfare ethical committee
O acute oral, dermal or inhalation toxicity O acute dermal or eye irritation study O skin sensitisation (llna, mk,bu) O repeated dose (7-d, 14-d, 28-d, 90-d) oral or dermal toxicity O in vivo kinetics and metabolism (ADME) (single or repeated dose for
one radio-labelled substance) O genetic toxicity (Ames test, in vivo micronucleus test) O fertility and early embryonic development to implementation O embryo-foetal developmental toxicity O one or two-generation reproduction toxicity O reproduction and developmental toxicity screening O combined repeated dose toxicity study with the reproduction /
development toxicity screening O carcinogenicity O combined chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity
Physico-chemistry
Conducts all required studies on physico-chemical properties of products according to OECD, EU and US-EPA guidelines (eg molecular identification, vapour pressure, n-Octanol partition coefficient, etc)Ecotoxicology
Evaluates all classical effects of products on aquatic and soil organisms: O ready biodegradability O inherent biodegradability (aerobic) O acute immobilisation (daphnia magna) O algea growth inhibition (pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) O activated sludge respiration inhibition O soil microrganisms (nitrogen test) O earthworm acute or reproduction toxicity (eisenia foetida) ) O daphnia magna reproduction – 21 days O acute/ chronic fish toxicity (danio rerio, or truta) O fish bioconcentration (danio rerio) O honeybees acute oral or contact toxicity (apis mellifera) O avian acute oral/ dietary toxicity (japanese quails) O sediment/water microcosm biodegradation O aerobic or anaerobic soil metabolism O leaching in soil columns O adsorption/ desorption
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Analytical chemistry
The largest number of high end chemistry equipment offering flexibility and shorter detection limits:
O ICP-MS (n = 2) O ICP-OES (3) O atomic fluorescence (2) O GC-MS/MS (40) O LC-MS/MS (12 ) O HPLC (80)
Mass spectrometry
Performs qualitative/quantitative assays of the active ingredients and impurities and metabolite identification (degradation in water, soil and biological matrices).Radiochemistry
Evaluates the behaviour and fate of pesticides in plants, animals and soils, according to OECD and US-EPA guidelines.Microbiology
Evaluates bactericidal / fungicidal properties of biocides; conducts toxicity and efficacy evaluation of insecticides / repellents on insect vectors, in association with quality control and analytical chemistry of the active ingredients in the tested formulations.Pesticide residues
Analysis of herbicide and pesticide residues in samples from field trials.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1991 Bioagri foundation in Brazil by two PhD researchers from the Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (University of São Paulo).
2000 Bioagri is the first Latin America lab to be accredited for good laboratory practices (GLP) in 2000 by INMETRO (Brazil) and 2002 by OECD (Netherlands).
2009 Bioagri is the leading private CRO in Latin America, with 25,000m2 laboratory space, and more than 850 collaborators, including scientists qualified in toxicology, analytical chemistry, physicochemistry, mass spectrometry and microbiology.
2010 Bioagri is the first Latin America lab to be accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC).
2010 Bioagri is part of Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation, With more than 40 years of experience and part of Institut Mérieux, Mérieux NutriSciences helps advance science and solutions for food safety, quality and nutrition with 4,000 professionals in 16 countries. This collaboration increases financial robustness and provides Bioagri’s clients with the highest levels of quality, customer service and worldwide technical support.
2011 Brazil becomes a full adherent to the OECD Council Acts related to the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals. Consequently, GLP preclinical safety test data on pesticides and chemicals generated at Bioagri are accepted in OECD countries and adhering non-members.
ACCREDITATIONS
GLP, OECD, AAALAC, INMETRO, ISO-17025
PARTNERS
Silliker (food safety), Biofortis (CRO and R&D in nutrition) (sister companies of Bioagri within Merieux Nutrisciences)Many European partners in regulatory and toxicology expertise, working with Bioagri under confidential agreement.
CLIENTS
Leaders from the chemical industry, agrochemical and crop protection industries, cosmetic industry, household products industry, pharmaceutical and veterinary drugs companies
CASE STUDY 1:
At Bioagri, thousands of studies were performed on hundreds of active ingredients and formulated compounds used in agriculture, or chemical compounds throughout the world, and >99% were accepted by the relevant authorities. Today, 70% of GLP studies with agrochemicals done in Brazil are conducted at Bioagri, based on the undisputed reputation of this lab for performing tailor-made, reliable, timely accurate and cost effective studies.
CASE STUDY 2:
A-to-Z tailor-made REACH projects have been managed for leaders of the chemical industry, including in addition to the testing capabilities: global/ local project management, data gap analysis, testing strategy, study monitoring support, IUCLID 5 completion with dedicated hazard assessment assistance, and risk assessment support when necessary (CSA/CSR).
CASE STUDY 3:
Thousands of GLP pre-clinical safety studies have been conducted in developmental toxicity or systemic toxicity studies for pharmaceutical, chemical or cosmetic ingredients for worldwide companies, matching sponsor’s expectations in >95% as far as time schedule or scientific quality was concerned.
STAFF SELECTION
Our technical staff include about 300 hundred dedicated and professionally trained scientists qualified in mammalian toxicology (including VetD, MD, PhD, Eurotox toxicologist, experts in immunotoxicology), ecotoxicology, analytical chemistry, physico-chemistry, mass spectrometry and microbiology among others. Bioagri’s testing services are reliable, timely, accurate and cost-effective. Tailor-made custom services are provided to meet all of our clients’ needs.
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Website www.brixham-lab.comE-mail [email protected] office Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon, UKTel +44 (0)1803 884400Fax +44 (0)1803 882974Contact Enquiry co-ordinatorOwnership AstraZeneca UK Ltd (parent company)Locations Brixham, Devon, EnglandFounded 1948
OVERVIEW
Brixham Environmental Laboratory deliver fit-for-purpose environmental support to the chemical industry worldwide, providing assessments of the environmental fate and effects of new and existing products and intermediates.The laboratory can also offer environmental support for the manufacturing processes that produce those products. Throughout its history the laboratory has worked for both its parent company and external clients, who have included a wide range of companies from within the international chemical industry. Because of that wide customer base the laboratory has strict processes and procedures in place to ensure client confidentiality.The laboratory has good laboratory practice (GLP) accreditation.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 83Staff, chemical service provision 83
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
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SERVICES PROVIDED
We offer laboratory based assessment of the environmental effects, ecotoxicity and environmental fate of new and existing substances. Our services can be easily classified according to the following industrial sectors:
Industrial chemicals (REACH)
Brixham Environmental Laboratory is part of a global testing alliance and as such can offer a complete REACH service. We can provide both the routine studies required for REACH and the studies required for substances of very high concern (SVHC). The laboratory is able to conduct all of the studies required to assess a substance against the PBT or vPvB criteria and complete all of the aquatic studies listed within the OECD conceptual framework for the testing and assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals.Plant protection products
Brixham Environmental Laboratory has worked extensively for the plant protection products industry for more than 30 years, generating both ecotoxicological and environmental fate data. As well as working directly with agrochemical companies, the laboratory also works on behalf of consultancies who are preparing registration or re-registration submissions.Biocidal products
Brixham Environmental Laboratory is experienced in designing the appropriate testing strategy for a particular biocidal product and in agreeing that strategy with the regulatory authorities. We are able to deliver all studies required for the environmental component of the submission, including various studies listed on the Directive.Veterinary medicines
Directive 2001/82/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/28/EC on the community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, includes provision for an assessment of environmental risk. Brixham Environmental Laboratory can provide the Phase I assessment and all of the Phase II testing.Human pharmaceuticals
An environmental risk assessment (ERA) is required for all new marketing authorisation applications for a medicinal product through a centralised, mutual recognition, decentralised or national procedure. We can provide all phases of the risk assessment. Pharmaceuticals are unique in that the ERA takes place towards the end of a development process that will have already included a great deal of in vitro and in vivo testing of efficacy, safety, metabolism and pharmacokinetics. Brixham Environmental Laboratory has experience of interpreting these data and using them to design an intelligent environmental testing strategy.Research and development
Solution driven, we work at the forefront of environmental research often acting as a central hub on cross disciplinary collaborations with a range of research institutes, funding bodies, industrial and academic partners, ensuring realism and a pragmatic application of science.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1948 Established as a marine research station for ICI Paints1960s -70s
Environmental science began to dominate the laboratory's function
1979 First environmental laboratory to be OECD GLP compliant in Europe
1980s Major expansion with growing reputation for high quality and value environmental science
1993 The laboratory transferred to Zeneca Limited following the demerger of ICI
1999 The laboratory became part of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals2007 £12m laboratory refurbishment and expansion to include state
of the art facilities2011 BEL was aligned with two research groups nominated, one of
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BEL continues to work at the forefront of environmental science, with a large publication output every year. Our expertise and testing helps to produce guidelines such as OECD, ISO, ECHA and many more.We continue to provide ecotoxicology and environmental fate testing for a very wide variety of compounds.More than 30 successful ERA submissions conducted since EMA guidelines published in 2006Please refer to our website for our latest news, achievements and publications
ACCREDITATIONS
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
CLIENTS
Due to client confidentiality individuals cannot be named but we work with various clients such as top pharmaceutical and chemical companies, government agencies, consultants, third parties, local authorities, petrochemical industries, specialty chemicals and many more.
CASE STUDY 1: Persistence testing
Through research funded by the UK government (Defra and EPSRC) and the CEFIC long range research programme, project teams lead by Dr Jason Snape established the proof of concept studies for a new generation of biodegradation test that have been recently included within the technical guidance for REACH. These include the modified biodegradation tests for poorly water soluble chemicals and the enhanced biodegradation studies for persistence assessments. Dr Jason Snape is currently a co-contractor on ECO11, a CEFIC LRI project validating enhanced biodegradation methods.
CASE STUDY 2: Environmental modelling
A client from the petroleum industry had to provide an assessment of the impact of a potential accidental spill of oil to the estuarine environment in order to meet the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regulations. The Brixham Laboratory software, BELPLUME, was used to simulate the potential discharge to the estuary and the subsequent dispersion and dissolution of the oil. The model was used to predict the areas of impact from the spill for different tidal and meteorological conditions. Furthermore, an ecological impact assessment was carried out to assess whether the spill would constitute a major accident to the environment (MATTE).
CASE STUDY 3: BEL’s intelligent approach marks an important milestone for 3Rs in fish full life cycle testing
A request was made by a regulator to provide fish full lifecycle (FFLC) data for an active pharmaceutical ingredient. An FFLC test is deemed to be the gold standard for evaluating the potential environmental impact of human pharmaceuticals. It covers all life stages and measures long-term effects, taking 12 months to complete.However, following discussions with the regulator, an alternative test design to the FFLC was agreed. It used existing mammalian, human and environmental data for the active pharmaceutical ingredient to identify test concentrations, sensitive life stage(s) and the appropriate choice of experimental design. The alternative test design did not require a range-finding study. It required less than half the number of fish and completed in half the time compared to a FFLC.The alternative test design, and the data provided by this study, have been accepted by the competent regulatory authority. Importantly, this also represents a significant milestone for incorporating intelligent testing within chronic fish testing and will potentially lead to significant reductions of animal usage in the future.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Grace Panter − Ecotoxicologist
Grace Panter is an ecotoxicologist with more than 12 years' laboratory experience in aquatic ecotoxicology and fish reproductive health. She has extensive experience of several areas of fish testing, especially endocrine disruption, gonadal histology and chronic tests. Grace is an active member within several international ecotoxicology organisations, including the ILSI-HESI on animal alternatives and endocrine disrupting chemicals committee; and the OECD fish drafting test guideline group. She has published extensively on the issue of endocrine disruption in fish, both as papers and technical reports.Dr Jason Snape − Environmental Foresight Business Manager
Jason is an environmental microbiologist and biochemist with 18 years' laboratory and field experience in the biodegradation and persistence of chemical products in the environment. He uses this extensive empirical experience at the interface between science and science-based policy and the development of pragmatic environmental regulations for exposure and persistence assessment. Jason is actively involved in chairing/co-chairing committees, task forces and working groups. His expertise has also provided many published papers.Dr Paul McCormack – LC/MS and MSn Specialist, Chemistry
Paul has over 12 years’ experience in liquid chromatography and multi-stage mass spectrometry (LC/MSn). His experience includes the detection, separation, characterisation and identification of iron complexes in seawater and oilfield chemicals in crude oil and produced waters. He joined Brixham in 2005 as a consultant providing specialist knowledge of data interpretation using MSn. He has been involved with a number of research projects as well as continuing to provide technical expertise in developing LC/MSn methodology for the identification of transformation products in aquatic, soil and sediment systems. Recent research includes monitoring of active pharmaceutical ingredients for a number of AstraZeneca manufacturing sites worldwide to help develop environmental quality standards and bioanalysis of the endocrine disruptor Bisphenol-A that has been linked to human health effects.Dr Gary Roberts − Senior SHE Specialist, Environmental Fate
Gary is a specialist in studying the environmental fate of biologically active chemicals. Gary’s research interests include the biodegradability of volatile, poorly water-soluble substances; the partitioning of pharmaceuticals in biosolids, soil and sediment; and the anaerobic degradation of pharmaceuticals. Gary chaired the organising committee for the ECETOC workshop: Significance of bound residues in environmental risk assessment, and currently chairs the ECETOC taskforce on this topic. He is actively involved in projects both within AstraZeneca and in collaboration with other industry and academic partnersMartin Vaughan − Ecotoxicologist/Study Director
Study director with 20 years of experience of ecotoxicology and environmental research techniques in GLP accredited laboratories. Ecotoxicology expertise in the aquatic, sediment and terrestrial compartments and the risk assessment of chemicals in the environment. Experience of testing with various species including fish, invertebrates, algae, macrophytes and mesocosm studies and analysing the results generated from such tests. Specific expertise in the bioaccumulation of chemicals in the environment. Active contributor to international working groups such as OECD and ILSI HESI bioaccumulation groups.Other staff
BEL currently employs 83 people, from all over the world with a wide range of professional qualifications. These include internationally acclaimed scientists with doctorates and established publication records as well as individuals with professional business and management qualifications. Our specialised scientists cover a wide range of disciplines including ecotoxicology, analytical chemistry, environmental fate and environmental risk assessment, etc.
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CONTACTS
Website www.bureauveritas.comE-mail [email protected] office 67/71 Boulevard du Château, 92578 Neuilly/ Seine,
FranceTel/ Fax +33 1 5524 7000/ +33 1 5524 7001Contact Philippe Lafont, HSE Services Dr
Marie-Laure Héraud, Chemical SGP Mgr
Directors Franck Piedelièvre, CEO Philippe Donche-Gay, COO Sami Badarani, CFOOwnership Listed private company (Paris Stock Market)Locations Global geographical coverage (140 countries) Founded 1828
OVERVIEW
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in conformity assessment and certification services. We help our clients to improve their performances by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is recognised and accredited by major national and international organisations.From a global standpoint, Bureau Veritas services are related to:
O marine: ships and equipment classification O industry: conformity assessment of industrial assets O in-service inspection and verification of facilities O construction verification in buildings, infrastructures O certification of QHSE management systems and specific schemes O commodities inspection and testing of raw materials O consumer products and goods testing and certification O government services and international trade services
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €3.15bnTurnover, chemical service provision €15mNo of offices 900 offices + 330 labsNo of countries represented 140Staff, group 48,000 employeesStaff, chemical service provision 200+ employees
CHEMICAL SERVICES AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
20%
Representation& management
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Laboratory5%
IT & software10%
Training15%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Global geographical coverage (900 offices + 330 labs in 140 countries) across O Americas O Europe O Middle East, India, Russia and Africa O Asia-Pacific
SERVICES PROVIDED
The below are only a selection of Bureau Veritas services, focusing on chemical risks
REACH assistance
Bureau Veritas offers a full range of services to assist manufacturers, importers and downstream users in meeting their requirements for the REACH regulation. Global project assistance is available, with support ranging from training to technical support, such as chemical risk assessment, Sief/consortium management and dossier submission, SVHC management and testing, and REACH authorisation dossiers.MSDS Management – REACH/CLP context
Starting with a chemical risk approach, Bureau Veritas provides MSDS management services, technical assistance for MSDS elaboration and update within REACH and CLP context, especially for extended MSDS. Bureau Veritas also provides training on e-MSDS, in order to assist with programme implementation. Services are supported by a complete set of dedicated tools.Occupational hygiene and chemical workers exposure
Bureau Veritas delivers chemical risk prevention services, such as employee monitoring, and exposure mitigation recommendations, according to specific regulations (EU/US), to assist in setting a global approach to chemical risk management.Dangerous goods safety advisory (DGSA)
Bureau Veritas offers dedicated services for specific transportation issues such as chemical risk assessment and DGSA assistance, drawing-up of transport documents and packing, packaging, labelling consultancy according to eg ADR, RID, IMDG, IATA… frameworks. Also a complete set of qualifying training courses is provided (eg for drivers... warehouse workers etc). Indeed “DGdoc.net” business software is delivered on-purpose by Bureau Veritas.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1828 Operations in marine1910 Operations in industry1929 Operations in construction1984 Operations in government services, international trade1988 Operations in certificationSince 1993
Deployment on all continents
2007 Bureau Veritas listed on stock market (Paris)2008 Mining platform2010 Commodities platform
ACCREDITATIONS
Selected credentials: O group certified against ISO 9001 for all activities and almost all locations O accreditations for certification, inspection, testing and training
services by many organisations (UKAS and IRCA in the United Kingdom, ANAB in the United States, JASANZ in Australia and New Zealand, INMETRO in Brazil etc)
O notification for European directives including pressure equipment, machinery, electrical and electronic appliances, lifts, construction products and personal protective equipment
O laboratory accreditations in 20 countries, delivered by bodies such as HOKLAS, A2LA, UKAS and COFRAC
O notified body for European directives covering electrical products and toys.
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PARTNERS
To offer full REACH testing capabilities, Bureau Veritas has developed partnerships with external laboratories.
CLIENTS
400,000 clients in various markets (aeronautics – agriculture – automotive – construction and real estate – consumer products – food – governments and public organisations – industrial equipment – international trade – IT, telecoms and electronics – maritime industry – mines and minerals – oil and gas – power and utilities – process Industries – chemical industries and chemistries – retail – services – transport and infrastructures)
CASE STUDY 1:
During the first REACH registration period, Bureau Veritas gained experience with the registration of not only usual substances but also very specific substances such as unstable, reactive or inorganic substances. Indeed the exemptions or adaptations foreseen in column 2 of appendices VII to X and the tools for the health and environmental assessment are not always adapted or relevant for these kind of substances. Thus, to implement the integrated testing strategy, OECD guidelines were considered and adapted protocols were developed in collaboration with laboratories. For the CSA (environmental assessment), a Tier 2 with the use of reliable and representative data from measurement campaigns was sometimes necessary to justify the risk control.
CASE STUDY 2:
A leading computer industry hardware manufacturer selected Bureau Veritas as its worldwide HSE compliance partner to deliver health, safety and environmental support, as required for manufacturing and administrative sites globally.As major users of chemical materials and products in the manufacture of numerous articles, Bureau Veritas supports all client requirements in meeting its HSE compliance obligations, including the range of chemical management obligations in the UK and Europe associated with REACH, GHS and chemical safety.Service aspects include:
O chemical classification O chemical risk assessment O chemical exposure assessment and control O design and delivery of technical training including for chemical
hazards and control O statutory safety compliance assessments and audits
CASE STUDY 3:
For the benefit of a chemical products processing company that wished to sell chemicals/chemical products at the European marketplace level, Bureau Veritas has acted as an independent third party handling confidential information from sub-suppliers.On this basis, Bureau Veritas has taken care of client labelling, classification, notification to authorities issues, and managed their safety data sheets (SDS) in various languages.In real terms the company has called Bureau Veritas to ensure that regulation, documentation and other related procedures in this very chemical area were met so that the company can focus on their core business.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Gautier Vincent – Senior Toxicologist, Practice Leader
Gautier is a pharmacist and a civil engineer. He has 12 years’ experience in regulatory toxicology and risk assessment. He has worked on different regulations (REACH, CLP, Biocide, IPPC etc). Prior to this, he had been working for INERIS in France (technical agency for environmental ministry) where he determined different toxicological thresholds (accidental and chronic). As a registered toxicologist, he is a member of the French Toxicology Expert Committee for acute exposure threshold levels.Simon Hodge – Chemical Practice Leader
Simon holds a masters degree in environmental science, backed up by 30 years’ experience delivering health, safety and environmental scientific support to clients spanning a wide range of industrial and commercial sectors. He specialises in hazardous material and chemical risk assessment, management, exposure and control and has led the Bureau Veritas UK chemical management service for the past ten years, developing a range of chemical assessment and consultancy services to assist clients in achieving compliance with regulation.Jan Henriksen – Chemical Safety Operation Manager
Jan has regulatory, commercial and research experience worldwide spanning more than 26 years. He has worked with risk assessment and dangerous goods related services in a wide selection of industries, spanning from automotive to offshore production and has, based on this experience, developed Bureau Veritas’s dangerous goods safety advisory concept. Working worldwide with focus on implementation of the concept in international companies, he has gained a deep understanding for the logistic and commercial problems that need to be overcome, to be able to move chemicals nationally and internationally. To support the logistic tasks in relation to dangerous goods, he is also the product manager for the unique internet based software solution “DGdoc.net”, that can ensure legal performance when delivering documentation for transport.Cathy Alvarez – Senior Ecotoxicologist
Cathy is an ecotoxicologist who has seven years’ experience in regulatory ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment. She worked within the French Competent Authorities, in charge of the risk assessment of new and existing substances and the technical instruction of substances registration dossiers. She was also an active member of the European Stakeholder Experts Group in charge of the development of the CSA/CSR guidance. Melodie Caraty – Socio-Economic and Sustainability Analyst
Melodie is a socio-economic analyst. She is in charge of developing socio-economic analysis in the frame of REACH authorisation dossiers, especially through a cost-benefit approach. She has previously worked on environmental questions for international institutions (World Bank, UNEP, WTO etc) and on economic and social issues on the West Bank.Joseph J Fater, CIH – Industrial Hygiene Practice Leader
Joe has more than 35 years’ experience in industrial hygiene consulting and health, safety and environmental (HSE) auditing, with an emphasis on chemical exposures and industrial operations. He is the Bureau Veritas US National Practice Leader for industrial hygiene services and also provides litigation support services and represents clients during contested occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) citations.
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Website www.cardnoentrix.comE-mail [email protected] office 4520 East Ashman Road, Midland, MI 48642, USTel +1 517 347 7693Fax +1 517 281 1435Contact John PhillipsDirectors Todd Williams, President John Phillips, Vice President and Technical Director Rich Hubner, Senior Consultant Paul Mehrle, Senior PrincipalOwnership Cardno Ltd (parent company)Locations United States, South America, CanadaFounded 1984
OVERVIEW
Cardno ENTRIX is widely considered a premier human health, environmental, and natural resource management consulting firm for its strategic planning and innovative approaches in conducting risk assessments, cost-effectively managing environmental liabilities, and providing sustainable business solutions for global clients. Our integrated team of human health toxicologists, ecotoxicologists, environmental fate chemists, industrial hygienists, regulatory toxicologists and economists have worked successfully with private clients in the petrochemical, chemical and consumer product industries to develop global stewardship and compliance programmes, manage critical issues and meet REACH, TSCA, FIFRA and other chemical regulatory requirements.
VITAL STATISTICS
Turnover, group n/aTurnover, chemical service provision n/aNo of offices 40No of countries represented 3Staff, group 1200Staff, chemical service provision 50
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
100%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Cardno ENTRIX and Cardno Ltd have offices in the US, Australia, Europe, UK, Canada, New Zealand, South America, Indonesia, and United Arab Emirates
SERVICES PROVIDED
Product stewardship and compliance programme design
Cardno ENTRIX can provide all the strategic and tactical advice required to establish a comprehensive global product stewardship and regulatory compliance program. Our services include:
O development of an overall product stewardship and regulatory compliance strategy that meets both corporate and business unit objectives
O design of tactical plans to achieve strategic objectives and meet global regulatory requirements
O integration of product stewardship and compliance into business plans
O identification of product information gaps O design and oversight of toxicology and environmental testing plans to
fill information gaps O interpretation of test results O advocacy with government agencies O evaluation (audits) of supply chain risk management strategies.
Product safety assessments
Cardno ENTRIX is widely considered a premier human health and environmental consulting firm for conducting science-based risk or safety assessments and providing sustainable business solutions for global clients. Our services includes:
O product safety assessments of chemicals and consumer products O US TSCA compliance O chemical safety assessments for REACH registration O safety and socioeconomic impact assessments for REACH
authorisation O development of science-base green chemistry strategies and
programmes O endocrine disruptor screening and assessments.
Green chemistry evaluations
Cardno ENTRIX experts can help clients understand the regulatory processes being proposed for “green chemistry” and develop a system to meet their specific needs. Green chemistry initiatives typically require very diverse technical and business solutions. Cardno ENTRIX scientists and regulatory experts have developed green chemistry ranking systems that are:
O credible in terms of criteria and rational O transparent, standardised and easy to explain O based on scientifically valid principles O globally applicable, incorporating a variety of international, regional,
federal and state regulatory criteria O quantitative in relative ranking O supports research and development of new products.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1984 ENTRIX founded2009 expanded product safety and compliance practice2010 merged with Cardno Ltd2011 #1 ranking on Zweig Hot Firm List2011 #6 ranking on ENR Top Environmental Sciences firm
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CLIENTS
O Chemical manufacturers O Speciality chemical firms O Agrochemical firms O Energy firms O Petrochemical firms O Silicone chemical producers O US and European trade associations O Law firms
TESTIMONIALS
Client quote“As we transitioned into our own company, the Armored AutoGroup needed to develop a plan to outsource most of its product stewardship and compliance work. We got a recommendation that Cardno ENTRIX could help us with a transition plan and were also able to help us with our international compliance needs. We found that the team at Cardno ENTRIX were very knowledgeable and efficient and were able to assist us in some immediate needs while we were working on the transition plan.”
CASE STUDY 1: Human health and environmental exposure assessments for REACH registration of major surfactant categories
SummaryCardno ENTRIX conducted human health and environmental exposure assessments for REACH registration of two major surfactant categories. This work was conducted for a consortium including some of the highest profile global manufactures of cleaning products and their chemical components. The client supplied Cardno ENTRIX with IUCLID information for the surfactants being registered. Cardno ENTRIX worked hand-in-hand with consortium member technical staff, and conducted human health and environmental risk assessments for approximately 40 different use scenarios using ECETOC TRA and CONSEXPO. PNECs, DNELs and DMELs have also been established for clients
CASE STUDY 2: Hydraulic fracturing fluids green ranking project
SummaryCardno ENTRIX was hired to develop a prototype "green" ranking system for a major oilfield services company. The prototype developed was quantitative in nature to allow for relative "green" product development of “fracking” fluids and marketing decisions.This science-based system is consistent with regulatory schemes, like globally harmonised system for hazard classification (GHS), and separately ranks three sets of criteria (human health, environmental, and physical impacts). The ranking can be provided for individual chemicals or chemical mixture. It also provides context and risk-based prioritisation through the use of relative ranking scale.
STAFF SELECTION
John Phillips – Vice President and Technical Director Global Product Safety and Compliance Practice
Mr Phillips is vice president and technical director of the firm’s global Product Safety and Compliance practice. In this capacity, he provides clients with innovative strategies and systematic solutions that identify and resolve critical environmental, health and regulatory issues. He brings a wealth of experience in issues management, regulatory toxicology, and product stewardship to his work. This expertise stems from more than 30 years of experience with a major multinational chemical company, where he served as the global director of Environmental, Health and Safety responsible for global chemical policy (such as SAICM, REACH, TSCA, and the California Green Chemistry Initiative) and advancing product stewardship programmes across the chemical industry. John was a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Council to the OECD, a member of the industry delegation to the United Nations Environmental Program and co-led the development of the Global Product Strategy at the International Council of Chemical Associations.
Rich Hubner – Senior Consultant
Mr Hubner leads the product safety and compliance practice in the Washington, DC area. He is a well respected public health expert and risk analyst with more than two decades of experience in the fields of strategic risk management, toxicology, human health risk assessment, product stewardship, industrial hygiene, risk communication, and regulatory affairs. He consults with clients in a range of product safety and compliance matters, including product registration, product stewardship and regulatory advocacy. Rich is versed in national, state and international regulatory arenas, having worked extensively with regulatory agencies and in helping private sector clients navigate complicated issues. Christina Clements – Senior Staff Scientist
Ms Clements is a senior staff scientist with nearly 20 years’ experience at a major multinational chemical company in toxicology and regulatory compliance, hazard communication, and environmental health and safety. As a six-sigma black belt, her efforts related to chemical regulatory compliance led to the establishment of global business rules for the creation of safety data sheets, which helped improve performance by highlighting areas of non-compliance or deviation. Christina also developed and provided training on Trade Secret compliance, as well as corporate hazard communication reporting. She is extremely knowledgeable in the varying national requirements of different regions around the world, and is well-versed in the specific requirements and legislation of OSHA, ANSI, REACH, and the GHS for hazard classification and communication.Kent Washburn – Senior Consultant
Dr Kenneth Washburn is a senior consultant and a highly regarded product safety expert with extensive experience across the petroleum, specialty chemical and contract research industries. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology and brings a wealth of experience in product stewardship, regulatory affairs, hazard communication and litigation support to Cardno ENTRIX clients. Dr Washburn spent six years working as a senior product safety and toxicology professional at an international chemical firm. In this capacity, he was a lead member of the team responsible for the optimisation and implementation of corporate product stewardship programmes across diverse business units as well the lead toxicologist responsible for managing mammalian toxicology and environmental toxicology testing used to support product registration, environmental permitting, hazard communications, and litigation support efforts.Denise Kay – Senior Consultant
Dr Kay is a senior consultant with a unique interdisciplinary base in ecology, ecotoxicology and microbiology that provides an insightful perspective on environmental fate, transport, bioavailability and bioaccumulation of chemicals. Dr Kay’s expertise includes design, management and interpretation of toxicity data for use in risk assessments, and planning and conducting screening level and baseline ecological risk assessments on a variety of chemicals. In addition, she has extensive knowledge and experience in chemical partitioning, sorption reversibility, bioavailability and environmental fate of chemicals. Dr Kay is an experienced manager of projects related to chemical product compliance and ecological risk assessments.Support team
Cardno ENTRIX has experienced staff scientists in the fields of ecotoxicology, human health toxicology, chemistry, industrial hygiene, regulatory toxicology, and resource economists. Our depth of personnel and experienced staff support our senior professionals in performance of technical work and project management as well as providing cost-effective deliverables to clients.
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Website www.cehtra.comE-mail [email protected] office 43-45, rue Laroque, 33560 Saint-Eulalie, FranceTel +33 5575610Fax +33 5575620Contact Paul ThomasDirectors Pierre-Gérard Pontal, President Michel Guilhem, CEO
Nathalie Ledirac, R&D Director Philippe Adrian, Director CEHTRA Europe Paul Thomas, Director CEHTRA Lyon
Peter Jenkinson, Director CEHTRA UK
Jason Nugent, Director CEHTRA North America
Marc Aerssens, Director CEHTRA Netherlands
Ownership Private companyLocations Bordeaux FR, Brussels BE, Lyon FR, Nottingham UK,
Delhi IN, Toronto CA, Axel NLFounded 2001
OVERVIEW
CEHTRA is a regulatory toxicology and environmental consultancy specialising in all areas of regulatory toxicology and particularly in dossier preparation for pesticide, pharmaceutical, biocide, chemical and cosmetics legislation. We also have a subsidiary OR company.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 7No of countries represented 6Staff, group 50Staff, chemical service provision 40
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
75%
Representation& management
10%
Information5%
IT &software
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Training2% Other
4%
GLOBAL OFFICES
CEHTRA Lyon – 80, rue Condorcet, 38090 Vaulx Milieu, FranceCEHTRA Europe – 134, rue Saint Germain, 1410 Waterloo, BelgiumCEHTRA UK – 6th Floor City Gate East, Toll House Hill, Nottingham, NG1 5FS, UKCEHTRA India – 2A Vandana Building, 11 Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110001, India CEHTRA NA – 24 Ivy Lea Crescent, Toronto, CanadaCEHTRA NL – Zonnemare 12, 4571 CX Axel, The Netherlands
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory dossier services
CEHTRA provides clients with bespoke services for the production of regulatory dossiers, be that in the field of general chemicals, cosmetics, biocides, pesticides or pharmaceuticals. We have all the competencies in-house to do all or any part of a project. We have contributed to, or realised over 1,000 projects since CEHTRA was founded and we have produced well over 100 REACH dossiers, all of which were successfully submitted on time. We use, verify and validate the algorithms of software such as ECETOC TRA, FOCUS (for pesticides and ART and improve on existing tools (eg by adding a module to allow speedy formatting of final dossiers).Industrial hygiene and worker exposure studies
With more than ten years of culture and experience in different industrial sectors, from pesticides to general chemicals, and a complete understanding of the tools used in risk-data interpretation, including generation of exposure limits, CEHTRA is able to bring you answers and support in industrial hygiene adapted to your specific needs.Consortium and Sief management
We offer a complete service that can either be used as a stand-alone or may be combined with the technical services provided by CEHTRA. We make sure that the milestones and deadlines of your project are met while ensuring the spirit of fairness and transparency, at the same time maintaining strict confidentiality for those areas that matter for your business. We can help you with the preparation of consortium agreements, maintaining contact lists, archiving, billing and all the aspects required for effectively running consortia and Siefs.Expert services Our experts have been successful in proposing and supporting complex issues for CMR classifications, modifying acceptable exposure limits and other critical substance-related end-points at member state or EU level. We have also successfully used our knowledge in clinical toxicology and epidemiology to support several of our clients in court cases.REACH OR Services
CEHTRA provides a REACH only representative (OR) service via its subsidiary company LTS REACH-OR SAS.Authorisation Services
CEHTRA has teamed up with other recognised experts in the field of authorisation and created a joint venture, ChemAdvocacy, to provide a full service including socio-economic analysis.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Company established2004 Opening of UK office2008 Opening of Brussels office2008 Opening of Lyon office2009 Start of the Indian Joint venture2011 Opening of offices in Canada and The Netherlands2012 Opening of ChemAdvocacy
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Number of European registered toxicologists (ERT) and other certificates: O 5 ERTs O 1 IOB/UKEMS GT O 2 Chartered chemists (MRSC) O 1 CIH (industrial hygiene)
PARTNERS
LTS REACH OR, ChemService GmbH, ecoonline, Chris Braun Consultancy
CLIENTS
Chemical companies, flavours and fragrances, plant protection industry, biocides, veterinary products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic companies
TESTIMONIALS
“CEHTRA helped us to submit ten 2010 REACH dossiers as lead registrant. We greatly appreciated their expertise in toxicology and ecotoxicology in particular in cases where the protocols of standard studies needed to be adapted to the test substances. In fact many of our substances turned out to be “difficult to test” due to their physico-chemical properties. We have decided to use them again and are once more confident of success for our 2013 dossiers.” Signed: DRT
CASE STUDY 1: REACH dossier rescue
Late summer 2010, CEHTRA was asked to help on a problematic incomplete and flawed R50/53 dossier.Issues:
O environmental and HH studies of limited value O re-work needed for environmental ES O failed consumer and environment RCR
CEHTRA response: O total review of available studies, WOE approach, July O short-term Ecotox. study performed to declassify, Aug O all ES completely re-worked and taken to Tier 2, Aug/Sept O dossier compiled, draft CSR sent early Sept O consortium comments addressed, submitted end Sept.
CASE STUDY 2: Declassification of a carbamate insecticide
Based on sparse findings in the toxicology dossier and an open literature publication, the substance was proposed to be classified as R60, R62, R63, R64. The toxicology data were reviewed and a position paper written to demonstrate the lack of relevance of the finding for reproductive toxicity. An ad-hoc study was designed and conducted which demonstrated that the alleged findings in the publication were flawed. Our expert had face-to-face or telephone discussion with several MS experts from the C&L commission. Our expert attended the C&L meeting at ISPRA to present the case and answer to expert questions. At the end of the meeting, all R6X classifications were cleared.
STAFF SELECTION
Paul Thomas PhD, ERT − Director and Manager of Lyon Office
Paul Thomas has a PhD in aquatic ecotoxicology and 16 years' experience with industrial chemicals, agrochemicals and biocides. He joined CEHTRA in 2008 as director of CEHTRA Lyon specialising in REACH-related services and is manager of the CEHTRA ecotoxicology team. Paul has contributed strongly to numerous successful registrations including several fragrance molecules.
Peter Jenkinson PhD, GT − Director and Manager of UK Office
Peter Jenkinson has a PhD in reproductive toxicology and 30 years' experience in the CRO industry specialising in genetic toxicology. Latterly he was the director of the Chemical Business Unit at Harlan Laboratories with a primary role of developing the REACH services of the company. In March 2010 he joined CEHTRA to open the UK office and has provided expert toxicology advice, particularly for study monitoring and data interpretation.Philippe Adrian PhD − General Manager of Brussels Office
Philippe Adrian has a PhD in soil science and over 20 years' experience with agrochemicals and biocides. Prior to his current position he worked as research scientist in Germany. Later he worked at CNRS in France and then Rhone-Poulenc Agrochemie and FMC. In 2001 he created CEHTRA with Pierre-Gerard Pontal and manages the environmental fate team and has developed modelling expertise for pesticides according to current models as well as biocides using relevant TGDs.Pierre-Gérard Pontal MD, ERT− President of CEHTRA
Pierre-Gérard Pontal is a medical doctor and has 26 years of experience with industrial chemicals, agrochemicals and biocides. He has worked for Rhone-Poulenc Chimie and Aventis cropscience in the product safety and risk assessment group. He has been a member of numerous task forces such as ECPA, ECETOC and UIPP and since 1994 a member of the EUROPOEM group. He is a recognised expert for operator exposure, having conducted more than 20 worker exposure studies.Michel Guilhem MSc – CEO
Michel has three master’s degrees in chemical, environmental and safety engineering and 30 years of experience, from R&D and regulatory affairs project management at Dow Chemical to management positions in world-class consultancies (ERM, ENVIRON) and in the pharmaceutical industry EHS services (Janssen-Cilag). He joined CEHTRA in 2009 and, beyond his key management responsibilities, he is in charge of expology and occupational health services.Nathalie Ledirac PhD, ERT – R&D Director
Nathalie has a PhD in cellular and molecular aspect of biology and 12 years’ experience with agrochemicals. She worked as a research scientist at INRA in France on pesticide toxicity and has also participated in private research on drugs for pharmaceutical industries (HMR, Galderma).She joined CEHTRA in 2006 as a regulatory toxicologist and provides expert toxicology advice in study monitoring and data interpretation. She develops close partnerships with private and academic research by increasing the scientific participation of CEHTRA experts in research projects (research programmes, publications, model development for pesticides, accreditation etc).Jason Nugent MSc – Director CEHTRA NA
Jason is a highly experienced chemical registration specialist who has worked within the North American chemical industry for more than 15 years. Over the course of his career, Jason has managed and participated in the preparation of more than 400 chemical registrations in Canada, USA, the European Union, China, Australia, and Japan. In recent years he has been heavily involved in assisting North American companies to prepare for and comply with REACH.Marc Aerssens PhD – Director CEHTRA NL
Marc has a master’s degree in organic chemistry with, and 12 years of experience in, the registration of industrial chemicals, pesticides and biocides and has held senior management positions in industry (ICL-IP) and regulatory consultancy (Rivendell International). Prior to working in regulatory affairs he gained 13 years of experience in the manufacturing of chemicals (ICL-IP). He joined CEHTRA in 2011 and provides key services with regards to consortium management.
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Website www.centroreach.itE-mail [email protected] office Centro Reach Srl, Via Giovanni da Procida, 11, 20149
Milan - ItalyTel/ Fax +39 02 8724 5901/ +39 02 3456 5631Contact Ralf KnaufDirectors Bruno Brianzoli Sergio TreichlerOwnership Private CompanyLocations MilanFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
Centro Reach was founded on 20 February 2007 on the initiative of Federchimica and Assolombarda. Federchimica, the Italian Chemical Industry Association, controls 53.3 % of the capital stock, the remaining part is held by ten other industrial associations. The company mission is to provide professional consultancy support to chemical industry firms and downstream users, helping them meet the REACH, CLP and other Regulations concerned with the management of chemicals and safety in the workplace. Centro Reach assists chemical manufacturers and importers in the dossier preparation for substance registration either on an individual basis or in consortia and has participated or is particpating in almost 20 consortia working on registrations for 2010 and 2013.We have expertise in: CLP notifications, support for safety data sheets, training courses, in-company consultancy, legal assistance for chemical regulations, regulatory services for non-EU countries thanks to our international network, and R&D in the field of NTM methods (QSAR projects).
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group ca €1mTurnover, chemical service provision ca €0.7mNo of offices 1No of countries represented All of the EUStaff, group 6
Staff, chemical service provision 3 ( plus wide expert network)
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
Legal5%
Training20%
Other5%
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH consultancy
Centro Reach provides in-company support on the REACH Regulation, including impact assessment and liabilities, product portfolio analysis and subsequent REACH compliance actions, supply chain communication assessment up and down, helpdesk consultancy. REACH services
Centro Reach offers skills in management of registration dossier preparation for individual lead registrants, and/or among consortia, and for joint submission applicants. We provide assistance and information for registration requirements, IUCLID5 compilation and registration submission, letter of access management, Sief management and late pre-registrations. Consortium management in technical, administration, legal and coordination field is one of the key activities of Centro Reach. The company's wide expert network is able to fulfil all our customers’ support needs. CLP and SDS management
Consultancy and submission of CLP notifications under the CLP regulation, safety data sheet assistance and management for EU territory as well as extra-EU areas are also basic activities of Centro Reach.Other chemical regulatory needs
Centro Reach and its network is able to support companies in the field of biocides and food contact material requirements, also outside Europe. Our consultants have proven experience in submitting chemical notifications in key-areas like North and South America, China, Japan, Korea, India and Australia as well as countries like Turkey, Switzerland and others. TSCA notifications in the US are supported by our network and safety data sheet management is also among the services we offer. Training courses
Since the very beginning training on REACH and CLP regulation has been a core activity of Centro Reach. Between 2007-2011 more than 2,000 participants have attended our training sessions which are also offered through Confindustria system and dedicated service activities.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 Founded by Federchimica (Association of Italian Chemical Industry) and Assolombarda – the largest regional enterprise organisation in Italy.
2008 A further ten industrial associations belonging to the Confindustria system become stakeholders Centro Reach.Partnership with Reach Centrum in Brussels begins
2009 Publication of Inventory on certified Italian laboratories for REACH registration studies. Set-up of expert network and cooperation agreementsInvolvement in more than 15 national and EU consortia Intensive training activities involving almost 500 professionals, both in-house and in-company courses
2010 Individual registrations for 95 companies successfully submitted. Management and involvement in 20 consortia for 2010 registration. Intensive training specifically on CLP regulation and notification process, safety data sheets and labelling. Service for SDS management launched. CLP notifications of more than 550 substances.
2011 Centro Reach served around 310 customers, in large part not Federchimica members about 40% of them being downstream users. More than 50 training course sessions and two national workshops with over 150 participants.Centro Reach supports Italian University Master Reach activities. Cooperation with Reach Global Services ( RGS ) for substance notifications of Italian companies in Turkey
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ISO 9001 certification under progress
PARTNERS
Reach Centrum, Certiquality, Mario Negri Institute, Assoservizi, Intertek, DGM Italia, Field Fisher Waterhouse, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Lenviros, ARPA Em Romagna, others
CLIENTS
Mainly SMEs but also companies like MAPEI, BASF Italia, Bracco, Polynt,Clariant Italia, DSM Italia, Polimeri Europa, others as well as non-Italian customers
CASE STUDY 1: EU Project ORCHESTRA
Centro Reach is working in partnership with the M Negri Institute and other Italian and European subjects in the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme “Organising dissemination on results of projects on chemical evaluation, spreading techniques for risk assessment (ORCHESTRA)". Non testing methods (NTM) such as in-silico methods will be very important to 2018 registrations, which will see mostly SMEs involved in the registration of more than 20,000 substances.ORCHESTRA addresses the strategic questions concerned with a broad, systematic dissemination and exploitation of the research results of several EU projects, including specific dissemination and exploitation measures for the different stakeholders – including regulators, industry, citizens, international bodies, scientific and other associations. Dissemination towards regulators of all EU member and associated states is ongoing. The project will be concluded at the end of 2012. further information can be found on the ORCHESTRA dedicated website
CASE STUDY 2: Titaniumdioxide ( TiO2 ) study in nanosize under REACH
Centro Reach in cooperation with ARPA E Romagna has simulated a IUCLID 5 dossier for a volume up to ten tons/year covering the necessary endpoints with specific data of the substance in nanosize, showing that REACH regulation can handle nanomaterials, and that there is no scientific evidence for assuming that substances in nanosize are automatically more toxic than those in bulk. Further work under this project is in progress. The study was presented during NANOTECHITALY 2011 in November 2011.
STAFF SELECTION
Bruno Brianzoli – Coordinator
In 1964, after graduating in chemical engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Bruno joined the multinational group Solvay, where he worked until January 2007. As managing director of the Solvay Group from 1997 to 1999 he was in charge of managing the business of the Solvay Sodi Company (the production of sodium carbonate) in Bulgaria. From 2000 2007 he was general manager of the Solvay.Sergio Treichler – General Director
At present Sergio is the central technical – scientific director of Federchimica. He previously worked in the industrial and financial fields for the World Bank in Uganda, Ethiopia and Paraguay. Sergio has been a member of important groups in Cefic such as the Product Stewardship Programme Council and HSE, Logistics and Energy Programme Council. He is a member of the board of directors of Certiquality Srl and an advisor of ICS-UNIDO.Ralf Knauf – Business Development Manager
In 1980 after finishing his professional education in economy and Industry at the head office of Bayer AG, Germany, Ralf moved to Bayer Italia's AgChem division, where for more than 25 years he was responsible for international business and regulatory coordination in several different Italian AgChem companies. In 2007 he joined Federchimica's product safety within technical and scientific department, focusing on REACH and related regulations. Since 2009 he has been heavily involved in Centro Reach, coordinating training and consortia activities.Stefano Arpisella – Technical Manager
Graduated in chemistry and pharmaceutical technologies. After his activity in R&S at Università di Ferrara, he worked in the Federchimica technical and scientific department for chemicals and product safety. He has huge practical experience in REACH thanks to more than 250 in-company activities and visits.
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CONTACTS
Website www.chemadvisor.comE-mail [email protected] office 811 Camp Horne Road, Suite 220, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15237, USATel +1 412 847 2000Fax +1 412 847 2010Contact Matthew Kaus, Nathan Peters, Janet NealDirectors Andrew Dsida, President Darlene Susa-Anderson, COO and VP EH&SOwnership Private CompanyLocations US, BelgiumFounded 1986
OVERVIEW
Since 1986, ChemADVISOR, Inc has been the chemical industry’s indispensable source of environmental health safety and transportation information. Specialising in providing regulatory consulting services, products and training, ChemADVISOR has a solution ready to meet your compliance needs. Our LOLI database is the largest and most comprehensive regulatory database available, providing a single source of world-wide regulatory information at your fingertips
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group - Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 3No of countries represented GlobalStaff, group 70Staff, chemical service provision 60
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
30%
Representation& management
10%
Information40%
IT & software15%
Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
United States, Belgium
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory consulting
(M)SDS authoringLabel statement creationGHS classificationREACH only representative service and supportCLP classification and notificationGlobal product registration supportTransportation classificationEHS&T compliance managed servicesRegulatory training
Hazard communicationGlobally Harmonised SystemREACHCountry specific training:
O China O US O Japan O Korea O Canada
Custom designed courses that address your specific regulatory issuesRegulatory databases
LOLI databaseTransportation advisor databaseChemADVISOR onlineOHS pure substance databaseEHS&T data elementsLOLI-SAP EHS&T compliance suite
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1986 Company founded1988 LOLI database developed2001 Transportation advisor database developed2004 Belgian office opened2004 SAP solution developed2005 LOLI database grows to 1,000 lists2008 REACH services offered2008 ChemADVISOR purchases OHS2010 LOLI database reaches over 3,000 lists from 100 countries2011 ChemADVISOR Online replaces LOLI-On-Line2012 LOLI database reaches 4,000 lists from 107 countries
PARTNERS
Wercs, BNA, ICC, the Compliance Center, Dialog, Enablon, Formulator, ISRI, JCDB, Lisam, Locus, Hazox, Right Answer, Safetec, Selerant, Sitehawk
CLIENTS
ChemADVISOR’s customers are manufacturers and distributors who are seeking best in class support for their chemical regulatory compliance efforts. We provide support to organisations who manufacture bulk chemicals, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, petrochemicals, food products, consumer products and manufacturing.
CASE STUDY 1: LORD Corporation
LORD Corporation is a user of the SAP EH&S module. ChemADVISOR successfully converted their data provider from a third party source to ChemADVISOR’s LOLI-SAP Solution.
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CASE STUDY 2: (M)SDS authoring
ChemADVISOR manages the (M)SDS authoring, maintenance and distribution processes for many of our clients, using a variety of both ChemADVISOR and third party software, as dictated by the needs of the client.
CASE STUDY 3: Product registrations
ChemADVISOR has assisted our clients in performing product registrations around the world, from the general identification of country specific requirements, to the hands-on guidance in submitting the required documents.
STAFF SELECTION
Darlene Susa Anderson – Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety
Darlene Susa-Anderson is vice president, EHS Services at ChemADVISOR, Inc. She received her MS degree in pharmacology-toxicology from Duquesne University and her MS degree in information science from the University of Pittsburgh. Darlene received her BA degree from Carlow College, Pittsburgh, where she graduated Summa cum Laude with a double major in biology and mathematics. Darlene's 25+ years of experience include employment at the former Gulf Oil Corporation, Koppers Company, Calgon Corporation, and Fisher Scientific. Darlene's immediate past position prior to employment at ChemADVISOR was director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Fisher Scientific.Ms Susa-Anderson co-chaired the Chemical Manufacturers Association (now known as the American Chemistry Council) Labelling work group to revise the ANSI Standard for Industrial Chemicals – Industrial Labelling (ANSI Z1291-1999) and was a member of the work group that revised the 1994 edition of this same standard. She also was a member of the work group that revised the ANSI Standard for Industrial Chemicals – (M)SDS Preparation (ANSI Z4001-1998). Ms Susa-Anderson served as program co-chair for the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) and is currently in her second two year term on its board of directors where she is currently serving as chairperson.Wolfgang Urhahn – REACH Services Team Leader
Wolfgang Urhahn is a regulatory compliance specialist with ChemADVISOR, Inc at the company's headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 2008. As a member of ChemADVISOR's regulatory database team, Mr Urhahn tracks and maintains regulatory information concerning the European Union (EU) and Germany. He is also member of ChemADVISOR's REACH team and serves as an instructor for the company's REACH training courses.Mr Urhahn has 20 years of professional experience, primarily in research and product development and EHS services. This includes five years in the pharmaceutical industry, one year at 3M Europe Laboratories, and more than 12 years with the Henkel Corporation as an EHS manager for product safety in the EMEA region. In addition, he served in several working groups regarding REACH and hazard communication on a national and EU level. Wolfgang's immediate past position prior to employment at ChemADVISOR was head of Regulatory Affairs and Product Safety EMEA at Henkel Headquarters, Division of Consumer and Construction Adhesives, in Düsseldorf, Germany. He graduated from the technical college associated with the RWTH University Aachen in Germany with a four-years degree in technical chemistry and environmental science. He is a native German speaker, but is also fluent in English.
Jennifer Mahoney – EHS Consulting Services Team Leader
Jennifer L Mahoney has worked at ChemADVISOR, Inc since August 2004, and is currently team leader, Consulting Servces. In this role, Ms Mahoney is responsible for the team of experts creating and maintaining material safety data sheets and label documents, and providing global regulatory compliance assistance for ChemADVISOR’s clients. She is also involved with the development and testing of ChemADVISOR’s (M)SDS authoring software system, ChemSDS+, and she provides customer training and technical support for this product. In addition to ChemSDS+, Ms Mahoney and her team are trained in a number of authoring platforms including SAP EHS, WERCs, and Intelligent Authoring. Ms Mahoney also serves as an instructor for a variety of ChemADVISOR’s training courses including those on globally harmonised system (GHS) and EU classification and labelling.Ms Mahoney graduated with a BSc honours degree from Walsh University with a double major in chemistry and biology. Her previous work experience includes time in R&D and quality assurance for a large specialty chemicals manufacturer. She is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and is chair of the Professional Development Committee of the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC).John Kowalski – US Regulatory Expert
John J Kowalski is a certified hazardous materials manager (CHMM) with a diverse and extensive background in the areas of environment, health and safety (EHS) and chemical regulatory compliance. He has more than 25 years of professional experience, primarily in the manufacturing sector. This includes more than ten years with the Coatings and Resins Group of PPG Industries and five years with the former Calgon Corporation, which is now a part of Nalco Company.Mr Kowalski has worked as a senior regulatory specialist for ChemADVISOR, Inc since 2004. His duties there include maintenance of a chemical regulatory database, development and presentation of training courses, and consulting. He also assists with sales and marketing efforts on an as-needed basis. Mr Kowalski received his BSc degree in chemistry from Duquesne University. He is a member of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) and former president of the Three Rivers ChapterCaroline Miller – Global Hazard Communication Expert
Caroline W Miller is a hazard communication specialist at ChemADVISOR, Inc, where she is responsible for authoring and reviewing material safety data sheets and Globally Harmonised System (GHS) classifications and for preparing documentation for the SAP EH&S expert rules. She is also an instructor for ChemADVISOR's material safety data sheet (M)SDS authoring, SAP EH&S (M)SDS authoring, and Control Banding courses. Ms Miller holds a BSc degree in industrial hygiene from Clarkson University and an MSc degree in engineering management from Syracuse University. She is a certified industrial hygienist (CIH) and a certified safety professional (CSP).Previously, Ms Miller was an environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consultant for manufacturing, service, and construction industries for eight years. In this capacity, she was responsible for auditing, monitoring, preparing plans and reports, and training. Additionally, Ms Miller worked for a pharmaceutical company in their corporate EH&S department for ten years. In this capacity, she supported health and safety programmes at various facilities, maintained injury/ illness and hazardous materials databases, and conducted regulatory reviews.
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CONTACTS
Website www.chemservice-group.comE-mail [email protected] office Chemservice GmbH Von-Steuben-Str. 13 D-67549 Worms, GermanyTel +49 (0)6241 95480 0Fax +49 (0)6241 95480 25Contact Karl-Heinz ReisDirectors Dr Dieter Drohmann, Managing DirectorOwnership Privately owned group of companiesLocations Germany, Luxembourg, Korea, Turkey, FranceFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
The Chemservice vision is to be the leading global regulatory affairs consulting company by supporting our clients around the world in gaining competitive advantage through the regulatory process.In-depth experience in regulatory affairs and international chemical control legislation, toxicology, risk assessments and environmental sciences. Our substantial network in and knowledge of industry, academia, regulatory bodies and governments will be beneficial in solving regulatory issues.Different in-house disciplines (chemists, chemical engineers, toxicologists, env scientists, agronomists, biologists, veterinarian, regulatory specialists etc) enables broad issue addressing.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group ca €3mTurnover, chemical service provision ca €3mNo of offices 7No of countries represented 5Staff, group 26Staff, chemical service provision 24
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
45%
Representation& management
20%
Information15%
IT & software10%
Training5%
Other5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Chemservice GmbH, Worms, GermanyChemservice SA, Grevenmacher, LuxembourgChemservice Asia Co Ltd, Seoul, KoreaChemservice Ltd Sti, Bodrum/Mugla, TurkeyChemservice EHNS GmbH, Worms, GermanyConsortia Management GmbH, Worms, GermanyChemCehtra S.A.S., Bordeaux, France
SERVICES PROVIDED
Global regulatory affairs consulting
Chemservice provides a broad range of services designed to assist clients in preparing for and in complying with international and national chemical control legislation. The application range for chemistry is extensive. Therefore, chemical control legislation is comprehensive in order to assure product safety, producer liability and consumer and environmental protection to regulate the marketing of chemical substances. Beside inventory notifications we conduct registrations of biocides, plant protection products, cosmetics, and compile dossiers for food contact clearances and food and feed additive petitions. REACH and GHS/CLP
We provide our clients with strategic and technical support to be prepared for REACH and GHS/CLP. The technical support includes, for example, data gap analysis, registration cost evaluation, testing strategy proposals, placing/monitoring/reviewing of studies, pre-registrations and registrations, dossier preparation, compilation of chemical safety reports, exposure, hazard and risk assessments, PBT/vPvB evaluation and support on authorisation, REACH-IT and IUCLID5 assistance, CLP notification, safety data sheet and label creation.Consortia, Sief and letter of access management
Independent secretariat, trustee and accounting services to REACH consortia and Siefs in order to enable the chemical industry and its value chain to fulfil their registration obligations according to the REACH Regulation. The automated online letter-of-access tool provides an efficient LoA management for Sief members to acquire access rights for a specific substance for the submission of the joint REACH dossiers. Moreover, it will help to reduce resources at lead registrant and consortia level and offers professional accounting support – including trustee account management. Only representative and third party representative
We act for manufacturers outside the EU as only representative and cover fully the registration and pre-registration obligations. The importers of that non-EU manufacturer would no longer have duties as importers, but will be regarded as downstream users. Only one registration is needed by the only representative. Moreover, we act as only representative for non-EU manufacturers of articles, which intentionally release substances and we act as third party representative (of a Community Entity) according to REACH Article 4.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 Start-up in Luxembourg2008 Opening of Chemservice office in Germany2009 Launch of Consortia Management GmbH as full service
provider for consortia and Sief management2010 Opening of Chemservice offices in Korea and Turkey2011 Launch of Chemservice EHNS2011 Launch of JV ChemCehtra with office in France2012 Launch of ChemAdvocacy in Quarter 1, Office opening in
USA in Quarter 2
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ACCREDITATIONS
We are a member of ORO, the Only Representatives Organisation in Brussels and comply with the quality standards of ORO. Dr. Drohmann is chairing ORO as president.
PARTNERS
Our partner companies can be viewed on our website.
CLIENTS
Consultant for the chemical industry and its value chain, including OEMs. Our clients range from multinational chemical companies to SMEs, formulators, traders, retailers and OEMs. We do not disclose our customers publicly, but provide reference names and testimonials upon request.
TESTIMONIALS
Persons who request testimonials or references will be provided with them upon individual request.
CASE STUDY 1: Global inventory strategy and registration
We have significant experience in global inventory registrations and conducted ca 100 notifications to the Turkish inventory and 300 nominations to the inventory in Taiwan. For one client we supplied a global inventory strategy for a new polymer, and for multiple clients we conducted notifications to chemical inventories like Australia (AICS), Canada (DSL), China (IECSC), Korea (ECL), New Zealand (NZIOC), Philippines (PICCS) and USA (TSCA).
CASE STUDY 2: REACH-Code-Model
REACH does not distinguish between direct and indirect imports into the EU. Therefore, non-EU business followed by export to EU is more complicated – in particular if several non-EU steps along the supply chain are involved and substances have been formulated into preparations with confidential composition. In a multi-level non-EU supply chain the manufacturer of a substance usually does not know through which channels, in which products and finally how much volume of his substances is being imported into the EU. It is an essential business secret (CBI) of traders or formulators what the components of their products and who their suppliers and customers are. Neither the non-EU manufacturer (represented by the OR) nor the importer can fulfil their obligations without disclosing CBI and potentially leading to loss of business.Chemservice has developed a software based solution to track indirect EU export and many companies with multi-step non-EU supply chains have signed up to this system already. This software can be used as well by only representatives to track their volumes and importers and is commercially available.
CASE STUDY 3: REACH dossier work
Chemservice has experience with ca 120 Tier 1 and 2 REACH dossiers, including member and lead dossiers. Moreover, a significant number of new substance registrations (non-phase ins), inquiry dossiers, PPORDS and chemical safety reports and extended safety data sheets were successfully completed. Furthermore, we have acted on behalf of our clients in more than 350 CLP-notifications.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Dieter Drohmann – Managing Director
O PhD in environmental sciences O founder of the Chemservice Group O >20 years of experience in the chemical industry as regulatory affairs
managerDr Neslihan Altinbas – Managing Director of Chemservice Ltd Sti, Turkey
O PhD in chemistry O >10 years of experience in GLP and GMP quality assurance
in the field of pharmacology and plant protection products, and nanoparticles
Dr Günter Spang – Senior Regulatory Affairs Advisor
O PhD in agronomy O >15 years of experience in regulatory affairs consulting, including risk
assessments and dossier preparationNatalia Jansen-Bouriatchenko – Regulatory Affairs Advisor
O master in biochemistry O >15 years of experience in analytical and ecological chemistry,
ecotoxicology and toxicologyKarl-Heinz Reis – Senior Regulatory Affairs Advisor
O master in biology O >20 years of experience in the field of risk assessments, PBT
assessments and CRO study directorThomas Schaefer – Manager Data and System Services
O IT specialist O >20 years of experience in IT and data systems
Yong Jiang – Regulatory Affairs Advisor
O master degree in chemistry O eight years of experience as chemical specialist, consultant and
compliance managerAh-Reum Seo – Regulatory Affairs Advisor
O chemist O seven years of experience in R&D and regulatory affairs
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CONTACTS
Website www.chemservice.itE-mail [email protected] office Via Fratelli Beltrami 15, 20026 Novate Milanese (MI), ItalyTel +39 2 3569961Fax +39 2 38201446Contact Cristina MarchioriDirectors Giacomo Ravetta, Managing Director Ownership Private company
Affiliated with FINAGRO SPA – IPICI GROUP
Locations Novate Milanese (MI), ItalyFounded 1992
OVERVIEW
ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche is a contract research organisation (CRO) providing GLP testing and regulatory services for the plant protection, biocidal, veterinary, industrial chemical and consumer product industries. Our mission is to provide our clients smart solutions for regulatory and testing issues through our long lasting experience in the fields of analytical chemistry, physico-chemistry and ecotoxicology, coupled with an extensive expertise in preparation and submission of registration dossiers. ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche collaborates with EU authorities, being selected by the EU in 2008 (EuropeAid/123060/D/SUP/RO) for building an ecotoxicological laboratory in Romania and by EFSA in 2009-2010 for the assistance to the EFSA scientific units on toxicology and ecotoxicology.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €5mTurnover, chemical service provision €5mNo of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 50Staff, chemical service provision 45
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
40%
Laboratory55%
Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche – Via Fratelli Beltrami 1520026 Novate Milanese (MI), Italy
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH
Preparation of registration dossiers (lead/joint submissions), data gap analysis, review and analysis of physico-chemical, environmental fate, ecotoxicology and toxicological data. CSA/CSR preparation (Chesar), human and environmental exposure scenarios and risk assessment. Use of alternative strategies as read across/category approach and use of QSARs (eg OECD Toolbox, CAESAR, ToxTree, Lazar, EPI Suite). IUCLID 5 file preparation and submission to ECHA. Contacts with ECHA during pre/post (follow-up) dossiers submission.Plant protection products (PPPs) and biocides
Preparation and submission of dossiers for authorisation of active substances and for registration of formulated products. Technical equivalence of active substances. Development of regulatory strategies. Literature searches, data gap analysis, robust study summaries. Exposure assessment (human, environment) and efficacy assessment (scientific monitoring of efficacy trials and preparation of biological assessment dossiers-BAD-for PPP). Human (operator, worker, bystander, consumer) and environmental risk assessment, e-fate modelling (eg FOCUS model for PPP). Scientific monitoring of sub-contracted studies, consultancy for non-standard studies (operator exposure, radio-labelled material). Use of IUCLID (for PPP), CADDY (for biocides). Follow-up with authorities. Analytical methods development and validations, physico-chemistry, ecotoxicology and biodegradability testing
Testing services for a broad range of substances including development and validation of analytical methods, physico-chemical testing in accordance with most commonly accepted guidelines (eg OECD, CIPAC methods), short and long term ecotoxicological testing on aquatic (alga, daphnia, fish, activated sludge) and terrestrial organisms (earthworms), soil microorganisms (OECD 216, 217), aquatic plants (lemna sp). Biodegradability testing (OECD 301).
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1992 ChemService Srl incorporated as international contract research organisation in Milan, Italy.
1992 Achievement of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation 1995 Achievement of OECD GLP compliance 2003 Beginning of regulatory services (Dossier department)2004 Erecting of new laboratories (1400 m2) and start-up of GLP
ecotoxicological testing facility2008-2010
Collaboration with EFSA and EU authorities
2011 Improvement of REACH services through partnership with academic experts.
ACCREDITATIONS
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and ISO/IEC 17025:2005
PARTNERS
With the aim of improving the quality of REACH services, ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche developed a partnership with MELETE Srl, spin-off of the University of Milan (Italy) and the University of Insubria (Varese, Italy) where several chemistry, toxicology and ecotoxicology experts from academia are involved. The specific target of the venture is to handle complex and non-standard issues related to chemical, occupational and environmental risk and, in general, to advise companies on REACH requirements.
CLIENTS
Our clients are involved in the market sectors of: agrochemicals, biocides, chemicals, veterinary products, food, medical device and antimicrobial chemicals
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TESTIMONIALS
“ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche has provided high quality regulatory and testing services to our company for over ten years, having prepared more than ten registration dossiers and having conducted more than 200 physico-chemical and ecotoxicological GLP tests on our agrochemical products” – Makhtheshim Agan Italia Srl
CASE STUDY 1: Inclusion of sulphur in Annex I (91/414/EEC)
ChemService successfully stewarded a fourth list substance, sulphur, onto Annex I inclusion in 2010 after several years of work. Sulphur is a widespread substance that has been used in agriculture for a long time; nevertheless, the high volume used in the field and the difficulty in distinguishing the natural background level in the environment, gave rise to the request for non-standard studies, such as field operator exposure study and tests on sediment – dwelling organisms with radiolabelled material. Sulphur is a product broadly used in Europe; as a consequence, several different companies were interested in supporting it in the EU review process. Therefore, ChemService put together a task force of 12 companies from all over the world, which was headed by an Italian company and managed from ChemService across the revision process. The technical and management experience of ChemService in coordinating different facilities and the need of the task force members for a common goal was crucial to the success of the project.
CASE STUDY 2: Successful chemical equivalence dossier for an Annex I listed agrochemical
Finchimica, a SME manufacturer of agrochemicals, decided in mid 2010 to submit to the UK chemicals regulation directorate (CRD) a chemical equivalence dossier for Pendimethalin technical, a selective herbicide included in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC whose data protection period was just expired. Timing was crucial in order to be the first of the newcomers and gain immediate market shares. In a three months timeframe, ChemService performed a preliminary screening of the different qualities of Pendimethalin manufactured by Finchimica, identified the level of quality needed in order to match the technical product registered, performed a five batch analysis on Pendimethalin of said quality and submitted the relevant chemical equivalence dossier to CRD using the fast track option. Non testing data (QSAR and in vitro) were included in the dossier in order to support the toxicological equivalence of Finchimica’s towards registered source. The dossier was accepted by CRD in December 2010 and Finchimica became the first approved source of Technical Pendimethalin in Europe after the originator.
CASE STUDY 3: Assistance to the EFSA scientific units on toxicology and ecotoxicology
In May 2009 ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche became part of a panel of experts selected by EFSA for assisting EFSA’s scientific units on toxicology and ecotoxicology (Multiple Framework Service Contract CT/EFSA/AMU/2009/07, budget available 1,000,000 €) and in the same year was awarded a specific contract (n PPR/01 implementing Framework Contract CT/EFSA/AMU/2009/07-Lot 2, value of the assignment: 83,000 €) for the data entry of pesticide ecotoxicology Tier 1 study endpoints in a IUCLID database. In view of this valuable piece of work, conducted in 2010, ChemService Srl Controlli e Ricerche was again selected by EFSA (CFT/EFSA/PPR/2010/03, Open call, value of the assignment: 139,000 €) for the completion of data entry of pesticide ecotoxicology Tier 1 study endpoints in the database.
STAFF SELECTION
Giacomo Ravetta – Managing Director
Masters degree in industrial chemistry, 20+ years’ experience in project management in the EU and abroad (China, India, USA), as head of R&D teams for the development of agrochemicals products. He developed a broad network in the global community of chemicals production and legislations and he has a strong focus on customers’ business. Since 2009 he has been managing director of Chemservice Srl Controlli e Ricerche where he has brought his sound management and business oriented background.Dr Valeria Croce – Head of Regulatory Services
Masters degree in biology and PhD in environmental sciences, ten years’ experience in the fields of regulatory services, ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment. Currently head of the Dossier department she coordinates a highly skilled team of six regulatory experts plus a senior scientific consultant, covering a broad range of expertise: chemistry, agronomy, biology (toxicology/ecotoxicology), e-fate modelling, environmental sciences. Since 2008 she has been involved, as an ecotoxicology and regulatory expert, in EU and EFSA projects. Chiara Neri – Head of Ecotoxicological Testing Unit
Masters degree in biology, with a specialisation in ecotoxicology, and holder of a European scholarship from 2004 to 2006 “Comparative Research of Endocrine disrupters project”. In 2006 she joined ChemService Srl as study director for algae, daphnia, fish, sludge and heartworms GLP studies. Currently head of Ecotoxicological Testing unit she coordinates a team of five ecotox experts, supported by a senior scientific consultant. Since 2008 she has been involved, as an ecotoxicology expert, in EU and EFSA projects.Stefano Garofani – Head of Analytical Studies Unit
Masters degree in chemistry, 20+ years’ experience in development and validation of analytical methods, GLP physico-chemical studies, residue and five batch analysis. His highly skilled group of chemists conducted more than 2,500 GLP analytical studies from 2005-2010 (600+ in 2011).Dr Carlotta Casalegno – Head of Regulatory and Development
Masters degree in biology and PhD in naturalistic and environmental sciences, from 2000 to 2005 she was involved in basic environmental research and EU projects management. In 2006 she joined ChemService Srl Regulatory Services, dealing with toxicology and human exposure and risk assessment for PPPs, biocides and REACH registration dossiers. In 2010 she worked for an international ONG (ECEAE-BUAV) commenting on testing proposals for REACH Annex IX and X substances and was appointed as ONG representative to support the use of alternatives during ECHA committee (RAC, MSC) meetings in Helsinki. She came back to ChemService in 2011 as head of Regulatory and Development.
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CONTACTS
Website www.chilworth.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Beta House, Southampton Science Park, Southampton,
SO16 7NS, UKTel +44 (0)23 8076 0722Fax +44 (0)23 8076 7866Contact Dr David Firth, Mr Daniel Baker, Mr Mike WeaverDirectors DEKRA Explosion & Process Safety Business LineOwnership Wholly owned subsidiary of DEKRA SELocations UK, USA, India, Germany, France, Spain, Benelux,
Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Japan, Brazil, Northern and Southern Africa, Israel, Japan and China
Founded 1925 (DEKRA)
OVERVIEW
Chilworth – a DEKRA company is the UK’s leading provider of expert knowledge and quality test data in the field of process safety. With an international consulting base, we employ doctorate engineering and scientific staff along with consultant engineers, scientists and technicians. Our GLP/ ISO17025 compliant laboratories offer industrial explosion hazard testing, chemical reaction hazards evaluation and electrostatic testing, as well as a full range of regulatory testing services for REACH, SDS, CLP, UN and other transport applications. Our electrostatic services cover profiling of powders, films and liquids for both production handling problems and electrostatic ignition hazards. DEKRA fulfils the only representative position for several companies based outside the EU, assisting with portfolio optimisation, representing the company in consortia, performing testing and preparing registration dossiers.We have unrivalled expertise in process safety, laboratory testing, consulting, training and instruments with a truly global perspective. Wherever you are, we are close at hand!
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €1.8bnTurnover, chemical service provision €495mNo of offices 30+No of countries represented 80+Staff, group 25,000Staff, chemical service provision 500+
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
30%
Representation& management
5%Laboratory
50%
Training5%
Other10%
GLOBAL OFFICES
DEKRA Industrial GmbH Handwerkstr. 15 D-70565 Stuttgart Germany
SERVICES PROVIDED
O process safety consultancy O dust, fire and explosion protection O chemical reaction hazards O material testing O laboratory testing O regulatory testing O process safety training
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1986 Foundation of Chilworth Technology Ltd1991 Chilworth Technology Inc established in USA1995 Received Good Laboratory Practice accreditation2001 IChemE safety and environmental awards winner2003 Chilworth goes global; capabilities established in France,
Italy and India2008 Chilworth acquires Spanish facility2009 Acquisition of JCI, the UK’s electrostatic measurement
experts2011 Wholly acquired by DEKRA, Europe’s leading safety provider
ACCREDITATIONS
Good Laboratory Practice (UK); ISO 17025 (US)
CLIENTS
Chilworth – a DEKRA company provides consultancy and testing services to a broad range of customers (who, for reasons of confidentiality, cannot be named). We work with a number of multi-site blue chip clients in a variety of processing industries including organisations operating in the petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, drink, paper and packaging, plastics and rubber, agrochemical, automotive and aerospace and power generation sectors.
TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials can be provided on request.
CASE STUDY 1:
Working closely with a global supplier of metals and minerals, Chilworth – a DEKRA company devised and delivered a comprehensive testing programme for CLP registration of a range of products and formulations.
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Supporting a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals, Chilworth – a DEKRA company has tailored an extensive portfolio of tests of a diverse selection of materials under both REACH and CLP criteria.
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Cooperating with a number of service providers from Europe to the Far East, Chilworth – a DEKRA company has carried out a range of physico-chemical properties testing for REACH registration of products across a broad range of applications, whilst acting as study managers for a range of toxicology and exotoxicology test programmes.
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STAFF SELECTION
Dr Stephen Rowe – Managing Director
Managing director – with more than 20 years’ experience in process safety – Steve has particular expertise in chemical reaction hazards testing, exothermic reaction hazards consulting and dust, gas and vapour flammability testing and consulting programmes.Dr David Firth – Business Development and Marketing Manager
Business development and marketing manager – covering all areas of process safety – David has many years of experience working with customers in a variety of industries including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, paint, polymers, adhesives, electronics, fuel additives, synthetic fibres and many others. Mr Michael Weaver – Principal Specialist Process Safety
Principal specialist process safety – bringing more than two decades of testing and consultancy experience to the team – Mike is particularly involved in devising and managing regulatory testing programmes for our customers across the full range of services as well as gas / vapour and dust explosions.Mr Daniel Baker – Safety Testing Specialist
Safety testing specialist – responsible for the management of our laboratories – Daniel has more than a decade of experience in testing and project management and brings a wealth of knowledge on regulatory test requirements. As a qualified DGSA, he provides guidance on the implication of results on classification of products. Dr Andrew Starkie – Principal Process Safety Specialist
Principal process safety specialist – managing our GLP programme and with over a quarter of a century of experience in the sphere of process safety testing and consultancy – Andy has particular expertise in the handling and testing of hazardous and sensitive materials and chemical reaction hazards. Mr Jochen Dettke – Head of REACH RegistrationTeam in Germany
An expert at DEKRA Industrial GmbH – based in Stuttgart, – Jochen heads up the REACH registration team in Germany, providing consultancy and testing advice from portfolio optimisation, through data acquisition and into dossier preparation.
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CONTACTS
Website www.complianceservices.comE-mail [email protected] office 7501 Bridgeport Way West, Lakewood, WA 98499-2423,
USATel +1 253 473 9007Fax +1 253 473 2044Contact Bernalyn McGaugheyDirectors Bernalyn McGaughey, President and CEOOwnership State of Washington, USALocations USA, France and UKFounded 1988
OVERVIEW
CSI is a leading regulatory consultancy providing innovative solutions for organisations faced with regulatory, environmental and human health challenges. Established in 1988, our diverse staff of experienced regulatory scientists develops strategies to meet specific needs for a global client base. CSI approaches all projects with a strong commitment to responsible science, to the environment and to risk management. Our mission is to serve our clients with scientifically-sound, cost-effective, and timely approaches to environmental and human health assessment and regulatory compliance.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 9No of countries represented 3Staff, group 23Staff, chemical service provision 16
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
Laboratory5%
IT &software
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Legal5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
CSI-Europe, Pentlands Science Park, Penicuik, Nr Edinburgh, EH26 0PZ, United KingdomCSI-Europe (France), Domaine de Marsange, Bât A3, 130 Chemin de Morgiou, 13009 Marseille, FranceCSI Head Office, 7501 Bridgeport Way West, Lakewood, WA 98499-2423, USAUS regional offices in Washington, Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas, North Carolina and Missouri
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration dossier preparation
Data gap analysis, data waiver preparation, intelligent testing strategy development, placement and monitoring of studies at contract research organisations, good laboratory practice compliance consulting. Preparation of registration dossiers, including supporting IUCLID databases. Hazard, exposure and risk assessment
Physico-chemical, human health and environmental hazard assessment, exposure assessment and risk characterisation and reporting (eg chemical safety assessments/chemical safety reports). Use of exposure modelling tools, eg ECETOC TRA, EUSES, OECD ESDs, ART model, ConsExpo etc. Only representative/third party representative
Only representative services for non-EU companies which (under REACH) cannot directly pre-register/register the substances that are exported to the EU. Third party representative services for companies not wishing to disclose their interest in a particular substance for reasons of commercial confidentiality. Consortia/task force management
Scientific, technical and administrative support for consortia/task forces, including all aspects of communication and coordination. Due diligence
Regulatory due diligence associated with mergers and acquisitions.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1988 CSI formed in Washington State, USA.1990s Introduced innovations in the application of spatial
technologies to environmental assessment.1990s Three times named one of the USA's fastest growing
private companies (inc 500). 2000 CSI-Europe launched .2010 Winner – AGROW award for best supporting role.2011 Shortlisted – AGROW award for best supporting role.
ACCREDITATIONS
Winner – 2010 AGROW award for best supporting roleShortlisted – 2011 AGROW award for best supporting roleEuropean registered toxicologist on staff
PARTNERS
CSI operates independently and has no formal partners, but utilises a network of contract research organisations, legal companies and specialist providers as appropriate to supplement our consultancy services.
CLIENTS
Client names remain confidential, however CSI works with a wide variety of clients from multinationals to family-owned businesses based in our domestic EU and USA markets and throughout the world.
TESTIMONIALS
On request we would be happy to supply contact details for existing CSI clients willing to provide references on our behalf.
CASE STUDY 1: REACH only representative services
Utilising our US and EU office locations Compliance Services International (CSI) provides a comprehensive only representative service for multiple non-EU companies seeking full REACH compliance. Services provided include pre-registration, late pre-registration (under REACH Article 28.6), Sief and consortia communication, and development and submission of IUCLID format dossiers resulting in successful substance registrations.
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CASE STUDY 2: REACH consortium services
Compliance Services International (CSI) successfully provided chemical registration services, including consortium management and Sief communications, study monitoring and registration dossier preparation, for a substance subject to the first REACH registration deadline on behalf of the Organotitanates and Zirconates consortium.
CASE STUDY 3: Biocidal Products Directive
Compliance Services International (CSI) stewarded the first new active ingredient onto Annex I of the Biocidal Products Directive and has attained mutual recognition of biocidal products containing the active ingredient throughout Europe.
CASE STUDY 4: Biocidal Products Directive
Compliance Services International (CSI) has been instrumental in obtaining the first frame formulation approval for a new active substance in the UK with mutual recognition of the frame formulation and associated biocidal products currently on-going in several member states.
CASE STUDY 5: Plant Protection Products Directive
Compliance Services International (CSI) stewarded two existing plant oil-based active ingredients onto Annex I of the Plant Protection Products Directive (PPPD).
CASE STUDY 6: Plant Protection Product Literature Search
Compliance Services International (CSI) has recently performed literature searching activities in support of a PPPD Annex I renewal submission using Dialog (on-line information service providing potential access to over 600 databases). These activities included development of search strategies, review of output files and record keeping in accordance with EFSA Guidance.
STAFF SELECTION
Bernalyn McGaughey – President/CEO
Bernalyn has more than 30 years’ of data evaluation, chemical research, study monitoring, and project management experience in the properties, use, toxicology, and environmental fate of pesticides and other chemicals. Her activities have included original and regulatory research, report design and composition, and international technical assistance on toxicology investigations and risk assessments. She has been manager of the FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force for more than 13 years.Frank Galloway – Manager, CSI-Europe/Principal Consultant
Frank has regulatory, commercial and research experience spanning more than 30 years. He has worked extensively with consortia and task forces supporting existing crop protection and biocidal product active substances and industrial chemicals. As a past regulator with the former UK Pesticides Safety Directorate, Frank conducted operator, consumer and environmental risk assessments for agricultural pesticides and prepared recommendations for consideration by government departments.Alison McGuire – Deputy Manager, CSI-Europe/Principal Consultant
Alison has extensive regulatory and research experience spanning more than 20 years. Alison performs exposure and risk assessments for biocides, industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and is actively involved in the technical aspects of REACH, in addition to working on biocide dossiers. Alison is an experienced analytical chemist and prior to joining CSI spent seven years managing and developing residue chemistry services at a major contract research organisation.Warren Scott – REACH Programme Coordinator/Senior Consultant
Warren has more than 20 years’ experience in laboratory contract research studies and business development for contract research organisations. He serves as CSI’s REACH programme coordinator and has accumulated considerable REACH experience fronting CSI’s activities as an only representative, third party representative and consortium secretariat.
Shirley Hudson – Principal Consultant
Shirley is a mammalian toxicologist with more than 25 years’ experience in contract research and consulting organisations, focusing on regulatory compliance of toxicology studies, data gap analysis, and quality checks of toxicological data packages. At CSI, Shirley prepares registration dossiers and risk assessments and provides expert toxicological support for plant protection products, chemicals and biocides. Shirley has successfully prepared and submitted REACH substance and intermediate dossiers for the 2010 deadline.Alison Strutt – Principal Consultant
Alison has over 20 years’ experience in toxicology and regulatory affairs gained in contract research, industry and consulting. As a European registered toxicologist, she provides specialised toxicology support including preparation of toxicological dossiers, human health risk assessments and participation in expert toxicology groups. Alison speaks fluent French and German.Gwen Fraser – Senior Consultant
Gwen is a biological sciences graduate with more than 15 years’ experience whose regulatory knowledge is supported by extensive contract research experience in analytical chemistry support for plant protection product and animal health product development. At CSI, Gwen has been extensively involved in preparation and submission of registration dossiers for the Biocidal Products Directive and the REACH and Plant Protection Products Regulations. Gwen is CSI’s representative member of the Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS).Lorna Phillips – Senior Consultant
Lorna is a graduate scientist with more than 20 years’ contract research and consulting experience, including seven years in regulatory study Quality Assurance. At CSI Lorna is involved in dossier preparation for biocidal product active substances and products, plant protection products, and in CSA/CSR preparation for REACH. Lorna is also actively involved in providing independent quality assurance consultancy support to clients.Jeff Giddings – Principal Consultant
Jeff has more than 30 years’ experience in research, testing, and consulting in environmental toxicology and ecological risk assessment in North America and Europe. Jeff directs CSI’s ecological risk assessment programme and has extensive publications and presentations in the field of environmental toxicology. Since 1994, Jeff has specialised in ecological risk assessment and endangered species analysis of pesticides.
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CONTACTS
Website www.crad.com.trE-mail [email protected] office CRAD Ltd Sti, Atakent Mh.Turkler Cd.Gokturk Sk.No:8
Umraniye, Istanbul, TurkeyTel/ Fax +90 216 335 4600/ +90 216 335 4606Contact Melih Babayigit Directors Melih Babayigit, Managing DirectorOwnership Private companyLocations TurkeyFounded 2008
OVERVIEW
CRAD is the leading consultant company in Turkey, providing regulatory compliance consultancy for the global chemical industry. With a well equipped team of consultants and with their knowledge of local regulations as well as of global and EU chemical products regulations, CRAD is capable of providing services within a wide context. Our multidisciplinary service portfolio allows our client to have a better understanding of the compliance process, with similarities and differences between regulations to cope with. Thanks to our strategic partners around the globe CRAD is also capable of providing its clients global information with a local twist. With our awareness about our responsibility to both the human and environment aspects, we not only serve our clients but also keep an eye on our responsibilities towards the welfare of humankind and environment, particularly within the scope of our services. Aiming to be a one-stop compliance solution centre, we always aim to enlarge our portfolio of services. A team of hazard communication experts serves our clients in SDS and label compliance for products placed on the market in Turkey and the EU.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group >€1mTurnover, chemical service provision >€1mNo of offices 1No of countries represented 12Staff, group 12Staff, chemical service provision 10
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SERVICES PROVIDED
General consulting services
Our team’s expertise on Turkish, EU and global chemical regulations lets our clients have a focused insight into Turkish chemical regulations and helps them solve their problems with work and cost efficient compliance solutions for marketing products in Turkey. Also our regulatory follow up service lets companies be aware of future regulations and enables them to plan their strategy at the earliest moment possible. We also provide REACH compliance services for non-EU companies especially in Turkey and close regions such as MENA, with our capacity enriched by our strategic partners expertise. Notification, registration and legal representative services
We represent companies fully on notifications and product registrations in Turkey. Our service means the global chemical industry is free to communicate CBI covered by a NDA, and have the comfort of keeping their CBI and strategic data undisclosed to their commercial agents. Another advantage of our representation service is that it allows the freedom of changing the commercial supply chain, without being restricted by registration ownership of the former commercial agent. Biocidal/ cosmetic/ detergent product registration services
With extensive communication capabilities with relevant Turkish authorities, we serve our clients with the best level of information and most efficient approach related to several product registration schemes such as biocidal products, plant protection products, cosmetic, household products etc. With our capacity and experience on dossier compilation and registration we provide a result-oriented service for our clients. Also representing companies in means of registration keeps manufacturers away from the CBI concerns. Label compliance and (M)SDS authoring services
Turkish SDS provisions requires MSDSs to be authored by a locally certified personnel to author the SDS in compliance with the regulation and represent his certification when required by the authority. A compliant SDS and label are also one of the main components of a product registration dossier. CRAD’s team of experts in the field of classification and hazard communication provides you the SDS and label compliance and defends your cause to the authority when a case of dispute arises With our follow up service we also provide updated SDSs when the related regulations requires an obligatory revision.Classification, SDS and chemical inventory software tools
Thanks to our strategic partner Safeware Quasar’s expertise on regulatory compliance IT solutions and our in-house IT capabilities we provide “plug and play’’ and bespoke IT solutions for the chemical industry.Regulatory compliance training and bespoke training
Whenever your team needs a focused insight into the Turkish regulations on chemicals, we are ready to provide a webinar for your regulatory team or an in-house training course for your team members located in Turkey with our key staff who are recognised as key speakers at international regulatory events.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 CRAD established2008 Strategic partnership agreement signed with CEA 2008 CRAD staff certified SDS author by TSE2008 Distribution agreement with Safeware Quasar2008 Market leader in REACH compliance services in Turkey2009 In-house training class for 20 became available2009 Over 50 class and bespoke training sessions had been
organised2009 CRAD has been accredited to official REACH group of MoEF
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2009 CRAD launched services for Turkish regulatory compliance2010 CRAD joined the GCC Network 2010 CRAD serves global chemical industry through strategic
partners located in the USA, EU, Korea, Japan, China, UAE, Russia for Turkish regulatory compliance
2011 Turkish SDS authored by CRAD exceeded 5,000More than 2,000 substances notified to the Turkish Inventory representing over 100 global chemical companies.
ACCREDITATIONS
Certified to author SDS (TSE)Turquality certified consultant Member of REACH discussion group at Turkish competent authority
CLIENTS
Due to our confidentiality agreements and the nature our business, CRAD does not release the identity of its customers. We do serve from SMEs to globally well know, NYSE listed, chemical enterprises.
TESTIMONIALS
References can be provided upon request as far as our agreements with our clients permits.
PARTNERS
Cambridge Environmental Assessments / ADAS UKSafeware Quasar Ltd UKRepre Ltd JapanKIST Europe KoreaMember of the GCC-Network/ Member of CHCS Full list of our strategic partners can be found on our website.
CASE STUDY 1: Turkish chemical inventory notification
With a regulation published in 2009, Turkey implemented an inventory notification scheme. At the very earliest phase of the implementation there were no options given for global chemical suppliers to notify through a representative in order to prevent CBI concerns and workload to their local clients. CRAD advised the competent authority of this need and shared the concerns of the global industry with them. This lead to a corrigendum to the regulation, providing an option for exporters to Turkey to notify substances that they export. The CRAD team has concluded more than 2,000 notifications, representing over 100 companies including major global actors in the industry.
CASE STUDY 2: Registering products with an appointed representative
A biocidal product producer based in the EU was having problems registering and marketing their biocidal products in Turkey, due to their former sales agent’s using their formula and trade name for registering the product. As the regulation doesn’t allow a second product to be registered with the same trade name, that former registration was preventing our client registering and marketing their product in Turkey. We applied to the competent authority about the case and proposed that they ask for an appointment letter to be confirmed by Turkish consulates at the registered locations of the manufacturer, to prevent such dispute cases. The competent authority accepted our proposal for general implementation principle. and we successfully registered our client’s products as a representative independent from the supply chain. Unauthorised registrations of the former registrant was rejected.
STAFF SELECTION
Melih Babayigit – General Director
Babayigit has 15 years of experience in the chemical industry and for the last five years he has been particularly focused on global and emerging regulations on chemicals. He has been one of the leading key experts in Turkey in the field of hazard communication and product compliance. He is an appointed consultant to the competent authorities for PPP and biocidal product registrations schemes. He is regularly published in industry magazines including Chemical Watch and is a highly sought-after speaker at regulatory events. He is a member of CHCS and a certified SDS author. Bulent Özdemir – MSDS Author and Classification Expert
Bulent Özdemir holds the academic degree of MSc in biology. He has more than ten years’ experience in the chemical industry. After joining the CRAD team he has focused on risk assessment and hazard communication about chemicals. Mr Özdemir serves as an expert in the classification of chemicals, and the generation of material safety data sheets (MSDS) with multidisciplinary approach.Gurhan Varlık – Regulatory specialist
Mr. Varlık who holds a degree of MBA( Economics) has spent ten years in the chemical industry. With his focused role on chemical regulations worldwide, he has spent a long time on product compliance in several markets. At the time when the REACH Regulation was being drafted, he dedicated himself to getting a better understanding of the Regulation within the Turkish industry. Now he is supporting a huge number of companies in every aspect of REACH, from registration to SDS requirements. The rest of the CRAD team
In order to provide multidisciplinary services to our clients we also have another seven competent experts with academic and industrial experience and experience in several fields such as Ms Esra Ozdemir (MSc environmental engineering), Ms Hande Erensoy (MSc chemistry) with a range of experience from two to eight years.
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Website www.csregulatory.comE-mail [email protected] office The Old Courthouse, St. Peters Churchyard, Derby, UKTel +44 (0)1332 380692Fax +44 (0)1332 380692Contact Mr Steven GreenDirectors Mr Steven Green Mr Craig DeeganOwnership Private companyLocations Head office onlyFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
CS Regulatory Ltd is an independent, privately owned organisation accredited to ISO 9001:2008 successfully providing regulatory assistance to suppliers of industrial chemicals throughout the world. Staff at CS Regulatory offer a combined experience of more than 40 years of professional experience within the industrial environment; we have the expertise to assist you with whatever global chemical regulation requirements you may have. With a network of strategic partnerships throughout the globe we can assist with EU registration for REACH and CLP purposes, worldwide notification of chemicals, representation of clients within Europe, production of associated chemical safety documents, liaison with authorities and product defence, advice on testing strategies and project management of data packages, acquisition of existing data and product stewardship.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 7Staff, chemical service provision 7
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information10%
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Not applicable. CS Regulatory has a global network of independent expert consultants for global regulatory compliance.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration of chemicals in the EU
The CSR regulatory team provides project management to ensure product approval and registration, and to build support and defence packages for product portfolios. We compile supporting data packages, conducting a number of QSAR assessments in-house as well as literature searches and reviews to avoid new testing, and prepare the regulatory compliance documents.Services include: assistance with late pre-registration; establishing REACH IT accounts; preparation of registration dossier in IUCLID 5 format; preparation of chemical safety reports (including exposure scenarios and risk characterisation), production of CLP compliant MSDS (including extended format), submission to and liaison with ECHA.Worldwide notification of chemicals
Staff at CS Regulatory are experts in the notification of chemicals in compliance with all notification schemes around the world, having worked with every national registration scheme and benefiting from a global network of independent regulatory experts to ensure that we are in possession of the very latest expert information.CS Regulatory is experienced in preparing notification dossiers in the appropriate format to achieve notification, submitting the notification and corresponding with the appropriate regulatory authority directly from the UK or with the assistance of local expert consultants where necessary.Representative and support services
It can often be a competitive advantage to allow CS Regulatory to represent your company in Europe. Acting as only representative for non-EU suppliers or the third party representative for EU entities CS Regulatory can undertake duties in a consortium and/or Sief and efficiently manage the supply chain interactions, as needed. As the representative, CS Regulatory can work in the Sief and consortium on behalf of our client, representing their best interests, minimising our client’s workload and maintaining and retaining our client’s confidential business information.Data packages
CS Regulatory has a wealth of expertise in providing regulatory consultancy services to industry. We can offer our clients detailed advice on provision of their chemical products into the worldwide marketplace. We ensure that provision of your products to your customer base within Europe and around the world is progressed rapidly to meet your business needs. We offer: product evaluation and data gap analysis; literature and inventory searching; application of QSAR and in silico modelling to chemicals; read-across and grouping of chemicals; provision of expert reports for data-waiving.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 CS Regulatory established as an LLP2007 Established a global network of expert regulatory
consultants2008 Incorporated as a private limited company2009 Established the preferred partner agreement with LAB
Research Inc2009 First achieved the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation for all
services, including registration
ACCREDITATIONS
ISO 9001:2008
PARTNERS
CiTox LAB preferred partner
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CLIENTS
Due to strict terms of confidentiality and the nature our business, CS Regulatory does not release the identity of its clients. CS Regulatory works with and assists international blue chip companies and household names, as well as small and medium enterprises with their regulatory requirements.
TESTIMONIALS
Specific references can be provided to potential clients upon request
CASE STUDY 1: REACH registration and the use of QSAR to replace testing
In early 2010 CS Regulatory was approached by a client with a series of related UVCB substances that were produced, supplied and used in the presence of a carrier solvent essential to maintain the structure and substance integrity. The substance had previously been reviewed by a consortium appointed consultant that had determined an absence of physico-chemical study endpoints and advised a test package on each substance in the range. Due to the extensive experience of CS Regulatory's staff, we very quickly determined that any of the physico-chemical tests would be technically unfeasible and/or meaningless due to the effects of the solvent. Working with the client's process chemists, CS Regulatory was able to prepare a detailed justification for waiving physico-chemical study data along with preparing QSAR for many of the environmentally significant endpoints by assessing multiple variations of each of the UVCB structures to prepare a weight of evidence for the purposes of risk assessment.With the IUCLID 5 registration dossiers prepared by CS Regulatory incorporating this strategy, the client successfully completed the lead registration for the 2010 deadline for all the substances including the waivers and QSAR endpoints and saved almost €1m of testing costs.
CASE STUDY 2: REACH and CLP compliance audits
A number of clients positioned mid-way in the supply chain as importers of products and/or suppliers of formulated products. In seeking to ensure compliance with all EU regulations, CS Regulatory was employed to assess the chemical substances and products and articles from upstream suppliers to review the REACH status, SVHC content and CLP compliance with a view to determining our clients’ registration and notification obligations. By means of site audits and review of the various supply chains and associated documentation, CS Regulatory was able to determine the status of products and provide recommendations for ensuring compliance plus suitable documentation for use with downstream users.
CASE STUDY 3: Global registration
CS Regulatory was employed to undertake the global registration of a new (REACH non phase-in) substance. Working with its global network of regulatory consultants, CS Regulatory completed the appropriate inquiry process in the EU and due procedures in other jurisdictions and then designed a single testing package to meet the data requirements in the EU, Australia, Japan, Canada, Korea and Philippines with only minimal repetition of data for the purpose of compliance in each jurisdiction. Where most appropriate, data was acquired by testing at a suitable facility within a national regulatory jurisdiction. CS Regulatory, in conjunction with its network of global expert partners, then successfully completed registration of the substance to each jurisdiction to allow supply to commence.
STAFF SELECTION
Steven Green − Director
Over a period of 19 years, Mr Green has successfully completed chemical registration submissions throughout the world, having negotiated with many regulatory authorities including EU member state authorities, NICNAS, JMETI, MHLW, JMAFF, KMoL and CRC SEPA. Mr Green is an expert in regulatory strategy with an almost unique blend of regulatory assessment and clearly defined business principles which is essential to compliance with REACH.Craig Deegan − Director
Mr Deegan has been working in the field of international regulatory affairs and health, safety and environmental consultancy for 17 years, incorporating development of testing strategies based on risk hierarchy, evaluation and interpretation of client specific requirements to ensure best value for clients with an interest in REACH. With detailed experience of the practical application of risk management, Mr Deegan offers experience and knowledge that many regulatory consultancies lack.Tracey Thomas – Regulatory Affairs Officer
Ms Thomas has been working in the field of health and medical consultancy for 13 years. Her work within CS Regulatory incorporates collecting and collating a wide range of information for notification/registration dossier preparation, analysing study data information (including trials data) and preparing relevant submissions to regulatory authorities. Ms Thomas also acts as an advisor on CLP issues, preparing evaluations of CLP impact and advising organisations of the viability of their products from a CLP perspective. Claire Lowe – Regulatory Affairs Officer
Mrs Lowe has been preparing regulatory documentation for nine years, preparing registration dossiers in appropriate formats for global compliance purposes, including IUCLID 5 format for REACH. Prior to joining CS Regulatory, Mrs Lowe worked in forensic compliance procedures, including the spectral analysis of drug formulations. Mrs Lowe now assists CS Regulatory's clients with regulatory compliance documentation specifically for REACH.
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Website www.knoellconsult.comE-mail [email protected] office Dynamostraße 19 68165 Mannheim GermanyTel +49 (0)621718858-0Fax +49 (0)621718858-100Contact Dr Michael CleuversDirectors Dr Hans-Emil Knoell, Managing Director
Dr Runar Eberhardt, Managing Director
Ownership Private company, majority-owned by Dr KnoellLocations Germany, UK, Switzerland, China, NetherlandsFounded 1996
OVERVIEW
Provider of full-services in the areas of global regulatory affairs, product safety and consulting for agrochemicals, biocides, industrial/specialty chemicals, human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics. Chemical business is a global business, and all around the world new chemical legislation is appearing! Working with DR. KNOELL CONSULT means that you can be sure to be in compliance with the latest developments, not only in the European Union, but also in Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Canada, South America and the entire Asia-Pacific region.With a global network of cooperation partners we match our services to support your business needs.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group > €20mTurnover, chemical service provision > €20mNo of offices 10No of countries represented 5Staff, group 250Staff, chemical service provision 230
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Representation& management
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Information8%
Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
DR. KNOELL CONSULT GmbH, Mannheim, GermanyDR. KNOELL CONSULT GmbH, Leverkusen, GermanyDR. KNOELL CONSULT GmbH, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDR. KNOELL CONSULT Ltd, Cardiff, United KingdomDR. KNOELL CONSULT Shanghai Ltd, Pudong, Shanghai, ChinaDR. KNOELL CONSULT Schweiz GmbH, Basel, SwitzerlandFORIM GmbH, Mannheim, GermanyCyton Biosciences Ltd, Bristol, United KingdomKNOELL ACADEMY GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration of industrial and specialty chemicals
Strategic advice and consulting, literature search, data evaluation, data gap analysis, study monitoring. Testing and registration strategies, in silico methods (QSAR), read-across and waiving strategies.Dossier preparation, eg IUCLID5-files for REACH, hazard and risk assessment, exposure modelling, extended safety data sheets.Post submission support, communication with authorities, OR- and TPR-services, full consortia management.Registration of agrochemicals and biocides
Strategic advice and consulting, literature research, data evaluation, data gap analysis, study management and monitoring. Dossier preparation, biological efficacy, residues and metabolism, dietary safety, toxicology, human exposure, exposure modelling, PEC-reports, environmental risk assessment, ecotoxicology, CADDY-dossiers. Regulatory affairs, communication with authorities, post-submission report, full service provider.Human pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics
Non-clinical/ pre-clinical services (study management, toxicology, pharmacology, metabolism, pharmacikinetics, bioanalysis, biosafety testing). Clinical services (design, initiation and management of phase I, II and IV clinical trials and PASS), medical writing (eg expert opinions, study reports). Pre- and post-marketing pharmakovigilance, PSUR, summary of product characteristics (Core SmPC), summary bridging reports (SBR) and post authorisation safety studies (PASS), classification of medical devices, CE-marking, authorisation of cosmetics (INCI-listing, labelling etc), food and food additives.Animal health (veterinary drugs, feed additives)
Strategic advice, project management, auditing, managing and writing of registration submissions, expert reports, successful marketing authorisations. All routes, all therapies, all species.Management of pharmacological, toxicological, residues and ecotoxicological studies for feed additives.Management of pre-clinical and clinical studies for feed additives, several services for vaccines and neutraceuticals.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1996 Foundation, Mannheim, Germany2002 Office in Leverkusen, Germany2007 Foundation of DR. KNOELL CONSULT Switzerland GmbH,
Basel2007 Foundation of FORIM GmbH, Mannheim2009 Set up of KNOELL ACADEMY for training and in-house
seminars covering all our fields of expertise2009 Set up of DR. KNOELL CONSULT Ltd in Cardiff, UK2009 KNOELL contributed to more than 100 dossiers for plant
protection products2010 KNOELL prepared biocide dossiers for 25 active substances
(56 products in 15 product types)
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2010 Opening of a new office in Wageningen (NL)2010 Acquisition of Cyton Biosciences Ltd, Bristol, UK2010 Extension of regulatory affair services to Japan and Asia/
Pacific region2010 Set up of DR. KNOELL CONSULT Shanghai Ltd in China2010 Successful preparation of more than 400 REACH dossiers
and more than 100 chemical safety reports2010 KNOELL GROUP has been appointed as institution for the
training of experts in toxicology
ACCREDITATIONS
Cefic – partner
PARTNERS
SCAS Japan, SCAS Europe, BSL Bioservice, Ibacon, Currenta, Ceres International, Ruio Technology, Tier3 soloutions, Doruksistem
CLIENTS
Our clients are mainly the big international companies, but also SMEs.
TESTIMONIALS
The Spanish Ministry of Environment informed us that "our dossier for a wood-preservative was the best organised and well-done dossier in comparison with the rest of dossiers received from other companies"Additional testimonials can be provided on request.
CASE STUDY 1: REACH: consortium management and dossier preparation
As one example of our performance, DR. KNOELL CONSULT has managed a huge consortium covering 370 substances in 10 sub-categories and submitted 55 successful registrations for this consortium in 2010 and more than 120 are expected for 2013. To achieve this, we established a team of about 30 scientists dedicated to this project (chemists, toxicologists, ecotoxicologists, QSAR-specialists) who prepared the entire testing and registration strategy, including category and analogue approach, QSARs and exposure based waiving.
CASE STUDY 2: Agrochemicals
DR. KNOELL CONSULT successfully submitted a number of AIR-I (Annex-I renewal procedure) dossier for global R&D companies. The projects were well recognised by the authorities, in particular bearing in mind that neither industry nor authorities had experience with such projects. More than 30 people based all over the world were involved in this project.
CASE STUDY 3: Biocides
Biocidal product registration in Spain: the Spanish Ministry of Environment informed us that “our dossier for a wood-preservative was the best organised and well-done dossier in comparison with the rest of dossiers received from other companies.”
STAFF SELECTION
Toxicology
> 30 toxicologistsRegulatory affairs agrochemicals/biocides
12 specialistsEcotoxicology
> 30 ecotoxicologistsDietary safety
>15 specialistsProduct safety specialists for MSDS preparation
> 15 specialistsGlobal regulatory affairs chemicals
> 10 specialistsConsortium management, OR, TPR
Eight consortium managersResidues and metabolism
> 12 specialistsEnvironmental fate and risk assessment
> 40 specialistsEfficacy, biological dossiers
> 12 specialistsHuman pharmaceutical experts
TenVet pharmaceutical experts
20Selected staff
Dr Michael Cleuvers – Head of Industrial Chemicals, Global Regulatory Affairs
Torsten Hauck – Head of Agrochemicals and Biocides, Human and Environmental Safety, Environmental Risk Assessment
Dr Volker Mostert – Head of Agrochemicals and Biocides, Regulatory Affairs
Dr Marika Suhm-Tintelnot – Head of Industrial Chemicals, Human and Environmental Safety
Dr Elisabeth Wekel – Head of Industrial Chemicals, Customised Projects
Dr Iain A MacKinnon – Managing Director, DR. KNOELL CONSULT Ltd
Dr Jan Tuinstra – Senior Expert REACH, Wageningen office
Conrad Scheidegger – Senior Expert REACH, DR. KNOELL CONSULT Schweiz GmbH
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Website www.ebrc.deE-mail [email protected] office Raffaelstr 4 30177 Hannover GermanyTel +49 511 898389 0Fax +49 511 898389 10Contact Dr Rüdiger BattersbyDirectors Dr Rüdiger BattersbyOwnership Privately ownedLocations GermanyFounded 1993
OVERVIEW
EBRC is a privately-owned consulting organisation based in Hannover, Germany, providing consulting services with a focus on chemical, biocidal and agrochemical industries. Specialised scientific experience is available in all key disciplines relevant for product safety with respect to human health and environment. Task force management and coordination of industry consortia is another important aspect of our work.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 50Staff, chemical service provision 30
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
15%
IT &software
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Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
EBRC Consulting GmbHRaffaelstr 430177 HannoverGermany
SERVICES PROVIDED
Industrial Chemicals – REACH
EBRC offers comprehensive scientific, regulatory and administrative support on industrial chemicals, including:
O data gathering, literature searches and evaluation O data-gap analysis, closing of data-gaps and study monitoring O chemical safety assessment (CSA) and report (CSR) O PBT and vPvB assessment O technical dossier (IUCLID 5) O identification of known uses O development of exposure scenarios for HH and ENV O risk characterisation O classification and labelling O safety data sheets O consortium and SIEF management
Agrochemicals
Annex I inclusion and national registration.EU notification of active substances currently regulated under regulation (EG) 1107/2009 (previously: Directive 91/414/EEC):
O support of existing substances in the context of the EU Review Programme
O support of new active substances O completeness checks, validation of existing studies, literature
surveys, full dossier preparation including risk assessments, submission and defence of dossiers in the review and evaluation process
Product registration dossiers for national authorisations (pre- and post Annex I listing) in EU member states including and zonal dossiers:
O AIII dossiers (dRRs) for registration and re-registration of plant protection products, label extensions and formulation changes
O our services include the compilation of all required documents, the conduct of exposure and risk assessments, advice in closing data gaps, the supervision of experimental studies as well as the submission of the application to competent authorities and attendant contacts/ services during the registration process.
O previous experience includes herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, rodenticides and nematicides.
Biocides
EBRC provides experienced support for all key phases of the evaluation and registration process of biocides.Dossier preparation and defence in the regulatory process both for active substances and biocidal products are our primary services.
O active substances (Annex I inclusion both of existing and new a.s.) O biocidal products (registration/authorisation in EU member states) O task force/consortia management O evaluation of substances – as specified for industrial chemicals and
agrochemicals above
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Special services
EBRC has in-house experienced scientific support for a wide range of statistical services:
O statistical (re-)evaluation of data O implementation of EU-models and/or scenarios (eg as given in OECD
emission scenario documents) O ready-to-use spreadsheet solutions for various applications (eg
substance specification) O probabilistic exposure assessments O derivation of species sensitivity distributions O Bayesian approaches for (occupational) exposure assessments
Based on long-term involvement in major EU risk assessment projects, EBRC is very familiar with handling extensive databases, including:
O importing and (re-)structuring of data O online generation status update reports O provision of web-interfaces for data-entry and analysis
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1993 Foundation of EBRC (initial staffing: six people)2012 Continual growth, leading to a current staff count of 50
PARTNERS
ARCHE, Belgium
CLIENTS
A wide range of companies producing agrochemical, biocidal and industrial chemical substances and formulations
CASE STUDY 1: MEASE
On behalf of EUROMETAUX, EBRC developed a tool for the estimation and assessment of occupational exposure (MEASE) which combines approaches from the EASE expert system, from the TRA tool and from the health risk assessment guidance for metals (HERAG). It aims at providing a first tier screening tool for occupational inhalation and dermal exposure to metals and inorganic substances.
CASE STUDY 2: HERAG (Health Risk Assessment Guidance)
With its extensive background in metals risk assessments, EBRC was contracted from 2005-2007 by the European Metals Industry to compile a guidance document for the human health risk assessment of metals and inorganic metal compounds. The HERAG documents provide guidance to the worldwide regulatory and scientific community on several aspects of risk assessment methodology for metals where classic tools developed for organics are not applicable.
CASE STUDY 3: Development of standard handling frequencies of rodenticide baits
Due to the non-existence of robust figures describing the handling frequency of baits by professional pest control operators, EBRC was entrusted by the rodenticides industry to derive a suitable proposal. Data were collected from various (quite heterogeneous) sources (industry and pest control business) and analysed statistically. Based on this analysis, the European Commission and EU member states agreed on default bait handling figures which are the current standard for operator exposure assessment and have been a key prerequisite for including anticoagulant rodenticide active substances in Annex I of Directive 98/8/EC.
STAFF SELECTION
Rüdiger Battersby – Director
Dr Rüdiger Battersby is the founder and director of EBRC. After his PhD in biochemistry, he took up a position as manager of a contract research organisation in Hannover (IBR), from where he switched to EBRC. Apart from his responsibilities as managing director and principal coordinating toxicologist, he acts as supervisor for all of EBRCs agrochemical, biocidal and industrial chemical risk assessments. His professional expertise encompasses involvement in the German government’s review programme (BUA) on existing chemicals, representation of industry consortia in RA conducted under the ESR programme (793/93) and at EU-TCNES level, as well as the conduct of several dozen occupational exposure surveys in various sectors of the chemical industry. Among other professional activities, he is an appointed member of the German Expert Gremium for Chemicals Safety, and of the German Committee on Hazardous Substances, Subcommittee UAIII, Metals Working Group (AGS, Ausschuss für Gefahrstoffe - UAIII, AK Metalle).Arne Burzlaff – Senior Registration Manager Industrial Chemicals
Dr Arne Burzlaff graduated as a chemist (2000) and obtained a PhD in technical chemistry/biotechnology (2005). He worked for the German Federal Institute for occupational safety and health, Division for Chemicals and Biocides Regulation (2005-2007) on dossier evaluation for biocides, collaboration in EU working groups and scoping issues on borderline cases among legal frameworks. Since 2007 he has been working at EBRC as senior scientist/toxicologist. In this position he has been compiling REACH registration dossiers, with a focus on human health hazard assessment and risk characterisation, and initiation and monitoring of experimental studies on industrial chemicals.Andreas Büsing – Senior Registration Manager Agrochemicals
Andreas Büsing graduated as a biochemist at the University of Hannover (1984). After years of experiences in biochemical analytics with specific emphasis on the development and validation of immunoassays, he is working at EBRC as registration manager for agrochemicals since 1999. His main responsibilities at EBRC include the co-ordination and supervision of registration dossiers under Directive 91/414/EEC and subsequent regulations, with focus on ecotoxicological risk assessments, data gap analysis and monitoring of experimental studies on active substances and plant protection products.Thomas Sendor – Senior Registration Manager Biocides
Dr Thomas Sendor graduated as a biologist (1998) and obtained a PhD in biology/animal ecology (2002). Since 2002 he has been working at EBRC as registration manager for biocides. In this position he has been compiling dossiers in support of inclusion of active substances in Annex I of Directive 98/8/EC, with a focus on human and environmental exposure assessments and risk characterisations, and initiation and monitoring of experimental studies on active substances and biocidal products.Daniel Vetter – Senior Consultant Special Services
Daniel Vetter graduated as Dipl-Ing agr at University of Hannover (2003). His main responsibilities at EBRC include the development and implementation of novel statistical techniques in human health risk assessments. He developed MEASE, an assessment tool for occupational exposure providing first tier estimates of inhalation and dermal exposure to metals. As part of his current work, he incorporates probabilistic techniques into the HEC (human equivalent concentrations) approach.
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Websites www.ecomundo.eu www.reach-factory.euE-mail [email protected] office 215 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 92136 Issy-les-
Moulineaux Cedex, FranceTel/ Fax +33 (0)1 83 64 20 53/ +33 (0)1 34 29 60 35Contact Pierre GarçonDirectors Pierre Garçon, Founder and President Jean-Raphaël Miron, AssociateOwnership Private companyLocations Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), Brussels (Belgium)Founded September 2007
OVERVIEW
EcoMundo is a consulting firm dedicated to compliance with chemicals regulations. Staff skills are mainly chemical engineering, toxicology and ecotoxicology, materials engineering, ecodesign and IT. Based in France, with a representative office in Brussels, the firm generates half of its turnover abroad. Our main activity is the preparation of technical dossiers under REACH. We act as only representative for exporters to the EU and manage several Siefs and consortia. Other services include authorisation dossier, CLP compliance, safety data sheets management and SVHC traceability in the supply chain. We have designed the web platform REACH Factory to ensure industrials can do safe business by meeting their regulatory obligations. EcoMundo is an affiliate member of MMTA and SOCMA. We have established a solid network of relations with large international federations and official representations. EcoMundo publishes two newsletters: The Molecule and The Nano Molecule covering topics such as REACH, ecodesign, cosmetics, nanomaterials etc.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €1.3mTurnover, chemical service provision €1.3mNo of offices 2No of countries represented 2Staff, group 31Staff, chemical service provision 31
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
42%
Representation& management
6%Information
6%
IT& software
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Training4%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Brussels Office (Belgium), at Beci – Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry, 500 Avenue Louise, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH registration and authorisation dossier
This is the core activity of EcoMundo, we have dedicated teams with REACH managers, toxicologists and ecotoxicologists, who provide several services:
O Sief/consortium manager: formation of Sief and consortium, assistance to the LR, collection of data, registration strategy, constitution of joint and individual dossiers and chemical safety report. Full management up to 2018
O building of individual dossier: representation of the registrant to the Sief/consortium, purchase of the letter of access, constitution of the individual dossier in IUCLID 5.2 format, chemical safety report
O authorisation dossier: definition of the process, building of exposure scenarios, analytical identification of SVHC, chemical safety assessment and dossier submission.
CLP compliance
EcoMundo offers a two-step process: O classification of substances and mixtures: data generation and
reclassification if necessary O CLP notification of substances: creation of the notification dossier
in XML or IUCLID format and submission to the classification and labelling inventory of ECHA.
SDS creation and management
EcoMundo offers complementary services: update of SDS to a REACH and CLP compliant format, creation of extended SDS based on expert assessment and official translation into any European language.SVHC management
EcoMundo helps downstream users detect possible SVHC in their products through efficient communication with their suppliers, inform their clients if necessary, anticipate substances that are most likely to be added to the candidate list, and substitute SVHC by less hazardous substances.Web platform REACH Factory
EcoMundo has developed a web platform composed of six modules : O MAT Factory for a complete inventory of substances, materials and
global regulations O USE-CASE Factory for the collection of use cases in the supply chain O CLP Factory for the classification and notification of substances and
mixtures O SVHC Factory for the traceability of very hazardous substances O SDS Factory for the creation and management of safety data sheets. O SAFE Factory for the management of workers exposure and safety.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 Creation of EcoMundo by Pierre Garçon, founder and president, after two European research projects
2008 EcoMundo develops high quality services to assist companies with REACH registration and opens a second office in Brussels
2009 Diversification of services with the launch of web-based tools coupled with a dedicated expertise: REACH communication, SVHC management, SDS updates and CLP compliance
2010 EcoMundo realises 80 % of its turnover abroad2010 EcoMundo submits more than 150 REACH registration dossiers
and about 10,000 CLP notification dossiers2011 Anticipating the REACH registration of nanomaterials,
EcoMundo develops technological partnerships and publishes a dedicated newsletter: the Nano Molecule
2012 EcoMundo officially launches REACH Factory, a web platform made of six modules to make REACH compliance process easier for industrials
2012 EcoMundo opens up to the North American market with a US REACH Road Show in partnership with SOCMA and the US Department of Commerce
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PARTNERS
O member of Minor Metals Trade Association in the UK (MMTA) O partnership with CETIM, the technical centre for the mechanical industry O liaised with the CRIQ, industrial research centre from Québec in Canada O member of the US Society of Chemicals Manufacturers and Affiliates
(SOCMA) O premium partner of the French cluster ECOTOX to become the
largest research centre on ecotoxicology in Europe O partnership with the French national centre for industrial risks (CNRI)
CLIENTS
Our clients are SMEs and large industrial groups and come from various industries : cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, manufacturing, aerospace, etc. Clients include: L'Oréal, Sanofi-Aventis, Chemtura, Novasep, Schneider Electric, Hager Group, Steelinvest, Fosbel Ceramic Technologies, Vishay, Anhybel, Steelcase, Glass Service, Lisi Aerospace, Plastic Omnium
TESTIMONIALS
"From the day we started our collaboration, EcoMundo took care of absolutely everything and we were very happy with the minimum involvement that was necessary from our side. All REACH registration dossiers were successfully drafted, respecting all deadlines and without any hidden costs" − Steelinvest"The expertise and constant effort shown in completing our submissions were extremely timely and without flaw" − Fosbel Ceramic Technologies
CASE STUDY 1: Building of REACH Authorisation dossiers
Authorisations apply to substances of very high concern (SVHC) included in Annex XIV of REACH, with no tonnage limit for the authorisation requirement. As an identified technical expert, EcoMundo had the chance to constitute one of the first authorisation dossiers. This required collaboration with ECHA to clarify some requirements and this teamwork benefited both ECHA and industry regarding the understanding of the authorisation process.The product used consisted of fibre fabrics carrying a polymide resin containing the SVHC, which was cut in pieces and folded into moulds. The moulded parts were heated to induce complete polymerisation of the SVHC, which resulted into the desired rigid shapes. There was discussion between the non EU supplier saying that the product was an article and no authorisation was necessary and our client who considered it as a preparation in a carrier, in which case an authorisation was required.EcoMundo collected the arguments, and our conclusion supported our client. First, the design of the tissue was equally relevant for the processing of the article as the presence of the SVHC, necessary for polymerisation. Second, the SVHC could not be easily or readily removed from the products and we defined the product as semi-finished further processed to a final article. Further, the properties of the final article depended not on the fibre tissue used but mainly on the type of polymer formed. Since heating was applied up to temperatures above 300 ºC, the process could not be defined as “light”. According to the decision tree in the guidance for authorisation, the product was therefore not an article and authorisation was required.
CASE STUDY 2: Creation and management of REACH consortia
In the context of REACH registration, numerous families of substances often end up being ignored by large consortia for economic reasons. Solicited by several industrials, EcoMundo created the Lead Across Platform (LAP) as well as the Nickel Across Platform (NAP) both aiming to assist companies with the REACH registration of lead and nickel compounds.As all lead compounds and some nickel compounds are classified CMR category 1 or 2, they had to be registered in 2010. EcoMundo managed the relevant Siefs and drafted the associated REACH technical registration dossiers for ten substances and as many companies. Sharing of data and read-across strategies were optimised in collaboration with both the lead REACH consortium and the Nickel Institute. Finally, EcoMundo has been entrusted by metal industry leaders to handle the administrative and technical operation of the SIEFs up to 2018.
CASE STUDY 3: Development of the MAT Factory web platform
Facing the growing challenge of managing substances and materials in various regulatory environments, industrials need a unique and complete database to ensure efficient chemicals management.To assist, EcoMundo has developed webplatforms on the basis of two European research projects (EDIT in 2001 and ECODIS in 2003) on the traceability of hazardous substances in the automotive sector.The outcome of these projects is the web tool MAT Factory, one of the six modules of the web platform REACH Factory. MAT Factory is a customizable inventory of substances, mixtures and regulations throughout the world. It contains more than 100,000 substances and materials with information such as classification, uses or international regulations. EcoMundo is strongly attached to the continuous enrichment and update of MAT Factory database with new data on physico-chemical, mechanical, environmental, toxicological, and ecotoxicological properties of materials.We work closely with various partners to integrate new data into MAT Factory, one of them is the Technical Centre for the Mechanical Industry (CETIM).
STAFF SELECTION
Pierre Garçon – Founder and President
Before creating EcoMundo, Pierre Garçon held senior positions in software publishing companies and founded the West Valley Company which was successfully introduced on the free stock market in France. He directed multidisciplinary teams in large European research projects. Today as president of EcoMundo, Pierre Garçon focuses on building international partnerships in North America, Eastern Europe and India.Jean-Raphaël Miron – Technical Director
As a senior consultant, Jean-Raphaël Miron has been involved in ecodesign and multimedia IT development for more than 15 years. Today he supervises the information technology team at EcoMundo and ensures the development of web-based platforms and software specifically conceived for clients.Rinus Bogers – PhD Environmental Sciences
A member of Eurotox for over ten years, Dr Rinus Bogers has more than 20 years of research experience in environmental toxicology and risk assessment. Today he manages EcoMundo’s team of experts in toxicology and ecotoxicology, in charge of the entire REACH registration process: registration strategies, read-across proposals, exposure and risk assessment, chemical safety reports management etc.Olivier Le Curieux – PhD Toxicologist and Ecotoxicologist
After a three-year mandate as RAC (Risk Assessment Committee) expert member within ECHA, Olivier is now working at EcoMundo as senior REACH manager. Olivier brings in his expertise especially on the building of REACH authorisation dossiers, for which he is recognised as one of Europe’s top specialists. Olivier has also worked four years as scientific project manager for the evaluation of risk assessment dossiers in the framework of REACH and CLP at ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety.
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Website www.ecoonline.comE-mail [email protected] office Trudvangveien 77, N-3117 Toensberg, NorwayTel/ Fax +47 33 01 68 00/ +47 33 01 68 01Contact Mr Luis G PaulsenDirectors Mr Øyvind Thorsen, CEO Mr Kjell Hamnes, CTO Ms Martina Johnson, VP Product Management Mr Luis G Paulsen, VP International SalesOwnership Privately held, employeesLocations Norway, Sweden, Finland, SwitzerlandFounded 2000
OVERVIEW
ECOonline is one of the most widely used platforms for SDS authoring, distribution, communication and management in Northern Europe with nearly 3,000 enterprises connected online. The platform is ideal for companies in most industries, and it is the perfect solution for supply chains and industry bodies seeking low cost and efficient SDS exchange for members.All parts of the platform are offered online (Cloud, SaaS, ASP), so no installations are required. A common web browser and internet connection are the only requirements. Integration to ERP can be made easily.At the core of the platform is an SDS database which connects suppliers and downstream users online, reducing time and costs involved in nearly all aspects of handling SDSs and managing substance inventories. Flexibility and speed is radically increased, as downstream and end users can access and pull all data from the SDS without having to re-enter them, utilise data for analysis, reporting and management, and can communicate efficiently up and downstream. Originating in the internet hotspot of Scandinavia, ECOonline has pioneered the SDS industry, and continuously improved the platform to make it the most widely used.Available in 23 languages, it is designed to meet your requirements for the REACH area. Our aim is to become the most preferred platform for SDS communication and management in Europe, working with leading consultants and members of industry. A team of 60 employees, and a network of highly qualified consulting partners, are ready to give a demonstration of the applications and benefits.
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Turnover, group €6mTurnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 5No of countries represented 6Staff, group 60Staff, chemical service provision -
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Representation& management
20%
IT & software70%
Training10%
GLOBAL OFFICES
NorwaySwedenFinlandSwitzerland
SERVICES PROVIDED
Supply chain communication
SDS authoring
SDS distribution
SDS database
SDS substance inventory management
Workplace risk assessment
Employee exposure tracking and storing
Up and downstream reporting
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2000 Founded by Mr Kjell Hamnes, long time industry professional with a vision to create the first and most widely used online platform for SDS communication. HQ in Tønsberg, Norway
2001 Launched the first online platform for SDS communication2007 Opened office in Gothenburg, Sweden2011 Opened Office in Helsinki, Finland2011 The 11th year of consecutive growth,by number of connected
enterprises, partners, employees, as well as revenue2012 We welcome new customers, consultants, partners, and
industry associations to explore the benefits of connecting to the ECOonline platform
PARTNERS
ECOonline works closely with local, regional and international consulting partners in the areas of SDS authoring, substance inventory management, risk assessment, dossier preparations, authority notification, and occupational health. Please contact Mr Luis G Paulsen if you would like to learn more about opportunities of working together with ECOonline.
CLIENTS
Small and large, public and private, multinationals and locals, our clients represent most segments and industries.We would love to list them all, but with close to 3,000 of them we rather thank them for their long term loyalty and hope to see more joining our community of connected members.
TESTIMONIALS
Please contact us for testimonials. We’d be happy to provide you with some that are relevant to your needs and your industry!
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CASE STUDY 1: Automotive
O 50% of auto dealers in Norway are connected to the platforn O dealers and repair workshops get their SDS directly in their
inventories, and reduce time spent on managing inventory and performing relevant tasks.
CASE STUDY 2: Diagnostics manufacturer, and their suppliers of laboratory products
O the diagnostics manufacturer is part of a large international corporation, with production sites and laboratories in many locations
O its suppliers upload the relevant SDSs directly to the diagnostics company’s inventory
O the diagnostics company can then use all the data from the SDS without having to re-enter them.
O all designated staff can work and share information in the same system, from any location
O this improves communication, simplifies work processes, increases speed, and reduces time spent on relevant tasks
O no installations are required, no local IT maintenance costs involved
CASE STUDY 3: Universities, hospitals, municipalities, public institutions
O all SDSs are uploaded directly to their inventories O all data in the SDS are immediately available for use, and
automatically updated O the suppliers benefit from easy authoring and distribution of SDSs,
and the service to customers is greatly improved O communication upstream to the supplier is simplified in the platform O no local installations are involved, the entire service is available to all
users over the Internet O this saves time and money in the process of authoring, distributing
and managing the SDSs and documentation
STAFF SELECTION
Mr Kjell Hamnes – Norway, International
Kjell is the founder and head of product development at ECOonline. He has pioneered the development of electronic tools for SDS authoring and management in Northern Europe, and is a widely used resource by industry and authorities on the issues of legislation and compliance.Ms Martina Jonsson – Sweden, International
Martina is product manager at ECOonline, and a key figure in Sweden on the issue of REACH and SDS management.Ms Tanja Virtanen-Leppä – Finland, International
Tanja is head of training and product in Finland, and she has extensive background EHS from large enterprises.Mr Luis G Paulsen – International
Luis is responsible for international sales and operations, and works closely with consultants and partners to ECOonline.Mr Øyvind Thorsen – Head office
Øyvind is the CEO of ECOonline.
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Website www.elc-group.comE-mail [email protected], [email protected] office elc group, Regus House, 1010 Cambourne Business
Park, Cambourne, Cambridge CB23 6DP, UKTel +44 (0)1223 969 820, +420 22 491 0000Fax +420 22 491 0671Contact Akhil Jain, Jastin SardharaDirectors Marco Rubinstein Akhil JainOwnership Private companyLocations United Kingdom, Czech Republic, India, Romania,
(proposed in Singapore)Founded 2004
OVERVIEW
elc group is a leading global services organisation that helps clients expedite time-to-market through our services. These include a broad range of development capabilities, integrated advanced technologies, regulatory affairs consulting, and commercialisation services.elc group delivers its customised solutions through its four core business segments:
O EU REACH Regulation services O regulatory affairs services O medical devices O corporate languages solutions (translations, design, DTP, localisation)
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €5m Turnover, chemical service provision €2mNo of offices 4No of countries represented 35Staff, group 60Staff, chemical service provision 20
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
Laboratory5%
IT &software
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Training3%
GLOBAL OFFICES
United Kingdom, Czech Republic, India and Romania
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH consulting
elc group REACH advisory services are commercially and technically enabled to undertake any complex regulatory challenge.
O assessment of REACH on business (obligations, benefits of investment towards registration, market analysis)
O project strategies (identifying cost effective registration process and estimating time to complete the project)
O examining other regulatory requirements O communication on hazards, usage of substances along the supply
chain (manufacture, importer and downstream user) O impact of regulation (methods of production, substance use as an
intermediate, guidance on exemptions)CLP Regulation
O classification and labelling of substance and preparations O notification of substances to classification and labelling (C&L)
inventory O preparation of safety data sheet (SDS) and extended safety data
sheet (eSDS) O review current SDS and labels for REACH compliance O modifying and classifying existing SDS to comply with REACH and
CLP O identifying additional information as per regulatory requirements
SVHC services
O notification of SVHC in articles O authorisation of substances in (Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation) O SVHC testing and assessment
REACH registration
O dossier compilation using latest IUCLID version, exposure scenarios and risk and hazard assessment
O strategies on data gap analysis (Annex VII to XI of REACH), data evaluation and testing requirements
O QSAR, read-across and waiving strategies O communication with data holders and authorities O only representative and third party representative services
Sief/consortium management
O Sief and consortium formation, assistance to the LR, structuring of joint and individual dossiers and chemical safety report
O post submission of lead dossier support for letters of access, administrative and cost sharing tasks between registrants
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2004 Company established in Prague, Czech Republic2007 Started offering complete REACH solutions 2008 Opened office at Ahmedabad in India
2010 Exceptionally talented project management, technical and marketing team built and started operations in Romania
2011 Registered office set up in Cambridge, UK2012 Proposed new offices in Mumbai and Singapore
ACCREDITATIONS
Active member of various chemical consortium.
PARTNERS
elc has global presence through our certified partners in different countries on legal matters and laboratory and training services.
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Our clients range from multinational chemical companies to SMEs. We do not disclose our customers identity as per the terms agreed upon by the parties.
TESTIMONIALS
"We selected elc group as we needed a complete REACH service provider, we missed the pre-registration period and elc ensured that our EU exports remained undisrupted, made a timely inquiry to ECHA and successfully registered a substance. Their services are straightforward, no hidden charges, project estimates are very close to actual and keep you within your financial goals.""We have been using elc’s REACH services since 2008 and are very pleased with the technical support they have provided for registering some complex mixtures. They have very friendly staff, always ready to go an extra mile in order to get the job done beforehand. There has never been any concern and we look forward to continuing availing ourselves of their services in future.""elc is of great help to SMEs like us with financial limitations who practically find it difficult to survive in the European market. Their cost effective REACH advisory services are outstanding, they just deliver what they promise. I am very pleased that I made a right decision by appointing them as our only representative.”
CASE STUDY 1: REACH inquiry dossier for leading Russian manufacturer
Just before 2010 deadline, elc was approached to identify the repetitive failures on an inquiry submitted by previous only representative.Challenges:
O substance identification and sameness O data gap analysis, additional analytical tests requirement. O compilation of a dossier in IUCLID as per results of available tests
elc ensured that consistency was met while managing concentration ranges of substance purity, impurities with the test results which are common reasons for an inquiry failure. elc also responded that there are requirements of optical activity tests for that particular substance along with a justification to other mandatory requirements. In just two months the final dossier was successfully submitted, long before the final date for submission and the substance was successfully registered.
CASE STUDY 2: Global MSDS commission from leading Turkish manufacturer
A US company – manufacturer and supplier of chemicals for multiple industries, including water treatment, personal care, intermediates, pigments, electronic etchants, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and chemical-intermediates – appointed elc group to fulfil regional regulatory MSDS requirements for products shipped in the US, Canada, India, China, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and throughout the EU. Our fully equipped MSDS software ensured that MSDS were globally compliant with regulatory and language requirements for each country where the client has a presence. The database is regularly reviewed to update any global regulatory changes ensuring 24x7 compliance solutions for our customers worldwide.
CASE STUDY 3: Classification and labelling for leading Indian manufacturer
In order to meet global compliance requirements elc group has made classification and labelling recommendations for several EU and non EU companies. ECHA updated C&L inventory but still there were large number of substances and formulations for which self-classification was required as per CLP guidelines. elc made several such classification recommendations based on the available data, substance hazards, and literature searches to chemical companies worldwide.
STAFF SELECTION
Our global staff is highly competent and have long experience in research, risk management measures, analysis of wide range of substances used in chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. Our key members are enabled to undertake any global regulatory challenges.
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Website www.environcorp.comE-mail [email protected] office 5 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1AX, UKTel/ Fax +44 20 7478 9800/ +44 20 7478 9801Contact Sue BullockDirectors 137 partners worldwide, including Jose Fernandez (F), President Europe Sue Bullock (UK), Aidan Turnbull (UK) Henk Verhaar (NL), Martina Vosteen (DL)
Joseph Rodricks (US)
Ownership Private limited companyLocations Over 80 offices worldwideFounded 1982
OVERVIEW
An international health, environmental, safety and sustainability consultancy, ENVIRON works with clients to resolve their most demanding environmental and human health issues.Our global product safety and regulatory compliance team helps companies gain regulatory approval for products to comply with chemical regulations around the world. Beyond this, we assist industry leaders and innovators alike to provide effective product stewardship programmes to manage risk, reduce liability and enhance support from stakeholders. Striving always to be at the leading edge of science, we deliver thoughtful and innovative solutions in product safety. Clients around the world benefit from our unique ability to bring clarity to issues at the intersection of science, business and policy. We provide a single point of support for chemical regulation and risk management.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group (2010) €177mTurnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 87No of countries represented 18Staff, group 1,300Staff, chemical service provision 50
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
85%
Representation& management
10%
Laboratory5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH, CLP and parallel European chemical regulation (biocides, plant protection products, cosmetics, food contact materials)
ENVIRON has 30 years of experience developing and supporting product regulatory compliance strategies and preparing robust technical dossiers and risk assessments/ CSRs for substances in industrial, agricultural, biocidal and consumer applications. We balance clients’ technical, regulatory and commercial interests through sound science; clients regularly entrust our multi-disciplinary team with their most recalcitrant and critical problems. We provide scientific and regulatory support for SVHC, from the initial proposal for inclusion on the Candidate List to Authorisation, including business impact assessment, socio-economic analysis and substitute assessment. We advise on communication with ECHA and MSCA, and development of policy, regulation and guidance. We also audit product regulatory compliance systems and support supply chain management. ENVIRON also acts as consortium manager and only representative, and is independent from testing facilities.Global chemical notifications and regulatory compliance support
ENVIRON evaluates obligations and provides support for regulatory approvals required to market products across Asia-Pacific, America, Europe and Africa. We assess new market opportunities, substance notification and regulatory obligations, classification and labelling (GHS) and packaging. Our established global network covers Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and the US.Product stewardship and troubleshooting
Our breadth and depth of expertise in toxicology (plus expertise in toxicokinetic modelling); epidemiology; exposure modelling, measurement and reconstruction; risk assessment and mitigation; ecotoxicology, environmental fate, regulatory affairs, chemistry, occupational health, supply chain issues; product vigilance and advocacy means we are ideally placed to advise clients on problems – from in depth assessment of animal and human evidence for health effects to concerns regarding measured exposure levels of substances in humans and the environment and managing supply chain issues. We couple internationally recognised expertise and reputation as leader in risk management with client-focused solutions.BOMCheck
Substances declarations web database for REACH, RoHS, batteries and packaging compliance to facilitate supply chain management.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1982 Founded in Washington, DC, USA1996 Acquired UK consultancy EAG2000 Opened offices in Italy, France, Germany and Finland2001 Opened offices in Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore2003 Merged with AEI to bring full range of services in occupational
health, environmental health and injury and disability research2005 Merged with ADVENT Group, increasing range of technical
services related to water management2007 Acquired Boelter Associates; the largest single acquisition in
the firm's history.2008 Acquired Gustitus Group.2009 Acquired Arquipélago in Brazil
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2010 Chemical Industry Association (CIA) REACH serviceprovider of the year
2011 American Academy of Environmental Engineers 2011 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Competition: Grand Prize, Research
2012 Opened first African office in Johannesburg
CLIENTS
Clients in the following industries: industrial and specialty chemicals,petrochemicals, agrochemicals, food and food packaging, cosmetics, medical devices, electronics, manufacturing
TESTIMONIALS
“We are working with ENVIRON in a constructive and successful manner on various REACH projects, covering the entire processes (ie preparation of technical dossiers, exposure estimation and hazard and risk assessment)” – Dr Hans Certa, manager Global Product Safety, SASOL.“ENVIRON has rapidly integrated into our global REACH team to add excellent technical expertise, and provide timely REACH knowledge for registration, CLP and Sief management. ENVIRON is very well organised to be efficient, cost effective and delivers results as expected” – James E Mumby PhD, global director Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs, Elementis Specialties Inc“This is just perfect. I will never again be influenced by site arguments in other countries that we should hire local firms to perform risk assessments! If they had agreed to use ENVIRON in the first place this whole process would have been so much cleaner and easier. Thank you for all of your hard work on this and in the short time frame requested”. Michelle T Quinn, associate general counsel, Regulatory Affairs and General Litigation, Catalent Pharma Solutions
CASE STUDY 1: REACH dossier and CSR for a group of SVHCs
ENVIRON prepared REACH dossiers and CSRs for a group of high profile hazardous organic substances with potential endocrine disrupting properties and a wide use pattern. ENVIRON provided robust and comprehensive dossiers while balancing the effort associated with registration through use of read-across, weight-of-evidence, QSAR and waiving (including exposure-based waivers). ENVIRON developed and implemented original methods to refine chemical fate and exposure parameters (eg dermal penetration, biotic degradation, dissociation coefficient). CSAs were prepared using EUSES, ECETOC TRA and CHESAR based on carefully defined exposure scenarios developed with regard to available exposure data and information from downstream users. The CSRs were developed to be accessible and useful to both registrants and their customers alike.
CASE STUDY 2: Global regulatory approval – new consumer product
ENVIRON evaluated regulatory obligations in more than 50 counties – considering chemical notification, packaging and labelling requirements – for a company wishing to market a product globally. The review allowed identification of key market opportunities. ENVIRON then prepared notifications for priority countries, including identification and management of local representative to file documents, as needed.
CASE STUDY 3: Exposure data drives regulatory scrutiny
Biomonitoring studies have reported detectable levels of perfluorooctanoate (PFO) in the blood of the general population. A multinational company asked ENVIRON to evaluate the contribution of exposure to perfluorooctanoate (PFO) from certain consumer articles (eg treated carpets, clothing, upholstery and cookware) to total PFO exposure. Based on an analysis of data generated to support the exposure assessment, ENVIRON quantified the magnitude of potential PFO exposure for consumers of these products in the home, in school or at work and derived toxicity criteria. We concluded that exposure to these products in the consumer environment is not expected to contribute appreciably to PFO levels in the blood of the general population, or to cause adverse human health effects.
CASE STUDY 4: Regulatory action related to product contamination
Our client, a food packaging producer, faced possible regulatory action associated with residual levels of a contaminant (a potential carcinogen) in a key product. Using an integrated approach – involving expert determination of a safe intake level (DNEL), analysis of available exposure information and development of refined exposure models – we demonstrated that consumer exposure to the contaminant from handling the packaging and ingesting the packaged foods were within safe levels. Through partnership with our client and thoughtful evaluation of the problem, we provided a robust and defensible approach that informed important strategic decisions for the business, including product viability, consumer perception and communications, as well as supporting product regulatory notifications
CASE STUDY 5: Review proposed carcinogenicity classification
An industry association asked ENVIRON to review all available evidence for the carcinogenicity of a product in order to comment on the basis and technical merits of proposals to classify the substance as a carcinogen.
STAFF SELECTION
Sue Bullock – Principal, Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Leading ENVIRON's product safety and regulatory compliance services for 20 years, Sue has provided strategic, regulatory and technical assistance to industry relating to presence of chemicals in the environment, the workplace and consumer products. She has an extensive knowledge of REACH and helps companies around the world comply with global chemical regulations, assess and manage health and commercial risks, manage liability and deliver effective product stewardship across the supply chain.Dr Henk Verhaar – Principal, Chemist and Ecotoxicologist
Twenty years' experience in modelling the fate of chemicals in the environment and assessing and predicting their ecotoxicity. His work on predictive aquatic toxicology has been widely used in Europe and the US during the development of hazard assessment models for chemicals in the aquatic environment. His fields of expertise also include derivation of safe exposure levels and environmental statistics. Dr Verhaar has extensive experience as a troubleshooter on chemical and ecotoxicological matters.Dr Martina Vosteen – Principal, Chemist and Product Safety
Dr Vosteen has more than ten years of experience as a consulting chemist, including coordination and management of hundreds of risk assessments regarding product and environmental liability (financial losses) particularly for the chemical, pharmaceutical, medical devices and food industries. She has acted as technical/scientific expert in several product liability cases and advises the industry in relation to REACH and other product regulatory relations (cosmetics, pesticides, etc).Dr Joe Rodricks – Principal, Toxicologist
An internationally recognised expert in the field of toxicology and risk analysis and their uses in chemical regulation, management and stewardship. Since 1980 he has consulted for hundreds of manufacturers, for government agencies and for the World Health Organisation. He has served on 15 boards and committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.
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Website www.erm.comE-mail [email protected] office Frankfurt: Siemensstraße 9, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, GermanyTel +49 6102 206-247/ +49 6102 206 202Contact Dr Rudolf WildenDirectors 430 Partners globally, including Sal Giolando (USA),
Simon Aumonier (UK), Kathleen Goossens (Belgium), Dirk Nuyens (France), Rudolf Wilden (Germany)
Ownership Private Limited CompanyLocations 140 Founded 1971
OVERVIEW
Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is one of the world’s leading providers of EHS and sustainability management and technical consulting services, with considerable experience in providing global product stewardship (GPS) services. With global product stewardship positioned as a strategic growth initiative within the firm, ERM offers integrated product service across all divisions within the company.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group $483mTurnover, chemical service provision $8mNo of offices 140No of countries represented 40Staff, group > 4,000Staff, chemical service provision >50
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Training10%
GLOBAL OFFICES
We support our clients in all countries globally.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH)
O socio-economic analyses O REACH training/ REACH impact assessments O preparation of lead and member registration dossiers O preparation of application for authorisation O chemical safety assessments O CLP notifications O Sief management O REACH compliance assessments O REACH implementation workshops (management systems)
Toxicology, ecotoxicology and risk assessment
Study placement/ protocol review and development, development of (robust) study summaries, review of data for classification purposesEHS risk assessmentsClassification, labelling and packaging (CLP/GHS)
Classification support, safety data sheet (SDS) and label authoringSDS and label review and improvementEmerging chemical control laws around the world
New chemical notification, tracking of emerging legislation bans/restrictionsDownstream product legislation, eg food/food contact, biocides
O food contact notifications O compliance with country-specific legislation O FIFRA / BPD support O national registrations O local / regional registration O labelling and claims support
Lifecycle assessment and sustainability
O carbon foot printing and emission inventories O lifecycle management (LCM) also to ISO14040 O input/output as well as eco-efficiency analysis O supply chain management and carbon reduction advice O design for environment (DfE) O environmental product declarations (EPDs) O lifecycle analysis (LCA) O sustainable business strategy
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2010 ERM hosts the first ChemicalsForum Europe together with Trasys2010 Preparation of more than 100 REACH registration dossiers
and compilation of the first socio-economic analysis according to ECHA standards
2011 ERM supports clients with evolving product legislation such as those in Turkey, China, Korea, Japan, Brazil
2011 ERM brings on board the product stewardship team around Sal Giolando
ACCREDITATIONS
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
PARTNERS
Partner of Cefic CEHTRA
CLIENTS
In the past five years we have worked for more than 70% of the Global Fortune 100 and more than 50% of the Global Fortune 500 companies.
TESTIMONIALS
"We have been working with the ERM team on REACH for a number of years now, and there are very good reasons to continue and expand this collaboration. Both on practical, communicative and technical-scientific levels ERM has provided us with active, solid and high-quality support for MSD's REACH programme. We are pleased to observe that our collaboration has turned into a true partnership." – Frits Wielaard, REACH programme manager, Merck Sharp & Dohme“ERM have provided support and advice for us throughout the pre-registration and registration phase of REACH and have always been totally professional, flexible and quick to respond to our needs. They provide an excellent service and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them in the years to come.” – Steve Williams, Regulatory Manager Europe, Knauf Insulation
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“ERM has been Momentive’s partner in the implementation of REACH since the beginning and has always provided the expert support we needed through the different stages of the project.” – Ralf Maecker, Momentive Performance Materials
CASE STUDY 1: Supporting the REACH team of Momentive Performance Materials (MPM)
MPM required support for its REACH team using ERM’s REACH expertise, including toxicologists, ecotoxicologists and chemists. The ERM REACH project team was fully integrated into the MPM team and early identification and discussions of issues encountered provided timely resolution of such. Benefits and value
O timely and successful submission of all registration dossiers in 2010 O comprehensive documentation of approaches and work products to
enable MPM to demonstrate compliance to the ECHA/CAs O alignment of global teams with same company culture ensures highly
efficient cooperation O cooperation of the team with a view beyond registration (eg on health
and safety management) helped solving upcoming issues O lessons learned during the first registration phase will inform and
streamline future REACH management
CASE STUDY 2: Supporting a multinational pharmaceutical company’s new chemical registration in China
An ERM client needed to register a new chemical product with high toxicity (eg fish LC50(96h) < 10 μg/L) in China. Due to its high toxicity the registration application was rejected in other countries. The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) was highly concerned about the toxicological properties of this type of product, making registration a challenge. Detailed and comprehensive analysis of product information in order to assess whether the product can be successfully registered was necessary before project commencement. Effective communication with different parties (eg the client, ecotoxicological laboratory, government and experts) was essential.Benefits and value
O successfully registered the new chemical product with one submission. O to facilitate the approval, full and comprehensive analysis, which was
not formally requested, was provided in addition to MEP. O utilise the laboratory data, analysis results and ERM’s expertise
and experience to forego several expensive and time-consuming laboratory tests, saving time and cost for the client.
STAFF SELECTION
ERM’s Global Product Stewardship TEAM (GPS)
ERM has more than 50 professionals with extensive specific GPS experience located at various offices world wide. These consultants are able to utilise the full resources of ERM globally to provide full back-up for all GPS-related services. Dr Rudolf Wilden – Head of EU REACH Team
PhD in environmental sciences with more than 12 years’ consulting experience in the fields of EHS/product compliance, substance registration/notification schemes and risk assessmentDr Salvatore Giolando – Head of Global Product Stewardship Team
BSc in chemistry and a PhD in environmental health, with 25 years of global industry and consulting experience working for the Procter & Gamble Company. Managing global product safety and regulatory compliance for numerous brands and innovative technologies during tenures in both Cincinnati and BrusselsSimon Aumonier – Head of the Sustainable Product Support Team
Twenty years of experience in supporting the strategic decisions of government and business, employing a toolkit that includes cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis, risk assessment, lifecycle assessment, carbon footprinting, decision analysis techniques and facilitation.
Dr Dave Best – Technical Director
PhD in microbial biochemistry, coordinating ERM’s global effort on the provision of REACH. He has 18 years in the chemical industry as an environment, health and safety manager.Dr Steven Peterson – Senior Ecotoxicologist
PhD in biological sciences with 20 years of experience in risk assessment, ecological research, environmental science with consulting firms, academic institutions, and government. Dr Randy Shuler – Senior Toxicologist
Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology Inc, 1996-present, with more than 18 years of experience in toxicology, environmental science and consulting. Randy has evaluated toxicology and epidemiology data, and has provided litigation support in toxic tort and environmental litigation cases. Kathleen Goossens – Principal Partner
Has 17 years of experience in the field of EHS compliance and management system programs, performance improvement and assurance projects. Before joining ERM, Kathleen spent ten years in the chemical industry, as a technical commercial engineer with BASF.Dr Dirk Nuyens – Principal Partner
Has 20 years’ consulting experience in the fields of EHS compliance, REACH and risk assessment. Alain Renard – Project Manager
Experienced manager of four REACH consortia. As a former manager of the Cefic Authorisation/Restriction working group, Alain developed an extensive network with authorities and in-depth knowledge of the authorisation process.Dr Eckhard Schäfer
PhD in chemistry, with more than 20 years’ experience in chemical risk assessment and preparation and implementation of safety plans. Health and safety advisor of the Hoechst Corporation between 1986 and 1994. Dr Elsie Millano
BSc in chemical eng and PhD in civil eng. environmental area. Supporting the REACH team in the review and preparation of CSRs and safety data sheets, and review of robust study summaries. Over 25 years of environmental consulting experience in human health risk assessments, including exposure assessments, fate and transport evaluations, and risk calculations. Extensive expertise in contaminated site closures based on controlling exposures.Carolyn Hammer – Senior Ecotoxicologist
Before joining ERM Carolyn worked for the US EPA in the fields of ecological risk assessment of pesticides and the development of new Federal rules and regulations related to waste, chemicals and pesticides. Dianne Green – Senior Project Manager
More than 20 years of experience in the field of global product stewardship and regulatory affairs; diverse experience in US and international product stewardship matters (11 of those years at Procter & Gamble), with a focus on chemical and product risk assessment, regulatory compliance, hazard communication, and in-market product safety surveillance.Dr Jeff Eberhard – Senior Project Manager
Over 25 years of relevant expertise in both industry and consulting, focusing on bringing highly regulated products to market with a strong focus on providing technical excellence in human and environmental health and risk assessment.Donna Morrall – Senior Project Manager
20 years of relevant expertise in both industry and consulting with a strong focus on risk assessment, data analysis and computational modelling.
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Website www.exponent.comE-mail [email protected] office The Lenz, Hornbeam Business Park, Harrogate, North
Yorkshire, HG2 8RE, UKTel +44 (0)1332 868000Fax +44 (0)1332 868099Contact Julian ReddyOwnership Wholly owned subsidiary of Exponent Inc.Locations Derby, UK; Basel, SwitzerlandFounded 2002
OVERVIEW
Exponent Inc is one of the world's largest regulatory, engineering and scientific consultancies providing innovative solutions to complex technical problems. Exponent International Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Exponent Inc and is the European arm of the Chemical Regulation and Food Safety practice with offices in Harrogate and Derby in the UK and Basel in Switzerland. Exponent combines unparalled technical expertise with the ability to focus this knowledge to meet our client's needs within short timeframes. Our ability to create multidisciplinary teams of scientists, regulatory consultants and project managers means that we can either perform in-depth scientific research and analysis or very rapid-response evaluations to provide our clients with the critical information that they need to make day-to-day strategic decisions.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group US$7mTurnover, chemical service provision US$3mNo of offices 3No of countries represented 35Staff, group 45Staff, chemical service provision 25
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
Training2% Other
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Global head office (Exponent Inc): 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USAOther UK office: 1 Pride Point Drive, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8BX, United KingdomSwitzerland office: Aeschenvorstadt 57, Basel, 4051, Switzerland
SERVICES PROVIDED
General REACH services
Exponent's consultants have significant experience in the provision of a wide range of REACH support to our clients. These services include initial work such as regulatory strategy and advice, data evaluation and the use of intelligent testing strategies. We can also place and monitor studies, prepare and submit registration dossiers and chemical safety reports and provide post-submission support during evaluation and authorisation phases. Exponent has significant experience in programme and project management and Sief and consortia management and we can also act as your only representative or third party representative.Preparation of REACH registration dossiers and chemical safety reports
Exponent has prepared in excess of 50 complete lead registrations for phase-in substances. We can complete all aspects of the process such as data evaluation and data gap analysis, determination of substance identification, use of intelligent strategies to address data gaps and study placement and monitoring. We can complete all of the IUCLID 5 dossier and the chemical safety report including exposure assessments, using ECETOC TRA and higher tier models if necessary, and risk characterisation. Once the assessments have been completed we can produce the final exposure scenario and extended safety data sheets.Global chemical notifications
Our consultants have considerable experience in compiling and submitting chemical notifications worldwide; utilising our team of consultants we are capable of preparing and submitting chemical notifications to all countries that have a relevant scheme. We can prepare and submit dossiers for Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and Swiss registrations and use our Swiss office to act as a sole representative. We have a network of local agents to help with the preparation and submission of regulatory documentation in China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Turkey and can utilise the experience of our US colleagues for TSCA notifications.Other regulatory regimes
Exponent's consultants have significant experience in assisting clients with EU agrochemical, biocide and food regulatory requirements. For agrochemicals and biocides we can assist with regulatory strategy, data gap analysis, study monitoring, risk assessments and completion of active substance and product registration dossiers. This includes in-depth support such as managing compounds to Annex I inclusion. For clients in the food industry we can develop strategies for technical and regulatory challenges, develop food safety systems and help meet regulatory requirements for food additives, contact materials, novel foods and health claims.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1967 Parent company Exponent Inc formed2001 Novigen Sciences formed2002 Novigen acquired by Exponent. Exponent International
Limited established in the UK2006 Exponent REACH team formed2008 Derby, UK office opened2010 Basel, Switzerland office opened
ACCREDITATIONS
ISO 9001 accreditation
PARTNERS
We have no formal partners but use an informal network of legal firms, CROs and in-country agents to provide the best service to our clients for REACH and global chemical notifications.
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Exponent Inc has worked with over 5,000 clients and Exponent International has undertaken work for over 350 clients globally. Exponent has provided regulatory support to a range of companies across many industries; companies ranging from SMEs working in one industry to global companies conducting business in a number of industries including industrial chemical, speciality and fine chemical, petrochemical, agrochemical, cleaning and maintenance products, metals, organometallics and plastics.
TESTIMONIALS
"Exponent International has consistently provided high-quality REACH and biocides services and support to our company for over five years. They produce work of the highest quality at competitive prices and are always prepared to go that bit further to ensure that they can deliver what we need within challenging deadlines. Their excellent technical knowledge and abilities mean that they are always the company we go to when we need help in these areas" − Regulatory Affairs Manager, global cleaning and maintenance products manufacturer
CASE STUDY 1: Provision of technical support to an organometallic consortium
Since 2009, Exponent has provided technical support to a consortium of organometallic substance manufacturers. Exponent performed the technical work required for the 16 substances that needed to be registered in 2010 and continues to provide support for the substances to be registered in 2013. The tasks that have been undertaken in support of this project are identification of data gaps, use of intelligent testing strategies to address gaps and, where necessary, placing and monitoring of studies. In addition Exponent have been and are still responsible for the production of the registration dossiers in IUCLID 5 including appropriate data waivers and testing proposals and for the production of chemical safety reports (CSRs). To complete the CSRs Exponent have the responsibility of working with consortium members and external parties to identify downstream uses that need to be considered and proposing use descriptor codes for exposure assessments and the production of exposure scenarios. Due to the properties of the substances creative, but pragmatic, solutions have been necessary to demonstrate safe use. Exponent's technical capabilities and support ensured that all 2010 consortium substances were registered ahead of the deadline and it is anticipated the submissions for the 2013 substances will be completed well in advance of that deadline.
CASE STUDY 2: Product stewardship service for a SME
Exponent has provided ongoing product stewardship support for a catalyst manufacturer, covering REACH and all other global chemical regulatory regimes, for over four years. Taking a holistic approach, we provide global regulatory strategy and advice to ensure that regulatory requirements from a number of countries can be effectively overlapped. Exponent also provides more technical support by preparing and submitting regulatory documentation for REACH and other chemical notifications, preparing and reviewing European safety data sheets and determining the classification and labelling of the substances for GHS inside and outside of the EU. We also act as a sole representative for their Swiss notifications. In 2011 as part of this companies business was sold off we have handled all the necessary regulatory and administrative work to ensure that all parties involved continued to maintain regulatory compliance for their products.
CASE STUDY 3: REACH Support for the 2013 Deadline
Exponent provides full assistance for a fine chemical manufacturer in meeting their REACH requirements for the May 2013 deadline. The company is a lead registrant for eight substances and we have worked with them to identify gaps in the available data, managed the testing programme that was placed with a global CRO, produced substance identity profiles and we are currently in the process of completing the dossiers for these eight substances. Future work will include the completion of chemical safety reports. We have added value as a service provider by managing all this work as one project so that we can ensure that all necessary actions, for ourselves and our client, are progressed within appropriate timescales, use what we have learnt from one substance to help with others where possible and provide our client with confidence that they will meet their REACH obligations ahead of the 2013 deadline.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Caroline Harris – Centre Director (UK)
Dr Harris is the head of Exponent International and director of Exponent's Chemical Regulation and Food Safety Centre. She has a strong international reputation and has published papers on a range of subjects including dietary risk assessment, infant and child exposure to pesticide residues and risk perception. She acts as a technical consultant to a number of international bodies, including the FAO and the WHO, and has been a member of the UK’s Advisory Committee on Pesticides since 2009.Julian Reddy – Head of REACH and Chemical Notification Services
Mr Reddy is an experienced regulatory project manager and has supervised complex regulatory programmes undertaken on industrial chemicals and biocides. In addition, he has particular experience of Asian chemical notification schemes. Mr Reddy manages Exponent’s Derby office which specialises in REACH and the global notification of industrial chemicals. He is responsible for the management of individual projects as well as overall programme management for clients and consortia.John Hislop – REACH Regulatory Specialist
Mr Hislop specialises in REACH and particularly the registration requirements for phase-in substances. He also has more than 17 years of experience working on global notifications of new chemical substances. Mr Hislop has considerable experience in development of testing programmes for chemicals for regulatory purposes, specialising in the use of an 'intelligent approach' to safety testing and is a leading advocate of the principle of the read-across approach.Dr Alec Willis – REACH Regulatory Specialist
Dr Willis leads Exponent’s capabilities for chemical safety reports and exposure scenarios. He has experience in SIEF management, production of registration dossiers and SIEF and consortia representation for clients. He has also helped clients across a range of industries prepare for REACH by providing regulatory strategy and advice and performing vulnerability analysis. Dr Willis is an experienced project manager, managing a large number of multi-disciplinary REACH projects.
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Website www.h2compliance.comE-mail [email protected] office Unit 4A, Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, IrelandTel +353 1 2989146Contact Ursula HayesDirectors John HayesDirectors Kevin HobanDirectors Grant KinsmanOwnership Private companyLocations Ireland (Dublin, Cork), USA (New Hampshire)Founded 2006
OVERVIEW
H2 Compliance provides chemical and environmental regulatory services that support company compliance, market access and competitive advantage goals. By utilising a highly qualified core team and a network of partners and associates in the USA, Europe, and Canada, H2 Compliance can ensure broad access and local support when required.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 3No of countries represented -Staff, group 13Staff, chemical service provision -
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Ireland (Dublin and Cork) USA (New Hampshire)
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration dossiers (joint, lead, NONS, intermediate)
CLP – GHS including SDS generation and EU/International SDS generation
Articles and SVHCs including software solutions
Only representative services
REACH management software (element1)
Sief services and facilitation
Biocides, cosmetics and detergents support
Integrated chemical regulatory management (product stewardship)
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Dublin Office established2007 Cork Office established2008 Strong client base and partner network development2009 USA office opened2011 Irish Small Firms Association category winner2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award recipient
ACCREDITATIONS
Approved ReachReady Gold memberApproved Only Representative Organisation member
PARTNERS
O The Redstone Group O KMK Regulatory Services O SafeBridge Consultants Inc
CLIENTS
Confidential clients including those in the following sectors: pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, mining/ minerals, lubricants, fragrances, medical devices and information technology.
TESTIMONIALS
Stewardship services: "H2 Compliance was carefully selected to allow us to continue to meet the changing needs of our new and existing client base. We based decisions on their ability to provide all required regulatory support with one sourced compliance organisation. With their assistance, we have successfully met the REACh and SDS deadlines of 2010 without issue. I have found the team to be highly flexible with our deadlines, effective with providing accurate information, and most importantly focused on needs of clients." – Michael Goluszka, La-Co Industries.
Dossier services: "H2 Compliance supported us for the construction of two lead registration dossiers for the December 2010 registration deadlines. Both dossiers were submitted on time and within the agreed budget.""H2 Compliance and its partners bring a wealth of experience to this technical area and have a high quality of communication and project management. We have always found communications to be efficient and with due regard for the confidential nature of the relationships within the consortia environment.""We have found the relationship with H2 Compliance to be strong and we are happy to recommend the firm for this type of activity." – a large US diversified chemical manufacturer.
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CASE STUDY 1: Solving the complexities of labelling and packaging
H2 Compliance act as only representative for a plumbing supplies company in Chicago which formulates novel paint and marking systems and chemical supplies for the plumbing industry. H2 Compliance provides an integrated set of services for the client including REACH dossiers for monomer substances, safety data sheets and C&L notifications as an importer. With the growing complexities associated with international GHS adoption, H2 provides support for the development of a full suite of SDS for all their international markets including product labelling and appropriate transport labelling. The client commends H2 Compliance on their expertise, professionalism and timeliness and continues to expand on service requirements to support their growing business.
CASE STUDY 2: Pharmaceutical and healthcare sector support
H2 Compliance has deep expertise within the pharmaceutical industry whether through gap analysis, team development or strategic advice on intermediates and strictly controlled conditions. H2 build full registration dossiers and upgrades to NONS dossiers including CRO oversight, RSS and submission. H2 are commended on their collaborative platform, “element1” used for professional execution, data availability and total transparency. Our clients enjoy the fixed price model we typically operate, flexibility in working hours and deep strategic thinking. “I wish all of our partners and consultants were as easy to work with as H2 Compliance” – a top ten pharmaceutical client
CASE STUDY 3: Product stewardship programme to assure ongoing market access
H2 Compliance has developed and implemented a product stewardship programme for a global blue chip firm. The initial distinct strands of support have developed into an integrated programme with the establishment of a formal role within the company to manage the product life cycles and organisations. H2 Compliance provided the tools, structure and strategies for a robust and cost effective product stewardship programme. H2 Compliance managed the implementation of the system and has since extended the system to include their supply chain. The client has placed their trust in the knowledge and experience of H2 Compliance. There have been no market access issues since the programme was implemented.
STAFF SELECTION
John Hayes – Chief Regulatory Officer
John Hayes has more than 14 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and IT sectors. He has a BSc in biotechnology and a PhD in physical chemistry. John has extensive environmental and chemical regulatory knowledge. This experience has been applied to many different scenarios including government affairs and lobbying, health and safety, production, environmental programme development and waste management.Kevin Hoban – Chief Operations Officer
Kevin Hoban has 18 years’ experience in the IT, pharmaceutical andmetals industries. He holds a BSc and MSc in industrial chemistry,a diploma in environmental engineering and is a professionalproject manager, PMP. Kevin ensures that services are delivered in a professional, systematic manner with transparency and value for money a cornerstone.Grant Kinsman – Chief Executive Officer
Grant Kinsman has 25 years’ experience in IT industries. He holds a BSc (Hons) in mechanical engineering. Grant has extensive global technology, product development, marketing and business start-up experience. He has a broad knowledge of the business value delivery system including operations, R&D, business planning, commercialisation, intellectual property and licensing.
Beth L Bidstrup, MHS, CIH – Principal Occupational Scientist
Beth Bidstrup has been a member of the H2 Compliance technical team for almost three year providing leadership for dossier, CLP and product stewardship services. Beth’s background includes 20 plus years within the pharmaceutical industry specialising in chemical control management and occupational health roles at both the corporate and site level. Beth received her BSc in industrial hygiene and environmental toxicology from Clarkson University and her master’s of health science in industrial hygiene and safety from The Johns Hopkins University. She received her Certification in Industrial Hygiene (CIH) in 1993.Colin Smith, CBiol, MSB, ERT – Regulatory Toxicologist
Colin Smith has recently joined the H2 Compliance team after having worked for several years as an inspector for the Irish competent authority for REACH and CLP; there he was involved in all aspects of REACH and CLP. Colin was involved in both the drafting of the technical annexes of CLP and the work of the UN GHS subcommittee; he also acted as a technical advisor on human health to the Irish representatives of the ECHA Member State, Risk Assessment and Caracal committees. Colin started his career working as a toxicologist for the UK Ministry of Defence and achieved chartered biologist status in1997 before taking up the role of laboratory manager for an in vitro alternatives testing laboratory for a multinational biocides and speciality chemical company; during this time he qualified as a European registered toxicologist in 2004 and became a study director with responsibility for GLP compliance within the laboratory.Bart O’Keeffe – Representative Services Manager
Bart O Keeffe has four years’ experience working in the chemical regulations Industry. Bart holds a BEng in chemical and biopharmaceutical engineering and is a certified associate in project management (CAPM). Bart has extensive experience of the REACH regulation and currently manages the only representative service within H2 Compliance. He has also worked on dossier development under REACH and CLP implementation since December 2010.
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Website www.harlan.com/crsE-mail [email protected] office 8520 Allison Pointe Blvd Suite 400, Indianapolis, IN
46250, USATel/ Fax +44 (0)1332 792896/ +44 (0)1332 799018Contact James GillespieDirectors Hans Thunem Manuela LeoneOwnership Private companyLocations Worldwide offices and operationsFounded 1931
OVERVIEW
Harlan Laboratories is a global leading provider of essential, non-clinical contract research, research models, animal diets, and services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, agrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as to academic and government research organisations. Harlan Laboratories is the market leading CRO offering regulatory advice, safety testing and safety assessment of chemicals. Our project leaders and study directors combine regulatory and scientific acuity with the commercial awareness necessary to drive projects forward to completion.Our focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimise the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds. UYnderstanding the value of close relationships and collaboration with our costumers we act locally.Stability, reliability, consistency, and quality are what Harlan Laboratories offers with decades of proven expertise in both research models and services, and contract research services.As important as good customer service and relationships are, though, it’s really all about scientific excellence. Today, research is increasingly being outsourced, and researchers need to have confidence in their supplier partners. Stability, reliability, consistency, and quality are all essential. That’s what Harlan Laboratories offers with our passion for science and decades of proven expertise in both research models and services, and contract research services.
Products and servicesHarlan is made up of two major business units offering local expertise, presence, service, and state-of-the-art facilities in all of the countries it serves.Contract Research Services provides non-clinical and pre-clinical laboratory research services supported by state-of-the-art facilities worldwide.Our core capabilities are in:
O rodent and non-rodent toxicology O genetic toxicology O ecotoxicology O inhalation toxicology O reproduction toxicology O regulatory affairs, consulting, and programme management O analytical chemistry O environmental fate and modelling O in vitro alternative testing O pathology services O drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics O discovery services
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/2011
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices -No of countries represented 12Staff, group 2,800Staff, chemical service provision 800
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Laboratory70%
GLOBAL OFFICES
France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UK, US
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH testing
Harlan Laboratories can offer all standard and higher-tier studies in the fields of physical chemistry, toxicology, genotoxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental fate and alternative testing. All tests required by REACH Annex VII to X are conducted by our experienced study directors in modern testing facilities.Toxicology
Harlan Laboratories offers a full range of toxicological testing to support global regulatory submissions by the agrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. All studies are performed according to regulatory guidelines and Good Laboratory Practice. We have extensive experience in all relevant study types.All standard species and routes of administration are offered including specialist routes such as inhalation and infusion. All studies are supported by analytical and clinical diagnostic services, including immunotoxicology and biomarkers.Ecotoxicology
Located in purpose-built facilities, the Harlan Laboratories environmental science team has extensive experience and expertise in a wide range of ecotoxicity (aquatic and terrestrial), biodegradation, analytical and physico-chemical tests, environmental fate (lab and field), animal (ADME, DMPK, PK screening and toxicokinetic testing) and plant metabolism studies for the chemical, agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.Physico-chemical testing
Harlan Laboratories is a leading provider of physico-chemical and storage stability testing services. We are able to offer a full range of services, including full hazardous properties and explosive testing services that meet internationally recognised guidelines required for the chemical, agrochemical, biocidal and pharmaceutical industries. Our facilities operate to GLP requirements but can conduct studies without GLP compliance. We are able to operate in a principal investigator role with multi-site studies, if necessary.
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Alternative and in vitro toxicity
Harlan Laboratories is committed to the principle of the 3Rs of Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement. Harlan Laboratories is proactive in the development and use of in vitro and ex vivo methods, partnering researchers and clients in pre-validation and formal validation studies.Genetic toxicology
Harlan Laboratories offers a complete range of genetic toxicology studies to support the worldwide registration of pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, and agrochemicals, meeting current guideline requirements. We offer consulting services to review data already held, and to advise on further testing requirements/strategies, if required. These services also include access to in silico analysis to assist in hazard identification and risk assessment.Regulatory services
In a world of an ever-increasing number of chemical control schemes, our registration services team plays a vital role in the registration of our clients’ products. Our turnkey service, from the initiation of a project to preparation of the final dossier, ensures regulatory compliance. With nearly 3,000 regulatory projects successfully completed in the last 20 years, Harlan Laboratories has extensive experience of chemical control schemes worldwide. This experience, plus an excellent rapport with the regulatory agencies, ensures a successful outcome for your project.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1931 Foundation2004 Acquisition RCC Ltd2005 Acquisition Cidasal SA2007 Acquisition SafePharm Laboratories2007 Acquisition IMTC (surgical models)
ACCREDITATIONS
Contract Research Services (CRS): O AALAC O ISO/IEC 17025 O EN 45011 O GLP O GMP O GEP
CLIENTS
Chemicals IndustryAgrochemicals IndustryPharmaceuticals Industry
STAFF SELECTION
John Handley, BSc MSc CBiol FSB – Global Vice President Operations
John Handley is global vice president Operations at Harlan Laboratories Ltd and has some 26 years’ experience of working in the contract research industry. Following the completion of his Masters research in acid rain and the associated toxicity of aluminium to rainbow trout, John worked at the University of Cardiff on a research contract to the EU, developing methods for chemical registration. From there he moved to Huntingdon Research Centre where he worked in the Aquatic Toxicology department for four years.John moved to Safepharm Laboratories in 1989 to design and set up the ecotoxicology facility. In 2005 he became Operations Director for the company while still retaining management responsibility for the department of Ecotoxicology until 2007 when the company was acquired by Harlan Laboratories Ltd and he was made general manager for the UK. In January 2009 he was appointed vice-president Environmental Safety and Metabolism across all Harlan CRS sites. In August 2010 he took control of all operational units in the Harlan CRS structure.John is a member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and participates on UK shadow OECD discussion panels for ecotoxicology and biodegradation. He is a EUROTOX registered toxicologist.Ciriaco Maraschiello
Ciriaco Maraschiello is a biochemist and graduated in biological sciences in 1992 with a further DEA in immunology and genetics obtained in Belgium. He moved to Spain in 1993 to gain some work experience under the ERASMUS programme and stayed there for six months to do biochemistry investigations applied to nutrition. He obtained his PhD in 1998 and developed his doctoral work within the framework of the European AIR (Agro-Industry Research) program consisting of investigating a specific topic on antioxidants, free radicals and lipid oxidation with a special focus on ageing, atherosclerosis and consumer safety.Ciriaco started his working career as a study director in 1998 with Spanish CRO Cidasal which was acquired in 2005 by Harlan Laboratories Inc.Ciriaco assumed responsibility for the Pharmacokinetics and Analytical Chemistry department in the first years of his professional career and was then appointed as the director of Science and Operations of Harlan CRS Spain with a strong focus on toxicology.In August this year Ciriaco was appointed head of Global Toxicology for Harlan CRS.Robert L Guest Bsc (Hons), C Biol, MSB
Robert Guest has worked within contract research services at Harlan Laboratories Ltd since January 1980.He gained his BSc (Honours) degree in biological sciences at Nottingham Trent University in 1990 and has occupied technical, study director and managerial positions in a GLP-accredited laboratory conducting regulatory short-term toxicology studies on behalf of the chemical, agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.Robert is currently manager of Alternative and Acute Toxicology based at Shardlow, UK and has been responsible for implementation of the 3Rs in regulatory toxicology by the integration of in vitro and ex vivo tests into tiered testing strategies.
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Website www.icfi.comE-mail [email protected] office 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031, USATel +1 703 934 3000Fax +1 703 934 3740Contact Stephanie Barrett +32 485 319 961 Directors Sudhakar Kesavan, Chairman and CEO John Wasson, President and COO Isabel Reiff, Executive Vice PresidentOwnership Public company (NASDAQ:ICFI)Locations UK, Belgium, Russian Federation, China, India, Brazil,
Canada, USAFounded 1969
OVERVIEW
ICF International partners with commercial and government clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy and climate change; environment and infrastructure; health, human services, and social programmes; and homeland security and defence markets. The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire programme lifecycle, from research and analysis and design through implementation and improvement.Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 4,000 employees serve these clients worldwide.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group For Q1-Q3 2011 US$627m
Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 50No of countries represented 8Staff, group 4,000Staff, chemical service provision 90
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Consultancy/ advisory
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Brussels, Belgium; London, United Kingdom; Moscow, Russian Federation; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ottawa and Toronto, Canada; Beijing, China; New Delhi, India; Fairfax, Virginia, USA
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH Cost Assessment Tool (REACH-CAT) Reports
ICF International and our partner Penman Consulting have developed REACH-CAT Reports, a tool designed to help your business understand the work and costs associated with 2013 and 2018 REACH registrations. REACH-CAT Reports builds on the knowledge and experience gained in successfully preparing the registration materials for hundreds of substances during the 2010 registration process for REACH. For each substance your business might register, our experts can summarise the actions your company would take for successful registration, assess how your business can fill data gaps to meet extensive REACH requirements, and provide indicative costs. REACH-CAT Reports will help you to make sound business decisions about which substances to register and your registration strategy.Operational support to Siefs and consortia
REACH requires companies to share available information, and many have formed REACH consortia to leverage resources and collaboratively evaluate classes of chemicals. ICF International has award-winning experience supporting active REACH consortia and Siefs, helping to ensure each programme is well organised and all the details and challenges are addressed using state-of-the-art IT tools. ICF and our partners focus on achieving the most important objective: complying with the REACH requirements as efficiently, accurately, and quickly as possible.Science support
ICF International has more than 30 years of experience and more than 200 scientific staff focused on toxicology, chemistry/environmental fate, exposure assessment, risk characterisation, and risk management. Our experts have applied this knowledge and experience in preparing chemical dossiers and safety reports that meet the specific requirements of REACH. Examples of support we can provide include assisting with classification and labelling, preparing dossiers including chemical safety assessments/reports, helping with safety data sheets, and developing exposure scenarios. See our website for more services provided.Business process improvement
Economic challenges combined with the new REACH requirements are leading organisations to streamline their operations. Organisations complying with REACH have opportunities to improve existing business processes and develop new ways to respond to new and emerging REACH data requirements. ICF International can help determine the most effective strategies for dealing with these changes and align business processes, resources, and people to support your organisational mission. ICF has worked with clients for years to evaluate, design, reengineer, and implement business processes and information management strategies.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2009 Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 designation
2010 Northern Virginia Technology Council green award2010 Companies As Responsive Employers (CARE) award2010 REACH outstanding project contributor by a major European
consortium2011 Rank #80 on Forbes America’s Best Small 100 Companies2011 Environmental Finance Market Survey – Best Advisory/
Consultancy Renewable Energy Finance North America2011 Environmental Finance Market Survey – Best Advisory/
Consultancy North American Markets (All)2011 Environmental Finance Market Survey – Best Advisory/
Consultancy Kyoto Project Credits2011 Environmental Finance Market Survey – Best Advisory/
Consultancy EU Emissions Trading
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CMMI Level 3 designationProject Management Institute global executive councilProject Management Institute registered education provider
PARTNERS
Penman Consulting BVBA: ICF’s partnership with Penman Consulting enables us to provide an even more complete range of REACH services to our clients.
CLIENTS
O a major American chemical industry trade association O several petrochemical and refining industry REACH consortia
(subcontractor to Penman Consulting) O two major trade associations in the metals industry O a major international chemical company; and many more...
TESTIMONIALS
Recognised on REACH project as outstanding contributor by a REACH consortium for a major European trade association in December 2010.Recognised in December 2010 by a major REACH consortium for excellence in operational management on the 2010 REACH registrations from 2008-2010
CASE STUDY 1: REACH consortium operational and Sief support
ICF International has provided comprehensive programme management and Sief management support for several major REACH consortia since 2008. These consortia represent hundreds of member companies and high production volume substances. ICF’s operational support includes supporting and managing communication among consortia members, providing meeting support, managing consortia websites and data portals, and managing the dossier production and consortium review and approval processes. ICF also provides Sief management services, addressing thousands of technical, policy, regulatory, and process enquiries from Sief participants. ICF International also supported consortia in setting data sharing and data access costs and policies. We communicated these costs as well as technical information to Sief members for each substance within the scope of the consortia and worked with the consortia legal teams and technology platforms to provide, disseminate and collect revenues from letters of access.
CASE STUDY 2: IUCLID data entry and dossier preparation
ICF International has provided comprehensive technical support for dossier preparation in advance of the 2010 substance registration deadlines for several European-based chemical consortia. ICF managers, toxicologists and exposure scientists worked collaboratively to produce hundreds of dossiers for REACH registration in 2010. Substances included organic chemicals and metal compounds. Each dossier included summary information on production, use, physical and chemical properties, environmental fate, ecological effects, human health effects, exposure, and risk management. ICF provided detailed technical support for more than 100 dossiers and other support for more than ten percent of the dossiers submitted for the 2010 REACH registration. ICF’s technical responsibilities included data collection, literature review, data preparation and entry into IUCLID, mapping of lifecycle stages for industrial chemicals, identification of exposure scenarios, exposure modelling using ECETOC TRA and other tools, risk characterisation, and preparation of various other documentation needed for registration. ICF also reviewed articles to determine if a substantial human sensitisation response could be anticipated following exposure to high-volume substances.
CASE STUDY 3: Classification and labelling
ICF International has made classification and labelling recommendations for hundreds of industrial chemicals for several European-based chemical consortia and international chemical companies. ICF’s experience using read-across strategies and weight-of-evidence arguments has provided our clients with recommendations in accordance with CLP and GHS regulations. ICF’s classification and labelling recommendations have been used to populate safety data sheets in the United States and Europe and have also been incorporated into REACH chemical registration dossiers. ICF reviews previous classifications under other regulations combined with references from comprehensive literature searches and proprietary studies supplied by the client. Toxicokinetic, acute, subchronic, chronic, irritation, sensitisation, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity, developmental toxicity, physicochemical, environmental fate, and ecotoxicity data are then objectively analysed to identify critical effects, data deficiencies, and NOAELs or LOAELs.
STAFF SELECTION
Robert Hegner, PhD – Senior Vice President
Dr Hegner has more than 35 years of experience in programme management, risk analysis, and original research. His risk analysis experience includes developing the Air Toxics Risk Assessment reference library for the US EPA and assisting in the agency's initial efforts to develop a framework for ecological risk assessments. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed research papers on the endocrine and environmental regulation of complex vertebrate reproductive cycles.Stephanie Barrett – Senior Manager
Ms Barrett, based in ICF's Brussels, Belgium office, has more than15 years of experience in environmental policy and regulatory analysis and project management. Ms Barrett's educational background includes environmental policy, environmental law, and geology coursework. Her professional experience includes REACH consortium project officer positions and Sief facilitation support. Ms Barrett manages projects, budgets, and staff to ensure that client needs are met on time and within allocated resources.Elizabeth Dederick, PhD – Manager
Dr Dederick has five years of experience in exposure analysis and risk assessment. With expertise in REACH hazard and exposure assessment, she specialises in designing exposure algorithms for unique pathways of exposure. Dr Dederick trains clients in the use of various software applications, and has written technical and user manuals. While completing her PhD, she was employed by The LifeLine™ Group, where she assisted in the design of aggregate and cumulative exposure analysis software models. She has also conducted multiple literature reviews and is familiar with toxicological literature for multiple chemicals including nanomaterials and endocrine disruptors. Dhyanesh Doshi – Senior Associate
Mr Doshi, based in Mumbai, India, has more than four years of experience in human health and environmental risk assessment. For the last two years, he has assisted consortia of multinational companies based in Europe and the United States in complying with REACH requirements. He has extensive hands-on experience in developing robust summary dossiers and endpoint summary records in IUCLID and is also proficient with data management tools such as REACHsuite. Mr Doshi is adept in determining DNELs and has experience working with international hazard-based classification systems such as GHS, CLP, and DSD.Candace Prusiewicz – Technical Specialist
Dr Prusiewicz has more than 12 years’ professional industrial experience. She has conducted research developing novel synthetic routes to compounds of therapeutic interest. She has an extensive background in analytical chemistry developed during her time working in a quality assurance laboratory in the chemical manufacturing industry. Since earning her PhD, her professional focus has been in the area of scientific writing, specifically researching, reviewing, and summarising toxicological data to support human health risk assessments, hazard communication and worker safety programmes.
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Website www.intlcosmetics.comE-mail [email protected] office 947 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Suite A, Manhattan
Beach, CA 90266, USATel +1 310 545 3223Fax +1 310 546 6204Contact [email protected] Janet Winter Blaschke Georgia BoehmOwnership Private companyLocations USA, UKFounded 1997
OVERVIEW
International Cosmetics and Regulatory Specialists LLC, a US organisation and International Cosmetics and Chemical Services Ltd, a UK entity are sister companies comprised of experienced professonals in regulatory affairs, international product registration, and international labelling compliance, with an emphasis on technical services for the EU, USA, Canada, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. Please enquire about your specific needs.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 2No of countries represented 28Staff, group 6Staff, chemical service provision 3
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Training20%
GLOBAL OFFICES
USA: International Cosmetics and Regulatory Specialists LLC UK: International Cosmetics and Chemical Services Ltd
SERVICES PROVIDED
Responsible person, product information files, and safety assessment, cosmetic product safety report
We provide full regulatory services in Europe, including labelling requirements.Responsible person (RP) services. RP is responsible for:
O product information file (PIF) for each product O safety assessment O address on all product labelling O access for the competent authorities (27 countries) for PIFs O holding and maintenance of PIFs for legally required access by
competent authorities. If a company does not own their formulas, we provide an agreement between the brand owner, the contract manufacturer and our company to provide confidentiality. With the agreement in place we only share information with an EU authority through access at our UK office.
Only representative (REACH), CLP notifications (sole representative)
Only representative services for companies needing chemical registrations for the EU scheme under REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals). Late pre-registration and full registrations have already been successfully provided for many clients.CLP notification services are also available, in addition to safety data sheets to meet the requirements of REACH and CLP. US agent, cGMP audits and training, electronic US FDA registrations
Products such as Acne and any product containing SPF ingredients must be registered with the FDA. We can act as the US agent for foreign manufacturers (which is mandated by FDA) and provide the mandatory facility, distributor and product FDA electronic registrations.FDA registrations must now be done electronically, which is a service we provide. We provide cosmetic and over-the-counter drug label review, training and cGMP facility and standard operating procedure audits. Expert witness testimony services in many areas of product development, product liability, and technical services are also available.Training for GMPs and ISO manufacturing standards
A wide variety of experience facilitates custom services for international needs with the intricacies of each individual organisation in mind. Focus is given to tailoring these skills to fit the client needs for entire projects, multiple countries, or for an individual project for one country. We provide GMP training and audits to the newly-required ISO 22716
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REACH
2007 Formed REACH Chemical Consulting, Ltd now known as International Cosmetic and Chemical Services, Ltd.-UK
2008 Filed pre-registrations for US and international companies to meet the EU regulation.
2009 Among the first only representatives to successfully complete a cosmetic ingredient full registration in 2009 prior to the first 2010 deadline. This resulted due to a company who missed the pre-registration phase while importing finished product using the ingredient at 1 ton or more the previous three years.
2010 Preparation of safety data sheets (SDS) to meet the REACH and CLP requirements.
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2011 Continuing with SDS creations, REACH late-preregistrations, Sief coordination for clients and their chemicals, continue with CLP notifications.ISO
2006 Designated expert in the Cosmetic ISO workgroup for TC-217, Cosmetic GMP, Sunscreens and Microbiology in Paris.
2006 Designated expert in Cosmetic GMP and Sunscreenworkgroup in Den Haag, The Netherlands.
2008 Designated expert Cosmetic GMP and Microbiology workgroup in Paris.
2009 Designated expert Cosmetic GMP and Microbiology workgroup in Baltimore, MD, USA.
2010 Designated expert Cosmetic GMP, Microbiology and Sunscreens workgroup in London
2011 Designated expert Natural and Organic Terminology workgroup in Kyoto, JapancGMP audit
ICRS continues to excel in meeting cGMP compliance training and audits in the USA as well as internationally. These activities are designed to meet the individual companies and their unique cultures. Staff use ISO GMPs, FDA cGMPs as well as country specific regulations depending on the market and or country needs.
ACCREDITATIONS
O Personal Care Products Council (Formerly CTFA) O Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) O Regulatory Affairs Professionals (RAPS) O American Society for Quality (ASQ). O Vrije University of Brussels (VUB), qualified safety assessor training
and certificate from the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology O Chartered biologist, Society of Biology, UK
PARTNERS
Manhattan Repro (graphic design for labelling)
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Alterna, Arbonne International, California Tan, CB Fleet Co, Circle of Friends, Contem 1g (Brazil), Davi (Mondavi) Skin, Disney Consumer Products Inc, Dermanew, Econet, Inc., Frederic Fekkai, Freeman Beauty, Giorgio Nardi (Italy), Go Smile, Henkel Consumer Goods, ICN Pharmaceuticals (Valeant Pharmaceuticals), Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products Inc, Jordana Cosmetics Corp, Juvena/La Prairie (Switzerland, Germany), Laboratoire Labothene Cosmetique GMbH (Germany), Leaf & Rusher, M&K (JK Mueller & Myung Sun), Nu Skin, Ole Henriksen, Pental Soap Products (Australia), Pierre Fabre Dermato-Cosmetique (France), Pola Cosmetics (Japan), Procter and Gamble, Rock & Republic, Sexy Hair, Smashbox, TIGI (Toni and Guy), Twincraft Soap Company, Zenyaku USA, and many others.
STAFF SELECTION
Janet Winter Blaschke, BA, Biology, University Redlands
O CEO of International Cosmetics & Regulatory Specialists LLC. O CEO and founder US, and managing director of International
Cosmetic and Chemical Services Ltd. in the UK, serving the consumer products and chemical industries.
O 30 years of experience as a product formulator and regulatory expert has given her unique expertise in both the European and US regulatory schemes.
O founder, instructor and lecturer for cosmetic science programme at UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles). Topics include: regulatory acceptance of cosmetic ingredients in individual countries; R&D and manufacturing for the global market; microbiology and quality control of cosmetic products.
O past chairman, Society of Cosmetic Chemists; member, board of directors, Society of Cosmetic Chemists; regulatory affairs chairman, contributing author to SCC publications
O chartered biologist, Society of Biology, United Kingdom O post graduate certificate in REACH management, University of Hull,
UKGeorgia Boehm, AA Business Management, Glendale College
O director Regulatory Affairs - International Cosmetics & Regulatory Specialists LLC, expert in yield and accountability documents for compliance with REACH regulations
O 30 years of experience in cGMP compliance, regulatory and quality systems, international registrations, FDA registrations, FDA drug compliance for claims and labelling and facility
O corporate experience: ten years at Neutrogena Corporation, six years at Herbalife International, and contract manufacturing management
Deborah Rediet, BA French and International Relations, California State University Long Beach
O regulatory manager - seven years’ experience in regulatory affairs in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia
O expert in labelling compliance and PIF requirements O certificated from California State University, San Diego (CSUSD) in
regulatory affairs, College of Science O fluent in French, Italian, and Spanish
Harmony Gates, MS Chemical Engineering
O chemical engineer - 12 years’ experience in regulatory affairs in the US, Canada and the EU; specialising in environmental regulatory issues
Robert Blaschke, BA, French, Loyola Marymount University
O regulatory affairs specialist.- four years’ experience in FDA compliance in the USA
O expert with FDA electronic registrations and IT portal O IT specialist
Monique Chheoun, BA Asian Studies, California State University at Long Beach
O specialist – product information file administrator O fluent in Cambodian
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Website www.intertek.com/greenE-mail [email protected] office 25 Savile Row, London W1S 2ES, UKTel +44 (0)20 7396 3400Contact Marc ThouinDirectors Sir David Reid, Chairman
Wolfhart Hauser, Chief Executive Officer
Lloyd Pitchford, Chief Financial OfficerOwnership PublicLocations Intertek is the industry leader with more than 30,000
people in 1,000 locations in over 100 countries.Founded The Intertek story starts at the inception of the modern
testing industry. The history of Intertek spans 126 years, and evolved from the combined growth of a number of innovative companies.
OVERVIEW
Intertek helps organisations across a wide range of industries to sharpen their competitive edge by providing advanced measurement, expert consulting related technical support services, and sustainability solutions. Our experts and laboratories provide critical support to our clients in their global trade, not just with data, but with essential knowledge to accelerate development of their next generation products, to improve their manufacturing, products or production processes or to enhance their efficiencies.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group £1,374.2mTurnover, chemical service provision £151.5mNo of offices 1000+No of countries represented 110+Staff, group 30,000+Staff, chemical service provision 2,000+
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Laboratory55%
Training3%
Other29%
GLOBAL OFFICES
2 Riverway, Houston, TX 77056, USA, +1-877- 274-0181Stangenstr 1, 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, +49 711 27311 1524/F, Block B, No.6, Shibei Industry Zone Lane 1218 Wan Rong Road, Shanghai, 200436, China +86 21 6181 5282
SERVICES PROVIDED
Advisory
Services to help you advance your businessAuditing
Services to help you control operationsCertification
Services to help you reach new marketsOutsourcing
Services to help you focus on core activitiesQuality Assurance
Services to help you meet expectationsTraining
Services to help you improve your performanceTesting
Services to help you protect your reputation
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2004 ASG in Manchester, UK was acquired from Zeneca and Avecia2007 MSG in Wilton, UK was acquired from ICI2010 Intertek Acquires CIBA Expert Services and Cantox Health
Sciences International2011 Intertek Acquires Moody International2011 Intertek Acquires Analytical Sciences Americas (ASA)2011 Intertek continued to expand and develop services in the 25-
plus industries it operates in2011 Intertek is a partner to some of the world’s most loved brands
and their suppliers and this work continued in 20112011 Demand for Intertek’s work was fuelled by its clients’ desire
for greater quality, safety and sustainability in their products, their drive for supply chain and cost efficiency and their expansion into new markets and product innovations
2011 Intertek’s underlying business grew at a rate of 8% during the year – a strong performance given the pressure of global economic uncertainty on many companies
ACCREDITATIONS
As a company Intertek believes that acquiring the appropriate quality accreditations and maintaining membership (and in many cases) chairing industry regulatory groups and standards organisations is key to not only our development but to providing quality assurance and insight to our customers; and while the company holds membership to these organisations; individually Intertek has employees that represent the company on different boards. Examples of these would be:Dr Naeem Mady – industry segment council board member and a national board council member at the the Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI)Dr David Bechtel – diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology.Dr Paul Lambert – committee member of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS TC4)Dr Ian Fletcher – member of the EPSRC ‘college’ for peer review Dr Jeff Franks – Royal Society of Chemistry, Membership Affairs BoardDr Neil Everall – European editor of Applied Spectroscopy journal
CLIENTS
Our clients include: Behr, Bosch, BP, ChevronTexaco, Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Haier, Lubrizol, Petrobas, Siemens
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"Working with Intertek Group as our EU REACH only representative has been a rewarding experience. Intertek has provided guidance to CITGO, with respect to legal issues, suppliers, customers and changes of the new EU legislation. CITGO has relied on Intertek's global knowledge and assistance to meet each and every goal within the strict timeline demanded by legislation, suppliers and customers. Intertek continues to help CITGO develop and grow our markets." Citgo
Intertek was selected by Eastman Kodak Company for inclusion in the Kodak Certified Supplier Programme. Kodak utilises world-class processes and demands the same of its suppliers in terms of performance, reliability, cost, and delivery of services. Intertek’s certification by Kodak applies to global chemical notifications and associated regulatory consulting services including support in relation to regulations and compliance laws in other countries. Examples of chemical notifications include China notification and United States TSCA notification.
CASE STUDY 1: Incorrect definition of substance can lead to unnecessary registration.
One of the first major hurdles to cross in the preparation of the technical dossier for REACH is to ensure the registrant is certain that the substance is well defined. The better the knowledge on the substance definition the easier it is to decide on a registration strategy. In one case our client was uncertain about the handling and interpretation of the product-by-process definition so our expert spent several hours discussing the problem. As the descriptions became quite complicated this led to the point that our expert was invited to the plant and visit on-site to better define the case. After a few hours of explanations on-site it became quite evident that the substance in question was not eligible for registration and hence was exempted. Looking back it was good money invested in thinking it through and well worth the trip to the site as this was a minor investment compared to a full registration dossier; the client easily saved € 50k in consulting charges and multiples thereof in testing costs.
CASE STUDY 2: Intertek: helping to reduce letter of access costs
Letter of access costs for a client were unacceptably high. Intertek’s Regulatory Services Group in the EU reduced the client’s letter of access cost from €300,000 to €80,000. This result was made possible by leveraging a thorough understanding of the science behind REACH in addition to the business practices surrounding the implementation. As a neutral service provider, Intertek was able to challenge the valuation of studies based on science, fairness and transparency.
CASE STUDY 3: Intertek’s global network of experts helps clients achieve cost-effective registrations worldwide
As most companies focus more and more on core competencies such as R&D, marketing and production, it is our role as true service provider to help our clients with exactly those support services no longer considered core. For instance, our analytical, regulatory and environmental compliance services focus on these competencies ensuring that our clients can draw from our global network of experts, particularly in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific Rim. Due to our in-depth understanding of the regulatory requirements locally we helped a multinational chemical company save € 80k by coordinating the testing requirements for China, Japan and Europe.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Andrew Swift – Executive Vice President Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Andrew Swift is executive vice president of Intertek's Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals division, which role he assumed in January 2008. Prior to this, he was vice president of global outsourcing within Intertek's Commodities Division. Dr Swift joined Intertek in 2001 as business development manager of the group's laboratory facilities at Sunbury (UK). Both of Andrew's degrees are from UMIST and he is a chartered chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry.Dr Ruud Overbeek – Vice President, Global Health, Environmental and Regulatory Services
Dr Ruud Overbeek manages Intertek’s Health and Environmental (H&E) business which includes restricted substances, REACH, and climate change-related services. Ruud and his global team deliver solution-led services to help companies fulfil the requirements of ever-changing global legislation. He is a regular author in respected industry and environmental publications, holds advisory roles on environmental business impact within the US health and beauty industry’s governing association and has a doctorate in chemistry.Neil Chapman – Vice President, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Americas
Neil has been in his current, joint role of business development for Commodities and Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals divisions since 2006. In this joint role, Neil is responsible for ensuring superior customer support across the business groups in addition to growing the materials testing business in the Americas. Neil attended Chelmsford College in the UK where he graduated in chemistry.Dr Marc Thouin – Vice President, Regulatory Services
Dr Thouin is vice president for regulatory services and bears the operational responsibility globally. He studied natural sciences at the Swiss Federal School of Technology in Zuerich and obtained his PhD in toxicology in 1983, followed by a postdoctoral study at GDSearle in Chicago, USA.Torben Nörlem, Esq – Chief Counsel
Torben Nörlem, Intertek’s senior legal counselor, has a LLM in Law from the legal faculty at Copenhagen University and 15 years’ experience working with product related legislation and regulatory framework. Torben has been working as chief counsel for health and environment with Interek since 2008. Torben was responsible for legal affairs related to the REACH legislative process and was a participant of the Danish government negotiation team during the negotiations in the European Union. He was also responsible for implementation and administration of EU rules regarding chemicals in electronics in Denmark.Dr Michael Leise – Senior Expert Consultant
Michael Leise is one of Intertek’s regulatory affairs senior expert consultant whose responsibilities include consulting on notification strategies for chemicals worldwide, test-programme development, chemical risk assessment, negotiations with authorities and scientific bodiesHe studied at Heidelberg, researched in Boston at MIT and aquired environmental expertise at TÜV Rheinland before he joined Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Lampertheim as head of product safety in 1995.Dr Manuela Corazza– Global Regulatory Operations Manager
Manuela Corazza is Intertek’s country manager for Italy’s Regulatory Services, Global Operations support manager, and a senior regulatory projects manager. Karen Levins – SVP, Global BD & Marketing, Intertek Cantox Health Sciences
Karen Levins serves as Interteks’s senior vice president, Global Business Development Cantox and vice president Chemicals Group Cantox. As a regulatory toxicologist with more than 19 years’ experience, Ms Levins helps the chemical industry understand and comply with global regulations controlling the manufacture, importation, distribution, and use of new and existing products.
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Website www.jsci.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Simpson House, Windsor Court, Clarence Drive,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2PE, UKTel +44 (0)1423 520245Fax +44 (0)1423 520297Contact Dr Samantha Wright or Dr Richard ElsmoreDirectors Lucy Croucher, Managing Director Denis Kaye, Finance DirectorOwnership Private companyLocations UKFounded 1992
OVERVIEW
JSC International Limited is a privately owned independent European consultancy company predominantly providing regulatory support to the chemical, agrochemical and biocides industries.At JSC we have a dedicated team of highly motivated people with backgrounds from government, industry and contract research. Our integrated, cross discipline working practices enable us to provide novel and innovative approaches to problem solving, supported by our excellent contacts with regulatory officials and scientific experts throughout the world.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group undisclosedTurnover, chemical service provision undisclosedNo of offices 1No of countries represented 30+Staff, group 22Staff, chemical service provision 19
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Training5%
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JSC International Limited, Simpson House, Windsor Court, Clarence Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2PE, United Kingdom
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH services
JSC consultants have significant experience in all aspects of REACH. We have prepared a large number of registration dossiers and chemical safety reports (CSRs) and have provided expert advice on specific areas of REACH such as data evaluation and study monitoring. JSC have Sief/consortium management experience and ensure that the deadlines of your project are met. We are able to help with the preparation of consortium agreements, communication within the consortium and ensure an effectively running consortium. JSC are able to help downstream users identify their obligations and provide training to ensure continued compliance.CLP/GHS
JSC experts are able to assist with classification, labelling and safety data sheet creation including the extended safety data sheet containing exposure scenarios.DGSA
JSC can offer dangerous goods safety adviser services for the transport of hazardous goods. Our experts can act as your company DGSA, provide support, auditing and training.Biocidal products
JSC offers regulatory support for both active substances and biocidal products. We have experience of submitting active substance dossiers for a wide range of product types under the BPD. For biocidal products we routinely submit national registrations and have good contacts with regulatory authorities in all member states within the EU. We are also active in submitting BPD product dossiers following Annex I inclusion. We are able to offer support to a diverse range of biocidal products.JSC can also offer more general regulatory support to biocide manufacturers and formulators in areas such as scope issues, efficacy testing, claim support and risk assessment.Agrochemical products
JSC has extensive experience in the preparation, submission and regulatory support of EU dossiers and national draft registration reports. We have an excellent track record of successful EU approvals and national authorisations and are well-placed to assist you in the development of strategies to support your compounds in Europe.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1992 EU offices of JSC formed – US owners1996 Offices relocated to Harrogate2004 Management buy-out2005 Biocides expertise consolidated2006 Development of expertise in REACH2008 Consolidation of REACH capability2010 Preparation and submission of a large number of REACH
dossiers/CSRs
ACCREDITATIONS
All technical staff are qualified to degree level or higher (MSc and or PhD). Our senior toxicologists are Society of Biology/ British Toxicology Society and EUROTOX registered and our DGSA has current certification. We employ a number of Chartered Biologists (CBiol) including two fellows of the Society of Biology (FSB).
PARTNERS
Network of locally recognised contacts across the globe.
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Our clients range from large international companies to SMEs located worldwide.
TESTIMONIALS
We are unable to identify our clients due to client confidentiality constraints.
CASE STUDY 1: REACH dossier preparation
JSC has provided REACH dossier preparation for a number of complex and hazardous chemical substances. These substances have required the identification of data gaps and where necessary, placing and monitoring of studies. JSC has also been responsible for the production of the registration dossiers for the lead registrants and members of the consortia in IUCLID 5 and for developing the chemical safety report and working with the consortia members to identify downstream user descriptor codes. These projects were successful culminating in the submission of substance dossiers for the 2010 deadline.During the development of these dossier and safety assessments JSC has had to work with consortia members and downstream users to identify relevant use patterns and in the development of appropriate RMM and in the production of meaningful extended SDS.
CASE STUDY 2: REACH downstream user support
JSC has successfully provided support to downstream users. Through training and consultations, JSC has provided the expertise and knowledge for downstream users to determine their obligations under the REACH Regulation, understand the implications of supply chains and effectively plan their regulatory strategy and compliance.
CASE STUDY 3: New substance registration
JSC successfully submitted one of the very first REACH dossiers for a new non-phase in substance. This substance dossier has now been upgraded through the tonnage bands.
STAFF SELECTION
Lucy Croucher – Managing Director
Lucy Croucher has been working in the area of European agrochemical regulatory affairs since 1994. She has managed large scale projects for the preparation, submission and support of EU dossiers for existing active substances, resubmissions and new active substances under Directive 91/414/EEC. To date, JSC has been involved in the successful approval of 17 active substances.Lucy is currently advising Clients on Annex I renewals and the implications of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.Dr Samantha Wright – Regulatory Affairs: REACH
Samantha Wright is an experienced REACH manager with previous responsibilities for tracking and implementing worldwide legislation to ensure global regulatory compliance. Samantha has experience in the preparation and submission of REACH dossiers and consortium management, as well as a number of years authoring safety data sheets and determining classification and labelling. Samantha has been involved with strategy planning for business compliance and delivering training for REACH and CLP.Samantha’s background in regulatory affairs was gained through working with clients in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors.
Dr Richard Elsmore – Regulatory Affairs: Biocides and REACH
Richard Elsmore has held a number of senior roles with speciality chemical manufacturers and formulators and has experience of working with a wide range of product chemistries; he has a practical background of operating within the global chemical market and with FMCG’s. Richard has worked in technical, regulatory and business management positions and has been involved with a number of industry bodies at EU level. He is also a director of the British Association for Chemical Specialities (BACS).Richard has experience of submitting a number of dossiers under REACH (1907/2006), BPD (98/8/EC) and PPPD (91/414/EEC) as well as submissions to national regulatory authorities. He has been actively involved with a number of industry bodies on the implementation of the EU legislation and in the area of efficacy testing and claim support. He also sits on the BSi Technical Committee on disinfectant standards (CH/216) and has represented BSi within CEN. He has also worked on both method development and the assessment of individual chemicals in the human and environmental risk assessments programme (HERA).Dr Justine Weyman – Regulatory Affairs: Agrochemicals and REACH
Justine has experience of working on REACH projects for a number of years and is responsible for project management, assistance with product dossiers and contacts with ECHA and national regulatory authorities. Her background is both within national regulatory authority, industry and consultancy.Peter Chapman – Director of Regulatory Affairs
Peter has many years’ experience in pesticides registration matters having previously held senior roles in the UK regulatory authority both in a national and international capacity. He has worked extensively with the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority and most EU Member States. His main focus is on providing up to date advice on regulatory matters relating to pesticide active substances and plant protection products.
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Website www.kft.deE-mail [email protected] office Im Leuschnerpark 3, 64347 Griesheim, GermanyTel +49 6155 86829 0Fax +49 6155 86829 25Contact Dr Karl-Franz Torges, Ludwig Winkler Directors Dr Karl-Franz Torges, Managing PartnerOwnership Private companyLocations Griesheim (near Darmstadt), GermanyFounded 1995
OVERVIEW
KFT Chemieservices’ business is the competence in regulatory and product safety affairs. We ensure our customers’ legal compliance for registrations, documentation as well as environmental exposures.Key elements are our experienced and well trained staff, modern, sophisticated software and fair compensation of our services. Our responsiveness to individual customer needs is well recognised in the market.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 9Staff, chemical service provision 5
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information14%
Laboratory3%
IT & software2%
Legal2%
Training8%
SERVICES PROVIDED
Hazardous substance consulting
Safety data sheets
Generation of EU safety data sheets (SDS) in accordance with current legislation (including GHS) for substances or compounds in all European and other languages ie Turkish, Russian, Malay, Chinese Mandarin and Thai, with particular consideration of national requirements MSDS for US/ Canada according to current local legislation. Permanent updating of safety data sheets (SDS) pursuant to statutory requirements. You can choose your own personal layout, or to individualise to your corporate identity.Working instructions
Generating of working instructions pursuant to §14 of the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (Gefahrstoffverordnung – GefStoffV) and the technical standards for hazardous substances (TRGS) 555.Labels
Creation of the right labels including individual layouts to adhere to current regulations/ languages with particular considerations of the biocide directive. Labelling for exports to US and Canada to meet their prevailing standardsResearch
Customised substance data research, marketability check, limitations for chemicals prohibition ordinance and substances of very high concern (SVHC), special packaging and labelling requirements. Product registration
Registration pursuant to §16e of the German Chemicals Act (ChemG), the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the German Detergents and Cleaning Agents Act (WMRG) and product registrations in Switzerland, Greece, the Netherlands, the US and other nations.REACH
KFT Chemieservice has been working with REACH since 2001. Since that time we have prepared a number of companies for REACH, devised practical solutions by deploying task forces, and have carried out more than 3,000 pre-registrations for our customers.We offer you:
O only representative services pursuant to article 8 (REACH) O third-party representative services pursuant to article 4 (REACH) O representative services as lead registrant O registrations according article 11 and 19 of REACH O preparations of IUCLID dossiers and CSR (chemical safety reports)
Our REACH and management services cover: O impact analysis, strategic and operative REACH consulting, portfolio
as well as supply chain communication consultationOur Sief management provides:
O project management, financial processing and settlement, trustee services, conducting studies and organisation of data sharing , communication with customers, authorities and competitors.
Biocides
With an experienced team we handle registrations of biocide substances, coordinate study generation, prepare the dossiers and do the authority management.Training and coaching
Online training (webinars) are available on a regular basis and on demand for REACH, biocides, MSDS, GHS and CLP
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1995 Foundation of KFT Chemieservice in Rellingen , near Hamburg, Germany
1996 First training for the generation of MSDS for Europe and US 1998 First registration according to the existing substances
regulation 793/93/EC2000 Relocation of the company to Griesheim, Germany2008 First only representative contract with Brazilian company2010 > 3000 pre-registrations, > 60 substances registered,
first biocide substance registered2010 Launch of KFT-ChemDoc24.de2011 First substances in articles notified
ACCREDITATIONS
VCH (association of chemical suppliers) subsidiary of FECC (European Association of Chemical Distributors)Member of ENES (European network on exposure scenarios)
PARTNERS
Tradas Translations and Consulting Services (Flexible customised solutions for linguistic and technical needs)Laus GmbH (GLP certified testing laboratory)
CLIENTS
Chemical manufacturers, distributors, importers of consumer goods, biocide substances, pharmaceutical raw materials, hygiene products for veterinary applications, household cleaner formulations and other products.
CASE STUDY 1: Marketability study:
Consumer goods providers must take many legal stipulations into consideration. Particular attention is paid to hazardous materials and hazardous cargo. Usually, these providers are distributors and not manufacturers of the products. Therefore, a few traders have established a partnership with KFT Chemieservice GmbH, in order to verify product compliance. Together with the tender, suppliers of the consumer goods providers are asked to submit a confirmation from KFT Chemieservice GmbH that all documents and labels conform to legal regulations. KFT Chemieservice checks the requirements and legal conformity with regard to:
O chemical legislation O Ordinance on Detergents O cosmetics regulations O biocide regulations O environmental regulations O commodities regulations O transport law (hazardous materials) etc O and ultimately issues approval for marketing
CASE STUDY 2: Marketability study 2
Medium sized chemical companies strategically expand their marketing range. In-house experts are normally familiar with the details of European regulations. But what are the regulations for transport, warehousing and labelling in exotic countries? We check the requirements in this area using the target country list, create checklists and make recommendations for labels. The customer receives detailed and reliable documentation about the requirements.
CASE STUDY 3: REACH lead registrant support
Our strength is the support of the medium-sized industry, whose core competence does not lie within the production or handling of chemical products. The REACH requirements are particularly problematic here. KFT Chemieservice verifies the requirements. If there is no lead registrant or Sief facilitator appointed for strategic products, we evaluate the registration capacity of the material by our customers, check the competition situation and identify possible co-registrants. After a positive economic evaluation by our customer, we facilitate the registration of the material. Thus, we cover all steps of the process. We perform the Sief survey with the available data in consideration of the interests of other Sief participants, find the existing data and data gaps, undertake negotiations with data keepers and contract testing labs to close the data gaps. We create the IUCLID file and the CSR and take care of registration with the ECHA. As a result of this, the client receives the registration number. KFT markets the letter of access to other registrants. As an additional service, we create the safety data sheets with appendix (exposure scenarios) in all EU languages. We provide one-stop service for the client.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Karl-Franz Torges – Managing Partner
Dr Karl-Franz Torges is founder and managing partner of KFT Chemieservice GmbH, heading the business unit REACH and Registrations. Familiar with hazardous materials, hazardous cargo, MSDS and registrations since 1989. Several years experience in working with software companies focusing on compliance software (SAP EH&S). Since 2001 instrumental participation for the development of software tools for REACH processes. Member of Cefic and VCI working groups. Consulting for the development of IUCLID 5.0. Consulting and training projects and workshops for hazardous materials management, registrations, and chemical compliance.Angelika Torges – Member of the board
Board member and heading the division hazardous materials, marketability study and MSDS. Experience and responsibilities in these segments since 1989. Certified dangerous goods officer for several companies. Expertise in toxicology, ecotoxocology, chemical compliance ie for washing and cleaning agents and has expert certificate for §5 of Restriction Ordinance on Chemicals.Other staff
Majority of staff are PhD chemists, biologists and experts in food technology with years of experience for material registrations and MSDS. In-house training is a strong focus and sustainable external training is obligatory.
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Website www.laus.deE-mail [email protected] office Auf der Schafweide 20, 67489 Kirrweiler, GermanyTel +49 6321 96299 0Fax +49 6321 96299 29Contact Dr Dietmar Kuhn / Anette RudolfDirectors Dr Dietmar Kuhn, Managing Director Jutta Paulus, Managing Director Joerg Paulus, Managing DirectorOwnership Private CompanyLocations GermanyFounded 1991
OVERVIEW
LAUS is a competent partner for all necessary studies according REACH. We supply the right test strategy for your substances in order to avoid unnecessary studies. REACH having become effective, experience in testing and registration of chemicals is more important than ever. Besides specialisation, original ideas and innovation, high demands are necessary in order to correctly interpret the REACH guideline concerning the scope of studies. In our internationally active GLP test facility we provide you with all necessary data and help you in fulfilling the regulation demands.Due to our experience with registration authorities, we can work out an individual testing scenario for REACH together with our customer. Taking into account the physico-chemical properties, the necessary and useful studies are chosen in cooperation with the toxicologists. With this strategy, cost for testing is minimised, and time-lines are shortened considerably, not to speak of animal welfare.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
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Consultancy/ advisory
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LAUS GmbH, Kirrweiler, Germany
SERVICES PROVIDED
Chemicals
Two new important European regulations are relevant for manufacturers or importers of chemical substances:
O the European Regulation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals, EC No 1907/2006) became effective on 01 June 2007. REACH affects all new chemicals as well as existing substances (EINECS Inventory)
O the EU Regulation (EC No 1272/2008) on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), entered into force on 20 January 2009. The CLP-Regulation introduces the globally harmonised system of the United Nations for the classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) into the EU
REACH/ CLP compliance with LAUS
O sameness/ identity O physico-chemical properties (EU and UN methods) O toxicology – in vivo studies/ in vitro studies O mutagenicity and genotoxicity O aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology O environmental fate and behaviour O analytical chemistry
Biocides/ biocidal products
The current regulatory framework for biocidal products and their active substances is established by Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market and a number of implementing Commission Regulations, in particular Commission Regulation (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme.
O stability studies – accelerated storage stability, low temperature stability, long term stability
O physico-chemical properties (CIPAC, EU and OECD) O toxicology O in vivo studies/ in vitro studies O mutagenicity and genotoxicity O aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology O environmental fate and behaviour O analytical chemistry
Veterinary medicinal products
The EU legal framework for veterinary medicinal products (VMP) is primarily laid down in Directive 2001/82/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/28/EC as well as Regulation (EC) 726/2004.For the environmental impact assessment LAUS provides you with all necessary data and helps you in fulfilling the demands according the current guidelines (CVMP/VICH/790/03-FINAL, CVMP/VICH/790/03-FINAL and EMEA/CVMP/ERA/418282/2005-Rev1).Phase II: Tier A and Tier B:
O physico-chemical properties O aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology O environmental fate and behaviour O analytical chemistry
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Together with experienced partners we provide the following services: O regulations and procedures for dossier preparation for active
ingredients and plant protection products (Annex II / Annex III ) in accordance with Directive 91/414/EEC
O dossier completeness check O determination of study profiles O contracting and monitoring of studies O dossier compilation
LAUS provides the necessary studies: O physico-chemical properties O toxicology – in vivo studies/ in vitro studies O mutagenicity and genotoxicity O environmental fate – ecotoxicology/ biodegradability O field studies and residual analysis O development of analytical methods
Human pharmaceuticals / medical devices
We test the effects of drugs, medical devices and medicinal products for human use. All studies are carried out according to EC/FDA/ICH-guidelines, the legal requirements such as Directive 2001/83/EC and EMEA/CHMP/SWP/4447/00 and according to GLP.
O toxicology – acute, subacute and chronic studies, carcinogenicity studies, reproduction studies
O environmental fate – ecotoxicology/ biodegradability O mutagenicity studies – bacterial reverse mutation test (Ames
test), mammalian chromosome aberration test, mammalian cell micronucleus test, mammalian cell gene mutation test - mouse lymphoma-/ HPRT-test
O analytical chemistry O extractables/ leachables
Cosmetic products
LAUS offers alternative methods to animal tests in the field of Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetics products (Cosmetics Directive).
O in vitro skin corrosion and irritation O in vitro eye irritation O in vitro mutagenicity and genotoxicity O skin sensitisation O in vitro skin penetration O safety evaluation O technical product file
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1991 Foundation in Neustadt/Weinstraße, Germany1999 First GLP certification2006 New laboratory in Kirrweiler, Germany2011 Opening of second laboratory building in Kirrweiler
ACCREDITATIONS
Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
STAFF SELECTION
Ms Jutta Paulus – Head of Quality Assurance
Mr Jörg Paulus – Head of Laboratory
Mr Dr Dietmar Kuhn – Managing Director
Ms Anette Rudolf – Manager Business Development
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Website www.lsr-associates.comE-mail [email protected] office Woolley Road, Alconbury, Cambs, PE28 4HS, UKTel +44 (0)1954 212132Contact [email protected] Private companyLocations UK, Japan and USAFounded 2006
OVERVIEW
LSR Associates is a regulatory consultancy group providing support to the chemical, crop protection and biocide industries in their worldwide registration efforts. LSR Associates has the people with the expertise, experience and support network to mirror the in-house safety assessment capabilities of major development companies and offers strategic regulatory advice covering all areas of safety assessment.With a proven track record of achieving major registrations for both new and existing substances, LSR Associates has the innovative ideas to provide cost effective solutions to difficult regulatory issues. Many of our senior consultants serve on a number of key committees and working groups, with representation within the UK industry and governmental groups.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
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GLOBAL OFFICES
LSR Associates Ltd: Woolley Road, Alconbury, Cambs, PE28 4HS Tel:+44 (0)1954 212132 LSR Associates Inc: 8480 Honeycutt Road, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA Tel: +1 919 714 7275LSR Associates Ltd, Japan: Bancho Kaikan, 12-1 Gobancho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-0076 Tel: +81 (0) 3 3238 6381-7
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory consultancy and dossier preparation
LSR Associates has the experience and knowledge to provide the full range of regulatory services to the chemical, crop protection and biocide industries and covering:
O strategic regulatory advice and expert regulatory consultancy for all areas of safety assessment
O full development project management and critical issue review O preparation of dossiers and product submissions, including post
submission support through the regulatory processFor industrial chemicals, LSR Associates covers all aspects of worldwide notifications (for example the EU and China). For the EU whether you are a manufacturer, an importer or a user, we are uniquely positioned to help you in your REACH compliance efforts including:
O development of compliance requirements and strategies O interpretation of regulations O data adequacy/data gap analysis and testing plans O registration dossier preparation (lead, joint, Article 26, PPORDS) O expert waivers to save time and resources O exposure scenarios and chemical safety assessments and reports O representative services (OR, consortia, Siefs) O consortium and task force representation services O literature searches
Ensuring that your chemical substance reaches its full potential in the worldwide marketplace means registering it in all of your target countries. However, as you know, each of those countries can have their own very unique notification system. Our team of chemical experts has extensive knowledge of notifications and recent legislative changes throughout the world. We have made submissions for our customers in all of the major markets including: EU, USA, Japan and ChinaIn fact, we have submitted more than 2,000 substance notifications worldwide.EU representation
LSR Associates offers representative services for both EU (third party representation) and non-EU companies (only representation). We currently represent over 70 companies, supporting more than 1,500 substances.Agrochemicals and biocides
LSR Associates has extensive experience in the global registration of agrochemicals. Our consultants have been responsible for 10 new active substance submissions in EU alone, comparable to any agrochemical company. This expertise is directly transferrable to both biocides and chemicals projects.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 LSR Associates Limited formed out of a regulatory group with more than 15 years’ experience providing consultancy support from within a major CRO
2011 Offices opened in US and Japan
PARTNERS
LSR Associates has a network of consultants to provide the local knowledge needed for management of country specific registrations.
CLIENTS
LSR Associates has a large portfolio of clients covering more than 40 countries and ranging from large multinationals through to smaller specialised companies. Our customers cover the whole spectrum of the chemical, crop protection and biocide industries.
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CASE STUDY 1: Modelling QSARs
LSR Associates is experienced in the application of modelling/QSARs. A regulatory authority had requested a significant set of environmental data to be provided by our client unless it could be demonstrated that the substance was not bioaccumulative. We applied molecular modelling to determine that the molecular weight/dimension criteria were met such that the substance would not bioaccumulate. No studies were therefore required.
CASE STUDY 2: Avoiding vertebrate testing where possible
LSR Associates will work with our clients to avoid vertebrate testing wherever possible. A client with an EU NONS substance needed a tonnage upgrade under EU REACH which required the filling of a reproductive toxicity endpoint. By gaining a detailed knowledge and understanding of use information, combined with an expert review of the available toxicity data for the substance, we were able to justify the derogation of the study.
CASE STUDY 3: Only representation
LSR Associates acts as only representative (OR) for more than 70 companies. Although not a direct OR responsibility, we have been able to act as a facilitator for discussions between the numerous parties in the supply chain where communications had become difficult. We have also been very active in the determination of substance sameness for our clients.
STAFF SELECTION
Phil Saunders – Head of Regulatory Affairs
Phil manages the LSR Associates team based in the UK (covering both agrochemical and chemical/REACH), and has more than 30 years’ experience in product safety. Phil has a proven track record of defining regulatory strategies to defend challenging compounds and maintaining markets for both proprietary and commodity companies.Previous to joining LSR Associates, Phil provided high level consultancy services to the both the agrochemical and chemical industries. Phil has also been a product safety manager for a major agrochemical company.Christopher Cordon – Chemical Regulatory Affairs Team Leader
Chris is the team leader for the Chemical Regulatory Services group within LSR Associates. He has particular expertise in project management and in the design of programmes of work to support global product registration. He has set up and monitored numerous studies in China for new substance notification work since this service was first offered by LSR Associates in 2005.David Howes – Chemical Regulatory Affairs Specialist
David specialises in the area of chemical risk assessment, chemical grouping for read-across and computational chemistry for chemical regulatory purposes, utilising his previous 20 years’ laboratory experience in environmental analysis and physico-chemical property determination.David was a key driver in interpreting the EU REACH regulation and its implementation within LSR Associates Ltd, and was previously involved in the preparation of new notification dossiers for global submission. David has experience of working with a wide variety of clients, advising them on notification and test strategies.Barbara Ganney – Representation Services Manager
Barbara is the leader of the Representation team within LSR Associates. She was instrumental in setting up the service and co-ordinated the pre-registration of over 1500 substances. Barbara has significant project/process management experience supported by a background in Quality Assurance (GxP).
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Website www.mercer.comE-mail [email protected] office 1255 23rd Street, NW; Suite 250, Washington, DC, USATel +1-202-331-2630Fax +1-202-463-8006Contact Dee WoodhullLocations Washington, DC, USAFounded 2008
OVERVIEW
To ensure business success, modern high-performing global companies must know and understand their obligations under the laws and regulations in the countries in which they do business. Finding accurate, up-to-date and accessible (accurately translated) information, however, can be extremely difficult, time consuming and expensive. To help companies address the need to understand the environmental and occupational health and safety (EHS) laws and regulations of countries outside the US, Mercer ORC Networks has developed its Country Profiles™ services.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
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SERVICES PROVIDED
Global HSE regulatory and auditing information
Mercer HSE Networks Country ProfilesTM answer multinational companies’ needs for a means of identifying HSE legislation and resulting regulatory and enforcement policies in individual countries and in the provinces of larger countries such as China, Australia and Canada. Each of Mercer HSE Networks’ latest country profiles contains a detailed self-assessment checklist that can be used to assist in auditing implementation of regulatory requirements. Mercer HSE Networks Country Profiles currently cover more than 50 countries and provinces. New provinces and countries are being added regularly. The country profiles can be purchased by annual subscription either individually, as an entire library, or as specific groupings by region.Contents of a Mercer HSE networks country profile – general information
1. Introduction and limitations2. General overview
O 2.1 Summary O 2.2 Approach to environmental and occupational health and safety
issues3. Legislative and legal process
O 3.1 Promulgation of laws/regulations O 3.2 International agreements O 3.3 Liabilities and penalties
4. Regulatory agencies O 4.1 Environmental O 4.2 Occupational health and safety
5. Key laws and regulations O 5.1 Environmental O 5.1.1 Key legislation O 5.2 Occupational health and safety O 5.2.1 Key legislation
6. Other local resourcesContents of a Mercer HSE networks country profile – environmental
7. General environmental requirements8. Air quality/emissions9. Wastewater discharges10. Water resources11. Hazardous waste management12. Solid (non-hazardous) waste management13. Radioactive materials handling and disposal14. Hazardous/dangerous substances compliance programmes
O 14.1 Asbestos O 14.2 Ozone-depleting substances O 14.3 PCBs O 14.4 Batteries O 14.5 Recycled plastics O 14.6 RoHS/WEEE O 14.7 REACH
15. Environmental noise16. Tank storage management
O 16.1 Above-ground tank management O 16.2 Underground tank management
17. Remediation18. Property transactions/due diligence19. External emergency planning
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Contents of a Mercer HSE networks country profile – occupational health and safety
20. General occupational health and safety requirements21. Health and safety representatives and committees22. Worker right-to-know/hazard communication23. Employee medical and well-being requirements
O 23.1 Facility and personnel medical requirements O 23.2 Employee well-being O 23.3 Wellness programmes O 23.4 Work-life requirements O 23.5 Female/young workers
24. Work environment and controls25. Machinery, equipment and controls26. Electrical safety
O 27. Chemical and substance management O 27.1 Compressed gas O 27.2 Flammable liquid storage O 27.3 Other chemical management
28. Industrial hygiene and exposure limits O 28.1 Chemical hazards O 28.2 Biological hazards O 28.3 Physical hazards
29. Personal protection equipment O 29.1 Areas and types of protection O 29.1.1 Eyes and ears O 29.1.2 Hands O 29.1.3 Respiratory O 29.1.4 Body and feet O 29.2 Equipment selection, standards, training and maintenance
30. Internal emergency response requirements O 30.1 Fire safety and protection O 30.2 Life safety O 30.3 Emergency and evacuation plans
31. Ergonomics and work organisationEnvironmental audit checklist questions
O general environmental requirements O air quality/emissions O wastewater discharges O water resources O hazardous waste management O solid (non-hazardous) waste management O radioactive materials handling and disposal O hazardous/dangerous substance compliance programs O environmental noise O tank storage management O remediation O property transactions/due diligence O external emergency planning
Health and safety audit checklist questions
O general occupational health and safety requirements O health and safety representatives and committees O worker right-to-know/hazard communication O employee medical and well-being requirements O work environments and controls O machinery, equipment and controls O electrical safety O chemical and substance management O industrial hygiene and exposure limits O personal protection equipment O internal emergency response requirements O ergonomics and work organisation
Partial listing of country profiles now available
ArgentinaAustralia – QueenslandAustralia – WesternAustriaBrazilCanadaChina (PRC)
O Beijing O Chengdu – Sichuan Province O Qingdao – Shandong Province O Shanghai O Taiwan (ROC) O Tianjin O Wuxi – Jiangsu Province O Zhuhai – Guangdong Province
ColombiaCzech RepublicDenmarkEuropean UnionFinlandGermanyHungaryIndiaIndonesiaIsraelItalyJapanMalaysiaMexicoNew ZealandNorwayPeruPolandRomaniaRussian FederationSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSlovakiaSouth KoreaSwedenTaiwanThailandUkraineVenezuelaVietnamFor more information about Mercer ORC Networks Country Profiles, meetings or other consulting services, please contact:Dee Woodhull, 1255 23rd St. NW, Suite 250, Washington DC 20037+1 202 331 2630
PARTNERS
The Isosceles Group, a Sleeman, Hanley and DiNitto Company
CLIENTS
Multinational organisations with HSE compliance needs in a variety of countries.
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Website www.notox.nlE-mail [email protected] office Hambakenwetering 7, 5231 DD ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The
NetherlandsTel +31 73 6406700Fax +31 73 6406799Contact [email protected] Privately ownedLocations Japan, UK, Switzerland, The Netherland, USAFounded 1983
OVERVIEW
NOTOX specialises in personalised contract research and expert consultancy for the registration of pharmaceutical products, biocides and (agro)chemicals worldwide. More than 290 well-trained and dedicated specialists and modern purpose built laboratories and offices are available to perform your regulatory toxicology studies. Our operations have been endorsed by the GLP monitoring authorities (OECD/EPA/FDA/JMAFF certification). NOTOX is part of WIL Research Company, Inc which consists of more than 1,000 dedicated scientific, technical and support personnel with locations in the United States, Europe and Japan. The United States locations include Ashland OH; Hillsborough NC; and Boothwyn PA. NOTOX provides regulatory affairs support and programme management for the chemical industry, helping you to focus on the core activity of your company and advancing your compounds and products to the market. Our experts give advice on the full range of regulatory and exploratory studies you will need. Importantly, they are skilled experts and able to deliver relevant information to you with full transparency.For successful registration of your compound with ECHA, it is necessary to provide a set of elementary physical and chemical characteristics and spectral data analysed by MS, IR, UV-Vis and NMR to confirm the compound identity. A full listing of our phys-chem capabilities is available upon request. We help you to select the appropriate test and perform these tests according to OECD, EC or OPPTS guidelines. Whenever possible, NOTOX prepares expert statements instead of more costly full studies. NOTOX statements are recognised by the competent authorities worldwide. We supply a certificate of analysis after completion of the required determinations (content and impurity profiling).In Europe, NOTOX is located in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, with a supporting office in Switzerland. Our office serving Japan is located in Tokyo.Services provided by NOTOX BV: dedicated and crystal clear.
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Consultancy/ advisory
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GLOBAL OFFICES
In Europe, main facility in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, with support offices in Switzerland and UK. Additional support offices in Tokyo, Japan and in the USA main facility in Ashland (Ohio)
SERVICES PROVIDED
Our objective is to contribute to better human health, environmental safety and industrial progress by accelerating the development process of our client’s products. We support our clients by providing quality driven contract research services. Our added value results from dedicated staff working together with our client’s project team and enhancing the processes through clear communication and scientific interpretation of results. Our staff create the company’s value and this is enhanced by continuous education, exciting career opportunities and personal development. By these means the NOTOX team remains dedicated and its objectives clear. Crystal clear!REACH compliance
REACH consultancy and Sief management and full testing portfolio
REACH safety testing
To help you comply with the regulations NOTOX has set up a 10-step action plan which will cover all aspects of the registration needs for both phase-in (EINECS materials) and the non-phase-in substances (new chemicals). The different steps are given below. For each of these steps we can provide more details on the activities within that step and the cost estimation for completing that part of the work.Full service portfolio for Annex 7-8-9-10
Registration Australasia, including Japan and China
Registration chemicals worldwide
NOTOX provides regulatory affairs support and programme management, helping you to focus on the core activity of your company and advancing your compounds and products to the market.Registration of agrochemicals and biocides
EDSP – endocrine disruptor screening programme (complete set of assays) in conformity with EPA requirements.Safety testing including toxicology and risk assessment
Toxicology and ADME, general toxicology ,genetic toxicology, in vitro toxicology, developmental and reproduction toxicology, carcinogenicity, ADME and kinetics, safety pharmacology, special toxicity studies, environmental toxicology, formulation development, juvenile toxicity studies, lead optimisation, single rat PK
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O delivering a high level of quality has always been our strength. NOTOX has achieved Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) compliance status for more than 20 years, with the most recent GLP endorsement statement signed in May 2011.
O NOTOX publication was referenced in the guidance document 117 for OECD 443 guideline.
O NOTOX published article is referenced in the guidance document 126 for the OECD 203 guideline.
O NOTOX had award winning poster at EUROTOX 2011. O meeting regulatory requirements is a standard procedure at NOTOX,
but our quality policy reaches far beyond that. One example is the extra care we take in animal welfare. Our in-house animal welfare officer and the animal ethics committee ensure a high level of quality care for all our laboratory animals. Animal welfare is an important part of our daily agenda.
O we never get complacent about quality. Constantly striving to improve it, we regularly analyse our processes and have established quality improvement teams as part of our total quality management (TQM) policy.
CLIENTS
Non-disclosure agreements prohibit this level of information
TESTIMONIALS
Consult the NOTOX telegraph, via www.notox.nl
CASE STUDY 1: NOTOX 10 steps to REACH compliance
We understand clearly that each situation is different and we therefore advocate discussing this in a personal meeting using a REACH-inventory questionnaire going through the following distinct steps:
O Step 1 - Inventory O Step 2 - Pre-registration: closed 1 December 2008 O Step 3 - Refinement of inventory O Step 4 - Data evaluation* O Step 5 - Determination of data gaps* O Step 6 - Completion data requirements (Annex VII/VIII)* O Step 7 - Exposure information (1-10 t/y) and/or chemical safety
assessment/report (CSA/CSR)* O Step 8 - Prepare a test proposal (> 100 t/y)* O Step 9 - Dossier preparation* O Step 10 - Dossier submission and after care*
* steps also apply to non-phase-in substances
CASE STUDY 2: Representation
NOTOX’s regulatory affairs department provides a complete service for the registration of biocides under the biocidal products directive 98/8/EC.Our aim is to provide you with a high quality service which will help you in achieving product registrations in a fast and efficient way. We provide complete hazard characterisation and exposure assessments for operators, workers, bystanders and consumers as well as for the environment (groundwater, surface water, soil, air, non-target organisms). These assessments are carried out using various modelling tools (eg USES, EUSES, etc) and are based on the most up to date guidelines and emission scenario documents.NOTOX’s experienced team consists of regulatory experts in chemistry, environmental fate and behavior, residues, ecotoxicology and human toxicology. In addition to outstanding technical knowledge, we have well-established contact with EU and national authorities and a thorough understanding of the procedures involved in obtaining registrations for biocides.We assist you with dossier preparation at EU and Member state level. We compile complete dossiers (Documents I, II, III and study reports) in electronic format. Prior to dossier compilation, we assist you in identifying data gaps, outsourcing and study monitoring, writing data waivers to save costs and time, and discussions with authorities.Our services are custom made to fit your needs and range from assistance with single sections and smaller regulatory questions to the preparation of complete dossiers.
CASE STUDY 3: Complete hazard and exposure assessments
We provide complete hazard and exposure assessments for operators, workers, bystanders and consumers, as well as for the environment (groundwater, surface water, soil, air, non-target organisms). These assessments are carried out using various modelling tools and are based on the most up to date guidelines.NOTOX’s experienced team consists of regulatory experts in chemistry, environmental fate and behavior, residues, ecotoxicology and human toxicology. In addition to outstanding technical knowledge, NOTOX has well established contact with EU and national authorities and has a thorough understanding of the procedures involved in obtaining registrations for agrochemicals. We assist you with dossier preparation at EU (Annex II) and member state level (Annex III) – taking into account the national dossier requirements.Our services are custom-made to suit your needs. They include dossier compilation (electronic submissions, CADDY), technical dossier writing, data gap analysis and project management, outsourcing and study monitoring, risk and exposure assessments and post-submission support. We further assist you with classification and labelling issues, import tolerance dossiers, and setting of MRLs or help you with complete dossiers or single sections and smaller regulatory questions.
STAFF SELECTION
Wilbert Frieling, DVM – Managing Director
Wilbert Frieling graduated in veterinary science from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, in 1991. From 1991 until 1996 he directed a veterinary practice. He joined NOTOX as a supporting veterinarian in December 1994. In April 1996 he was appointed as section head General and Industrial Toxicology, in 1997 he was appointed as head of Toxicology and in 2004 he was appointed director of Toxicology. When NOTOX joined WIL Holding in 2005, he was appointed as managing director of NOTOX BV. Since 2000 he has been registered as a Eurotox board certified toxicologist. He is also a board member of NVDEC (Dutch society of animal ethical committees). He has presented various papers on international meetings on toxicology (mini-pig in toxicology, continuous infusion technology and preclinical safety testing strategies).Dr Ilona Enninga – Technical Director
Ilona C Enninga graduated in biochemistry and molecular virology (cum laude) in 1981. She worked for five years as research associate at the Laboratory of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, which was concluded with a doctor’s degree in 1986. In 1998 she became a Eurotox registered toxicologist. From 1995 to 2004 she was respectively secretary and chairman of the registration committee on Board Certification of Toxicologists. Presently, Dr Enninga is an active member of several societies of toxicology. She has published in various internationally recognised journals.
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Website www.polgar-acro.euE-mail [email protected] office Polgar ACRO Kft, H-1031 Budapest,
Szentendrei ut 190/B, I floor, 8, HungaryTel +36 70 3157766Fax +36 1 437 03 52Directors Tatsiana Palchekh Andrey KuznetsovLocations Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan Founded 2010
OVERVIEW
Polgar ACRO Agrochemical Consulting and Registration Office was created to guide foreign producers and suppliers of agricultural chemicals through the labyrinth of the registration procedure in CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Belarus).Polgar ACRO provides wide range of regulatory services including comprehensive support for registration of pesticides, biocides, bio pesticides, microbials, fertilisers, pest control agents, surfactants and other products.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group - Turnover, chemical service provision - No of offices 3No of countries represented 6Staff, group 12Staff, chemical service provision 9
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Consultancy/ advisory
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Budapest, Hungary – HeadquartersMoscow, RussiaKiev, Ukraine
SERVICES PROVIDED
Comprehensive assistance in the registration of agrochemicals including dossier preparation, study management, organisation of trials and communication with authorities
Our services include preparation of the application, compilation of the dossier, expert evaluation of the documents, communication with authorities and institutions including facilitation of the document flow between them, and any other activity needed for the successful registration process.Having solid experience in the registration of agrochemicals we minimise the complexity of this procedure for our partners. We share information with our clients at every stage of our activity. Our policy is to make the registration process transparent and traceable.Apart from complete registration support we can also provide a range of case bound services like helping to sort out complications at any stage of an already launched registration.Organisation of demo-trials and public hearings
Polgar ACRO offers a wide range of services in testing of agrochemicals including:
O hygienic assessment of pesticide as a part of the general toxicological-hygienic evaluation of a formulation aimed at receiving an affirmative expert report – organisation and administration of testing procedures, field trials with the specialists from the toxicological center, organisation of on-site tests (field, equipment, transport, working clothes, etc)
O biological efficiency trials – organisation of preliminary testing of agrochemical product to assess its effectiveness in the climatic conditions of CIS, setting-up testing procedures and processes, definition of the effective norm and the minimum number of trials to reduce expenses
Assistance in patent issues
Producers and distributors of generic products may often face the necessity to avoid the violation of patents. Pоlgar ACRO can always help to find the answers to patent questions and receive official conclusions from the State Patent CommitteeRegistration of brand names
Registration of a brand name is recommended to make sure that the unique name of a product is never used by any other company. This is especially important if a manufacturer is using the same name for its product in several countries, so this brand is associated with a particular product of a particular company all over the world.Polgar ACRO offers assistance in the registration of brand names and trade marks for agrochemical products.Guidance through legislative issues around registration of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals
We provide professional consultations to help clients to make an informed decision – to weigh all pro and contra, to find out more about the registration procedure, timeline and costs in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Kazakhstan.We provide consultations independently from our clients’ intention to request a full registration support in future.
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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2010 Polgar ACRO was established. Russian and Hungarian offices were opened. Company also starts to offer registration support in Moldova and Kazakhstan.
2011 Ukrainian office of Polgar ACRO is established in Kiev. Eight successful submissions for registration of agrochemicals in Russia were delivered. Polgar starts to provide regulatory support in Belarus.
2012 Fourteen new submissions for pesticides, two for bio pesticides, two for microbials are finalised in January. Three adjuvants, two disinfectors and four agricultural pesticides are in the submission process.
PARTNERS
O GAB Consulting GmbH
CLIENTS
Some of our recent clients: O Andermatt Biocontrol AG (Switzerland) O Agriphar SA (Belgium) O Indofil Industries Ltd (India)
TESTIMONIALS
“We chose Polgar ACRO to help us registering our baculovirus products for the Russian and Ukrainian market. Our collaboration started in January 2011. We highly appreciate the transparency of collaboration. We exactly know all steps and get regularly updated about the actual situation. Employees of Polgar ACRO are offering a brilliant service looking for fast and pragmatic solutions whenever problems occur. We can recommend Polgar ACRO as a consultant without any doubts” – Andermatt Biocontrol AG“We are using Pogar ACRO Regulatory Services for registration of our products in CIS countries where registration procedure is complicated and frequently changing. They have provided us excellent support in the areas of professional consultations including the guidelines, study management, field trials, interpretation of results, dossier preparation, and communication with the authorities. “Polgar’s staff are thoroughly professional in their approach to the business. Timely follow-up with the authorities and technical support are critical to the registration process, and for this we can vouch for Polgar ACRO. They were always friendly in their approach to us and never felt that we are just one of the many clients. They were always there to solve our problems with enthusiasm. They are reliable professional consultants having expertise in their chosen field” – Indofil Industries Limited
CASE STUDY 1: Introduction of new registration requirements in Russia: Ecological expertise
The situation: 2011 was complicated for all applicants for certification of agrochemicals in Russia due to some serious changes in the registration requirements. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the changes were introduced after all the applications of 2011 had been submitted and contracts with expert institutions signed. State Ecological Expertise (SEE) became mandatory for all agrochemicals contrary to previous rules when the expertise was only applied to active ingredients and products new on the Russian market. Although, the new rules came into force and were applied right away, the State registration system itself was not ready to process such a number of SEEs. The system simply had no resources and capacity – no time, no experts and no equipment. This resulted in long waiting lists and all the applicants where shifted back in time for about six months.Our approach: Ecological expertise is a complicated procedure consisting of several steps and thus it was very hard to find a professional who could take the responsibility to support the expertise on each step and be responsible for the final result. We noted the unsuccessful experience of other companies trying to outsource the whole procedure to one agent, so Polgar ACRO decided to find several contacts, each professional and experienced in a particular stage of the expertise. After a comprehensive background study we divided the procedure into three blocks: 1) organisation of the expertise and public hearings, 2) preparation of technical documentation and expertise report and 3) support of the application for state expert conclusion on SEE. The most challenging and risky issue was the coordination of three agents not connected with each other and none of them responsible for the final result. However, due to a very strict and comprehensive contract between Polgar and sub-agents, tight deadlines defined and everyday coordination we managed to finalise the procedure within 2.5 months against the usual six month and get a positive conclusion from the Expert Committee.
STAFF SELECTION
Mikhail Tkachuk – Registration Team Leader
Mikhail is a registration team leader of Polgar ACRO Ukraine. Mikhail is responsible for registration of conventional herbicides and insecticides, bio pesticides and microbials. Apart from this, he represents Polgar ACRO in the dialogue with the Ukrainian registration authorities. Mikhail has got PhD in plant engeneering. From 1986 to 1994 he was working as an engineer at the plant physiology department of the Ukrainian Academy of Science. From 1994 to 2010 Mikhail was working first as a lead specialist and then as a head of registration department in the Chemical Products Safety division of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine.Andrey Borodavchenko – Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager
Andrey is a senior regulatory affairs manager in Polgar ACRO Russia. His responsibility is supervision of all ongoing registrations, scientific guiding of other registration managers and communication with local authorities. Andrey joined our team in 2010 having had impressive professional experience and a PhD in agronomy behind him. Previously, Andrey worked for the LLC MARUS, a Russian subsidiary of Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd as a registration and development manager and, before that, for the Moscow team of Sumitomo Corporation in the same position. His earlier experience includes also employment by the Russian pesticide manufacturer August and the Moscow division of the All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection.
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Website www.pwc.nl/nl/reachE-mail [email protected] office Thomas R Malthusstraat 5, 1066 JR, Amsterdam, PO
Box 90357, 1006 BJ, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTel +31 (0)88 792 64 56Contact Bas Coolsma – Senior manager Sustainability and
Climate ChangeDirectors Hans Schoolderman – Partner Sustainability and Climate
ChangeOwnership PartnershipLocations Global presence
OVERVIEW
At PwC in the Netherlands more than 4,600 people work together in 12 offices and from three different perspectives: Assurance, Tax and HRS and Advisory. We provide industry-focused services and search for surprising solutions, not only for national and international companies, but also for public sector and civil-society organisations. PwC firms provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to enhance value for their clients. More than 169,000 people in 158 countries in firms across the PwC network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. The chemicals sector is facing an increasingly complex (regulatory) environment concerning (non) financial reporting, risk management, safety and environment. PwC offers a strong and reliable network of dedicated industry experts. We strive to co-create innovative value for our clients from their local or multinational operations, to develop a competitive advantage across the value chain, and to ensure that all corporate stakeholder expectations are recognised and met. Building brand trust, brand growth, and brand effectiveness is the purpose of our practice.Based on our expertise, we provide sector specific services and seek to find surprising solutions. We help our clients on their pathway towards a sustainable future by supporting further integration of responsibility into their business practices by contributing our expertise with passion and an open mind.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €664.4mTurnover, chemical service provision €63mNo of offices 12 No of countries represented 158 Staff, group 4,600+ Staff, chemical service provision -
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
40%
Representation& management
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Other20%
SERVICES PROVIDED
Our sustainability and climate change services
Resource scarcity. Climate change. Environment. Supply chain integration. Inclusive business.Our world is fast filling up with a new breed of issues influencing both companies’ supply chain operations as well as their impact on the environment and society. Today’s smart organisations are tackling these issues head on, managing the risks and exploiting the opportunities across the value chain, as these issues are critical to business continuity, cost and reputation management.With a global network of more than 700 sustainability and climate change professionals, PwC offers a broad range of advisory, assurance and tax services that guide clients through the complexities of adapting to a low-carbon economy and a resource constrained world.With approximately 30 professionals, the Dutch Sustainability and Climate Change team is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The global REACH centre of excellence is embedded in this team as part of our “sustainable resource management services”.Specific REACH services for the chemicals sector
PwC supports its clients with a focus on the financial and risk management aspects of REACH. We have a proven track record showing that we bring added value to the business issue REACH. Besides securing a company’s license to the market, we help our clients to recognise opportunities more easily and capitalise on them.Our services can be categorised into:
O REACH compliance services aimed at securing compliance through business processes. We will make an analysis of potential business or compliance risks and completeness of costs and revenues.
O Sief financial management and administrative services to support companies with the various challenges and risks associated with the set-up and execution of a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory cost sharing process.
O Authorisation services aim to support our clients with the authorisation regime of the REACH Regulation managing their SVHCs (substances of very high concern). PwC helps its clients by determining the impact of the classification as SVHC on their organisation and business continuity. PwC supports companies and sector organisations to prepare for the authorisation process, eg by building business cases using company data on the socio-economic value of (sub)industries and products.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1849 Samuel Lowell Price sets up in business in London.1854 William Cooper establishes his own practice in London,
which seven years later becomes Cooper Brothers.1998 Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers &
Lybrand to create PwC2008 PwC publishes global survey ‘Waking up to REACH’2009 PwC publishes articles in Chemical Watch on ‘REACH
consortia need financial safety nets’ and ‘Managing transaction risks in REACH Joint Submissions’
2010 PwC publishes article on ‘VAT Challenges for REACH cost sharing’ in Chemical Watch
2011 PwC publishes article on ‘2013 Siefs need to use more transparent administration’ in Chemical Watch
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PwC continues to serve the leading market share in the industry. Our chemicals industry practice is comprised of a global network of nearly 3,000 partners and client service professionals. Our chemicals team encourages dialogue on emerging trends and issues by holding conferences for industry executives. PwC is also a sponsor of leadingindustry conferences and frequently authors articles for, or is quoted in, leading industry publications. Our involvement with these organisations represents PwC’s commitment to furthering industry dialogue with chemicals industry leaders.
CASE STUDY 1: Sief administration support – industrial products manufacturer
The client, a multinational industrial products manufacturer, prepares for REACH compliance, as a lead registrant of 25 substances. Data, costs and access to parts of dossiers need to be shared with direct competitors in substance information exchange forums (Siefs). The client is challenged to implement and run a Sief financial administration which 1) is based on clear valuation and allocation principles; 2) is compliant with EU competition law; 3) mitigates business continuity risks following possible failure to deliver a letter of access to competitors. PwC supported the client to realise a 57% increase of the value of the data to be shared, representing a value of €1.2m. The client managed to invoice its competitors prior to giving access to the dossier by means of a token. PwC supported preparation of Sief agreements, dossier valuation, cost allocation, licensing. As well, a VAT burden is avoided and the Sief administration is audited.
CASE STUDY 2: Strategic approach to REACH compliance – global aerospace and transportation manufacturing company
PwC assessed whether the client’s processes and operations are impacted by REACH, through the identification of the regulatory requirements in the context of the client’s operations. The terns were compared to the current position of the client and to leading organisations’ approaches. Thereafter, the company’s two divisions were assessed in more detail and process were mapped. The findings and recommendations were tailored to the specific divisions, products and manufacturing processes, and consisted of strategic and operational improvements on both site and corporate level. As a result, the client changed the REACH governance structure and implemented significant changes to its operational and internal audit processes in order to become and remain REACH compliant.
CASE STUDY 3: Preparing for socio-economic assessment – sector organisation
With the objective to prepare for REACH authorisation, PwC supported an EU industrial sector organisation. We collected and analysed socio-economic and usage data throughout the downstream supply chain. The data was provided by 15 different companies and combined into a comprehensive description of direct and indirect value of the products involved. The report serves as a starting point for advocacy during the REACH authorisation process.
STAFF SELECTION
Hans Schoolderman – Partner Sustainability and Climate Change
Hans has a dual focus on climate change and sustainability. Hans is experienced at working for Dutch, EU- and US based multinationals. His key focus industries are manufacturing and chemical industry, energy and utilities and transport and logistics. Hans is the author of a series of expert opinions targeted to issues in his key focus industries.Bas Coolsma – Senior Manager Sustainability and Climate Change
Bas holds a master’s degree in environmental health science and brings broad experience in organising sustainability driven transformations in the chemicals sector. He is focused at EU REACH and the emerging topic of sustainable materials. Bas is responsible for the REACH proposition of PwC NL. Bas executed many REACH assessments and reviews and manages several REACH consortia and REACH compliance programmes for clients in the global chemicals sector.Geoffrey Schouten – Manager Sustainability and Climate Change
Geoffrey Schouten is a chemist by training and has ten years of experience as a chemicals management consultant. He has supported various multinational chemical companies with regulatory compliance issues. Geoffrey has been leading multiple REACH registration projects and REACH consortia, in which he was responsible for successful and timely registration of over 20 substances. Geoffrey has also worked on projects for the European Commission, such as the review of ECHA.Stephan Roest – Assistant Manager Sustainability and Climate Change
Stephan has a background in chemical engineering and systems engineering, policy analysis and management at Delft University of Technology. He gained extensive experience in EU environmental regulations as REACH and EU ETS. He is helping clients with assessing business impact, respond to obligations and implement necessary business changes coming from EU regulations and local legislation. Stephan supports several lead registrants and consortia with registrations and Sief administration for the REACH regulation.
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CONTACTS
Website www.reach-chemadvice.comE-mail [email protected] office Am Marktplatz 5, D-65779 Kelkheim / Taunus, GermanyTel/ Fax +49 6195 96 199 0/ +49 6195 96 199 33Contact Daniela WallindaDirectors Dr Rudolf Staab, Managing Director Daniela WallindaOwnership Privately owned companyLocations Germany, USA, IndiaFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
REACh ChemAdvice GmbH is a sister company of ChemAdvice AG. It was formed by a group of senior executives with decades of experience in the chemical industry, in collaboration with a team of REACH specialists. As an independent representative with no direct involvement in the production or trading of chemicals, REACH ChemAdvice can act on your behalf without bias. This is very important, especially if you have multiple agents, indirect exports, or want to alter your supply chain into Europe. Founded to help non-EU manufacturers to comply with REACH as only representative, the company now supports EU producers and importers as consultant and/or third party representative, and downstream users as consultant in all REACH matters. Unlike most advisors, we offer the complete scope of REACH-related services: in-house and through our network.REACH ChemAdvice would like to transfer the lessons learned from REACH to the new European Cosmetics Regulation, where the challenge for the cosmetic industry is implementing both regulations at the same time. Our REACH specialists with their background in cosmetics provide a best fit for our clients to comply with both pieces of legislation. As a member of ERPA (European Cosmetics Responsible Persons Association) and ICADA (International Cosmetic and Detergents Association eV), REACH ChemAdvice is actively involved in working groups developing guidance as a support for the cosmetic industry, representing industries´ interests at the respective authorities and giving customers the latest news.Through our support, your company will get advice and efficient implementation of regulations in the chemical and cosmetic industry.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group ca €2.5mTurnover, chemical service provision ca €2.5mNo of offices 3No of countries represented 3Staff, group 10Staff, chemical service provision 10
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
60%
Representation& management
5%
Information20%
Training10%
Other5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
REACh ChemAdvice GmbH, GermanyRegional office, USARegional office, India
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH services
Once you select REACH ChemAdvice as your REACH-consultant, we will be pleased to provide a comprehensive range of services customised exactly for your needs:
O only representative (Art 8 of the REACH-Regulation) O third party representative (Art 4 of the REACH-Regulation) O late pre-registration O SIEF communication O creation and submission of IUCLID 5 dossiers (inquiry, PPROD,
registration) O consortia management/consortia representation O toxicological evaluation/studies/tests /reports O creation of chemical safety reports (CSR) O strategy development for the registration O REACH workshops O REACH due diligence O data gap analysis O training and project management O authority relation management O data vendor management (LoA purchase) O creation of REACH-compliant MSDS in all EU-member states languages
CLP notifications/CLP-group notifications.Cosmetics services
Once you select REACH ChemAdvice as your consultant, we will be pleased to provide a comprehensive range of services customised exactly for your needs:
O regulatory workshops for the cosmetic industry O supply chain analysis O notification according to Art 13 of the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 O data gap analysis O creation of PIF (product information files) according to Art 11 of the
Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 O training of RP (responsible persons) according to Art 4 of the
Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 Start up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany2007 Opening regional office in USA2008 Opening regional office in India and Korea2009 Relocation to new offices in Kelkheim/Taunus2011 Start cosmetics consultancy
ACCREDITATIONS
REACH ChemAdvice GmbH is a member of ORO, the Only Representatives Organisation in Brussels and complies with the quality standards of this trade associationREACH ChemAdvice, as an ERPA-member (European Cosmetics Responsible Person Association), supports the cosmetic industry in all REACH-difficulties during the whole complex cosmetics supply chain, as the cosmetic industry needs to comply with the new Cosmetics Regulation and REACHAs the project manager for the working group responsible person under the new Cosmetics Regulation at ICADA (International Cosmetic and Detergents Association), REACH ChemAdvice GmbH actively develops guidelines for the cosmetic industry, especially for SME (small and medium-sized enterprises).
PARTNERS
Our partners can be viewed on our website
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CLIENTS
Our clients are located in Europe, United States of America, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia
TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials or references will be provided upon individual request
CASE STUDY 1:
The company started offering only representative services for NON-EU Clients in 2007. We represent more than 100 companies with sizes ranging from SME to multinational firms. We also represent European clients as third party representatives and offer consultancy work under REACH
CASE STUDY 2: Consortia management
We successfully managed consortia or represented our clients in consortia. We support our clients throughout the whole REACH registration process from registration strategy development, data generation, and dossier preparation to dossier submission
CASE STUDY 3: Cosmetics industry
We are member of cosmetics associations and are actively involved as project managers for the development of guidelines. We help especially SMEs in the cosmetics industry to manage the interface between REACH and the new Cosmetics Directive
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Rudolf Staab – Managing Partner
Experience O senior vice president Masterbatches Clariant International O reorganisation and re-engineering of business processes O introduction of new marketing approaches for key accounts O vice president additives within Hoechst AG and Clariant International O strategic repositioning of the business O integration and reorganisation of the business post-merger O vice president specialty chemicals within Hoechst AG O strategy development and implementation O business re-engineering, efficiency improvement activities and
relocation efforts O development of new markets and applications M&A transactions O member and chairman of the board of several companies within the
chemical, food ingredients and plastic processing industryEducation
O MS in inorganic chemistry (Diplom-Chemiker – Saarbrücken, Germany) O PhD in inorganic chemistry (Dr rer nat – Saarbrücken, Germany)
Daniela Wallinda – Director
ExperienceSales manager
O purchasing and sales of chemical raw materials for coatings O foundation and development of the new business unit cosmetics
Supply Chain Activities O customer relationship management (SME and key accounts advisor) O supplier relationship management (European and non-European
suppliers advisory)REACH Consultant
O internal and external consulting services O focus on non-European manufacturers including only representative
servicesEducation
O practical education as a businesswoman engaged in wholesale and export trades (Groß- und Außenhandelskauffrau, Syntana GmbH)
O business administration, University of Applied Sciences (Diplom-Kauffrau (FH), Fachhochschule für Oekonomie und Management, Essen)
O diploma in REACH: Business networks – in response to challenges deriving from the new European Chemical Regulation
Silvia Teige – Finance and Administration
Experience O management assistant ChemAdvice GmbH O management assistant to head of regional business unit Europe,
NME, Africa, Clariant Masterbatches O executive assistant to head of division pigments and additives, Clariant O executive assistant to head of business unit additives, Hoechst AG
and Clariant O executive assistant to head of division chemicals, Hoechst AG
Prof Dr Dieter Mayer – Toxicologist
Experience O Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg Germany O Institute of Environmental Health, University of California, Davis, US O scientific director Centre International de Toxicologie, Evreux, France O professor, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology O guest professor Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany,
Institute of Toxicology, Risk Assessment, Methods in Modern Toxicology O guest professor, German Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Industrial Career O toxicologist, global head of toxicology Hoechst AG, Hoechst Marion
Roussel, Aventis SADr Sebastian Hoffmann – Scientific Consultant
ExperienceREACH consultant (TÜV Rheinland BioTech GmbH)
O project management and scientific consulting O hazard and risk assessment O expert for human health hazards and in vitro toxicological methods
Scientific officer (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy) O assessment (validation) of in vitro test methods O management of scientific projects O assessment of data reliability and relevance O 25 peer reviewed publications O scientific employee (University of Konstanz) O assessment of pharmaceutical safety test methods O test method development and standardisation
Education O diploma in statistics (University of Dortmund, Germany) O PhD in biology (university of Konstanz, Germany)
Jim DeLisi – Regional Head, North America
ExperiencePresident Fanwood Chemical, Inc.
O sale of organic intermediates in North America, South America and Europe
O tariff and trade affairs O monitoring of imports and exports O REACH
Chairman SOCMA, International Trade CommitteeChairman Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health/Science Products and ServicesEducation
O BA in business administration (Rutgers College, USA) O MBA in chemical marketing (Fairleigh Dickinson, USA)
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Website www.reachmastery.comE-mail [email protected] office Via Giovio 16, 22100 Como, ItalyTel +39 031 269513Fax +39 031 2756370Contact [email protected] Monica LocatelliOwnership Private companyLocations ItalyFounded 2008
OVERVIEW
REACH mastery is a provider of a wide range of services in the area of chemical regulatory affairs. The staff is composed of a highly motivated team, skilled in different scientific areas: chemistry, biology, human health and environmental toxicology. Our commitment is to assist customers along the supply chain with our industrial experience and to help them in the cost efficient implementation of the European regulations. Our mission is to look for innovative solutions and develop strategies using alternatives to animal testing like in-vitro and in-silico methods, through the high quality of our services and expert support
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1No of countries represented 1Staff, group 5Staff, chemical service provision 5
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
75%
Representation& management
15%
Information2%
Legal2%
Training1% Other
5%
SERVICES PROVIDED
General consulting services
Supply chain communication: O importers and manufacturers, downstream users and manufacturers/
importers of articles, are all responsible for the effective communication flow of information. We provide all the necessary support by distributing standard templates or customised forms to properly manage the communication flow between customers and suppliers.
Strategic implementation of European regulations: O participation in consortia, co-registrants agreements, data sharing,
deadline and tonnages for registration are decisions that can be managed in order to find the most cost effective solution and the most protective choice on the market.
Chemical management and product stewardship: O The market will constantly change over time. Companies must
face new challenges to strategically select secure suppliers and to identify growing sector markets. Our business development experts will support companies with the right advice, in compliance with the provisions of the regulation.
Implementation of IT systems to manage chemicals: O we help companies in developing internal management systems
to integrate existing tools to monitor the presence of chemical substances, including deadlines, total amounts, risk management measures and so on.
REACH services
Consortia management: O a lot of experience has been gained on consortia rules and
management. We will also provide legal advice, agreement documents, meeting location, cost calculation, managing of LoAs.
Data-gap analysis and data collection: O gathering existing information is the first step in the preparation of
any registration dossier, but is not enough. All these data have to be really collected, in respect to the right to use. The latter requires the negotiation of the conditions for use considering also the quality of the data.
O each single study is evaluated and rated to check relevance and adequacy to fill the requirements.
Testing strategy development, in vitro strategies development, QSAR modelling
O An integrated testing strategy is the first step for cost reduction and building rationale for waiving, international well known partners are helping us in focusing on the right choice
Managing of analytical identification and inquiry dossiers O our great expertise in analytics, and vast experience of enquiries,
allows us to face one of the most critical aspects of the REACH Regulation with ease and without problems
Tests monitoring O in case new tests are required, REACH mastery will take care of
selecting the most appropriate lab, will review the protocol and check the results.
Dossier preparation (IUCLID compilation) O dedicated experts are managing our IUCLID compilations
Human health and environmental risk assessment O the focused experience and the support of highly experienced
toxicologists let us make risk assessment the core part of the developing registration dossier.
CSA-CSR O REACH mastery is part of the CHESAR consultation group in ECHA.
We have followed the development of the tool since the beginning and we are between the first expert in Europe
CLP/GHS services
O data collection and assessment of classification and labelling O CLP notification O MSDS compilation
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FEED and FOOD registration
O dossier preparation O risk assessment O test monitoring O assistance to customer regarding EFSA calls for data
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2008 Foundation of REACH mastery within HBJ consultancy group
2009 Restructuring of REACH mastery as independent company2010 About 120 successful registrations for the 2010 deadline 2011 Implementation of the group up to the actual size
PARTNERS
Lisam systems as formal partner and RTC, Mario Negri, Vitroscreen, as preferred cooperations
CLIENTS
We are working for about 40 customers around Europe; they are producers, distributors, downstream users, from SMEs to international chemical companies distributed in many industrial fields: fertilisers, leather, textile, pharmaceuticals, galvanic, food, cosmetic, polymers and many others.
CASE STUDY 1: Nickel Fluoride Consortium
The consortium was formed and the registration achieved in less than one year. The substance was a CMR, already partially inserted in the European RAR for nickel compounds. A huge quantity of information had to be managed in order to develop a dedicated CSR. The cooperation with the nickel consortium was complex and delicate, but the registration proceeded successfully in October 2010.
CASE STUDY 2: First Tier registration
In 2010 we prepared about ten main dossiers on behalf of lead registrants, complete with exposure scenarios above 1,000 tons and we submitted more that 100 joint dossiers providing complete assistance in retrieving lead registrant identity, letter of access costs, analytic development, inquiry process for non phase-in substances and CSR adaptation.
CASE STUDY 3: CLP notification
In 2011 more than 1000 substance have been notified on behalf of our customers, after extensive bibliographic research, read across approach and computational predictions.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Monica Locatelli – Founder and Director
After obtaining a degree in chemistry, ten years in R&D and a specialisation in toxicology applied to risk assessment, Monica has been working in the regulatory field and on the implementation of the REACH Regulation since 2001, when it was still just a proposal. Her cooperation with many specialists based in international companies and universities has enabled her to specialise in consortia management and dossier preparation. Dr Costanza Rovida – REACH Regulatory Specialist
Costanza graduated in chemistry, and after a 15 years’ experience in the field of analytical chemistry, she worked for three years at the European Commission (ECVAM), participating in two groups of RIP 3.3 (REACH Implementation Project, Technical Guidelines to Industries) and as a leader of a work package in a European project focused on the integrated development of alternative toxicological methods to animal testing. She is responsible for the management of individual projects and global customer assistance
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Website www.reachcentrum.euE-mail [email protected] office Avenue E. van Nieuwenhuyse 6, B-1160 Brussels,
BelgiumTel/ Fax +32 26767400/ +32 2 6767499Contact Francesca FurlanDirectors Leo Appelman, Managing DirectorOwnership Private companyLocations Brussels, BelgiumFounded 2006
OVERVIEW
ReachCentrum was created in June 2006 by Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council) to help companies all through the value chain to prepare and implement REACH. ReachCentrum helps chemical manufacturers and importers, as well as downstream users and distributors to comply with all three aspects of the REACH legislation: dossier preparation for registration and support through the phases of evaluation and authorisation by providing our main services, namely consortia, lead registrant and Sief leadership team support services, consultancy and workshops.Our services and support tools are designed for European and non-European companies working on their own or in close collaboration with other companies. Currently we manage about 100 consortia and 25 lead registrant and Sief leadership team support projects, comprising very large and complex groups of 80 substances and 45 members to very specific and specialised one-substance projects.
VITAL STATISTICS 2011/12
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 1
No of countries represented EU + ASIA-PACIFIC
Staff, group 16Staff, chemical service provision 16
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
30%
Representation& management
30%
Legal20%
Training20%
SERVICES PROVIDED
One stop-shop service
ReachCentrum’s overall services to achieve registration and beyond (evaluation, authorisation) are settled around five core fields of expertise:
O project management support O financial and data management support O Sief support and supply chain communication O legal support; and O audit management support.
As for project management support, ReachCentrum‘s experienced and dedicated staff organise and oversee meetings, check upon actions and the progress of technical dossiers, and take care that deadlines are respected. Our clients benefit from a secure document exchange platform, where all relevant files are either shared or can be stored as archives.Admin, financial, data management, audit and legal support
Financial issues for a project are handled in-house. Support is backed-up by our own financial department and flexible data management system, letting us execute complex data-related cost sharing calculations. Experienced staff analyses and processes the data and an IT support team runs the calculation. ReachCentrum has a powerful tool to manage the sales of letters of access, the LoA shop. We provide tailor-made REACH audit and legal advice and solutions, including support in legal remedies and contract management.Sief support and supply chain communication − LiS
ReachCentrum has extensive experience in Sief and supply chain communication. In order to support industry in their communication obligations, we have a user-friendly and secure communication platform in place – LiS – through which documents can be shared or surveys conducted. ReachCentrum can act as the focal point for all requests concerning a substance in a Sief or for transferring relevant information up and down the supply chain as well as for contacts with authorities.Training, workshops and e-learning solutions
ReachCentrum organises a series of courses covering all aspects of the REACH legislation as well as the practical guidance – what to do, when and how. ReachCentrum applies blended learning to its courses to offer flexibility and convenience to the participants – classroom, web-based virtual and e-learning. To increase awareness or show the business opportunities of REACH, ReachCentrum can organise tailored workshops for companies and trade associations using its REACH boot camps. From 2012 ReachCentrum is an accredited training centre as well as an authorised training assessment centre by the UK Learning and Performance Institute
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Founded by Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council)2008 Doubled number of staff employed2010 LoA e-shop successfully launched2010 Over 400 lead dossiers successfully registered2010 Through the LoA e-shop 342 Siefs allowed their Sief
members to access the registration dossier2010 About 900 people attended ReachCentrum events (about 90
events)2010 LINKinSIEF, the ReachCentrum Sief communication platform
was launched2011 Partnership with national associations service providers for
offering REACH workshops and training courses to support local chemical industry
2011 Partnership with TNO Triskelion and with Zieta Technologies (India and US) for offering REACH workshops and training courses and with Zieta Technologies for offering REACH workshops and training courses in India and US
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2011 Partnership with SCAS Europe to deliver support services related to Asia-Pacific chemical notifications and registrations
2011 Launch of REACH audit service2011 Launch of a series of e-learning packages to facilitate a
better learning of REACH requirements in US and EU2011 Launch of a unique REACH 2013 support programme for
SMEs in collaboration with ChemicalWatch, REACH Delivery and ChemSIX.
ACCREDITATIONS
O Accredited as authorised training assessment centre O Accredited as authorised REACH training centre O Certified on-line learning facilitator O Certified lead auditor for environmental management systems
PARTNERS
Zieta Technologies for US and India; REACH Global Services (RGS) for Turkey; national association services providers; TNO Triskelion; SCAS Europe; LearningSpan
CLIENTS
ReachCentrum offers its services to a wide range of chemical companies, from all major multinationals to SMEs and only representatives (OR) from all over Europe and beyond, including downstream users and distributors.
TESTIMONIALS
"As a pilot of the REACH auditing system of ReachCentrum, I can only encourage other companies to conduct an auditing exercise for developing internal REACH management processes. It provides a good overview of the key issues in REACH implementation in various functions in a very concise, cost-effective and inspiring manner. The results are easy to implement and the review process fosters internal dialogue, which is essential for all REACH implementation activities" – Helena Huttunen, Kemira Oyj“After having attended the ReachCentrum boot camp, I wanted to testify of my high satisfaction. I think that my entry to the REACH world could not have been better: during one week, we could understand the whole process, and had accurate overviews of every topic with highly skilled facilitators. They were able to answer all questions in a positive and open-minded attitude. Even the case studies – homework for most of them – were built in such a way that the learning was enjoyable. Last but not least, I also enjoyed the brilliant food cooked by a chef, and dinners in a friendly atmosphere” – Patrick Karpe, quality, regulatory and HSE manager, Axcentive
CASE STUDY 1: An authorisation case study
A group of producers of a substance formed a consortium and registered this substance in 2010. During the preparation of the registration dossier it became clear that the substance would be added to the candidate list. A subgroup of companies from the original consortium decided to form a task group with the aim of preparing together the common parts of the authorisation application. Not all members of the consortium became part of the task group, because they decided not to apply for authorisation, but to try to find alternatives before the sunset date. Meanwhile, the substance has now been placed on the authorisation list and the remaining companies who did want to apply for authorisation decided to share costs as much as possible and make the process efficient. ReachCentrum helped these companies to set up this separate and open task force and arrange all legal and financial aspects. The group is now actively preparing the authorisation application and ReachCentrum supports with the project management, finances and legal issues and acts as trustee for the business confidential and competition law sensitive information.
CASE STUDY 2: REACH awareness boot camp and IUCLID5 training courses
ReachCentrum created a REACH awareness boot camp in 2011 giving newcomers a quick grasp on what they have to do to start the registration process for 2013. The five-day course covered REACH and visualised a project plan for working on once back in the office. It also covered the use of IUCLID5 for creating the substance datasets needed for registration dossiers. Companies attending the boot camps were better prepared to manage themselves internally and communicate effectively within the Sief.IUCLID5 training has grown simple classroom training focusing on functional use, to a blended learning solution offering web-based virtual learning, self-study e-learning, while keeping its classroom training. Each course focuses on creating a IUCLID dossier to send to ECHA. In 2010 it was possible for some companies to submit dossiers at the end of the training, and the same will be encouraged for 2013 registrations. For the participants, having trainers able to respond to IUCLID5 and understand REACH ensured practical questions could be answered immediately.
CASE STUDY 3: Sief leadership team support
A customer approached ReachCentrum for support registering a number of substances in 2013. As the situation for each substance was not clear, an initial survey was conducted in all concerned Siefs. With the result, the project was then further defined.For orphan substances a tailor–made service comprising administrative, communication, legal and financial services was set up; for substances where Sief members showed an interest to become also active in, Sief leadership teams were established, and in some cases even regrouping two or three substances because of similar properties into one SLT was possible. ReachCentrum finalised all contractual issues around the project(s) and dossier preparation is well underway for all substances.
STAFF SELECTION
Leo Appelman – Managing Director
A toxicologist by profession, before joining ReachCentrum as managing director in 2007, he had worked for nearly 17 years in a global paint manufacturing company dealing with all health, safety and environmental issues. He was the REACH facilitator for the coating business, and head of the HSE department servicing its business units worldwide in their marketing approach. He was also involved in the registration of biocidal products and notifications for new chemical substances.Mark Meesters – Manager Support Services
Mark worked as a regulatory affairs manager in the chemical industry for seven years before joining ReachCentrum in 2007. His main responsibilities include product safety, compliance with chemicals legislation and preparation for REACH. He is a chemist and lawyer by training. He joined ReachCentrum to head the consortia management services, and is responsible for managing consortia and coordinating the activities of the ReachCentrum consortia managers.Vincenzo Girardi – Head of REACH Training and Workshops
Vincenzo has more than 20 years’ experience as a professional trainer, with experience in the information technology, consumer goods, banking and pharmaceutical industries. As a trainer, and certified online learning facilitator he has advised on, managed and delivered numerous training projects. At ReachCentrum his role is to develop and deliver training workshops and webinars on all REACH IT tools as they are released to industry. He is a member of the Learning and Performance Institute.Vincent Navez – Senior Legal Advisor
After studying European and economic law in Belgium, Vincent had six years practical experience as legal advisor at the European Consumer Centre in Barcelona, working for the European Commission ECC-network. He joined ReachCentrum to deal with REACH legal interpretation and implementation and to give legal advice and guidance, as for example on data sharing, consortia formation, the authorisation process or the legal remedies.
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Website www.reachlaw.fiE-mail [email protected] office Keilaranta 15, 02150 Espoo, FinlandTel/ Fax +358 (0)9 412 3055/ +358 (0) 9 412 3049Contact Mr Stephen van Heerden, Sales DirectorDirectors Mr Lasse Kurkilahti, Chairman of the Board Mr Lasse Musakka, CEO-Partner Mr Frederik Johanson, Head of Environmental Services-
Partner Mr Jouni Honkavaara, CFO-Partner
Dr Mathias Berner, Partner
Mr Riku Rinta-Jouppi, Head of Global Compliance - PartnerMr Stephen van Heerden, Sales Director
Dr Ying Zhu, COO - Partner
Ownership Private companyLocations Finland, Belgium, India, TurkeyFounded 2006
OVERVIEW
REACHLaw provides service solutions to companies and public organisations in the fields of compliance and sustainability globally. Combining the know-how of complex technical issues, legislation and business, we support our customers in managing the critical challenges that global regulations place on their business. Besides facilitating companies in meeting their business requirements, we also assist them in understanding the opportunities associated with environmental regulatory issues to gain a competitive advantage.In addition to our in-house expertise, we have local partners in Europe, Asia, USA and Latin America to ensure that our clients get access to specialised competencies and local market knowledge.Having a multicultural team, REACHLaw is able to serve its clients in the following languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese, Hindi, Russian and Turkish.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €10.8mTurnover, chemical service provision €10.1mNo of offices 4No of countries represented 40+Staff, group 30+Staff, chemical service provision 25+
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
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IT & software5%
Legal20%
Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Helsinki, Brussels, New Delhi and Istanbul
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH and CLP services
With our interdisciplinary team of experts we support businesses as their service provider or as their only representative in fulfilling the REACH requirements. We manage consortia, lead registrant projects and regular registrations. In addition, we assist companies with the most complex REACH processes such as authorisation, exemptions and various legal issues, always from customer´s business perspective. Furthermore, we aid our customers in accomplishing the requirements of the CLP regulation: notification, classification and labelling.REACH authorisation services
Authorisation is one of the most complex challenges for companies under REACH. Regardless of successful registration, substances of very high concern included in Annex XIV of REACH may in principle no longer be used after the sunset date, unless the manufacturer, importer or downstream user has obtained an authorisation for specific uses from the European Commission. The first deadline to submit applications for authorisation is 21 February 2013. REACHLaw offers a full set of services to help companies comply with the authorisation provisions, notably: preparation of authorisation dossier, participation in consortia, representation following submission of application and authorisation exemption studies.Global compliance services
For those companies operating globally or with the intention of going international, we assist them in monitoring and keeping up-to-date with the upcoming changes in the regulations and performing the required notifications and registrations outside the EU. Through our in-house expertise and local partners around the world, we are able to support companies ensuring compliance worldwide. Furthermore, we also provide compliant SDSs and legal consulting, according to the market requirements in question.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Established in Helsinki2008 Partnerships with 20+ local partners in Asia, Europe, Latin
America, USA and India were established. 3000+ REACH pre-registrations submitted
2009 REACHLaw received internationalisation award from the president of Finland. Customers in 40+ countries. Brussels and New Delhi offices opened. REACHLaw established REACHLaw Environmental Ltd. REACHLaw delivered more than 50 events globally, having 1500+ attendees in total
2010 300+ REACH registrations submitted. REACHLaw launched global compliance services outside the EU. The attendees to our events increased considerably reaching the amount of 2500+
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2011 Istanbul office opened. REACHLaw supported large companies to ensure compliance with global chemical regulations.
2012 Supporting 20+ REACH lead registrant cases. Increasing the number of full service customers to ensure compliance in REACH and other chemical regulations globally
ACCREDITATIONS
Internationalisation award from the president of Finland in 2009. AAA financial rating in 2010. Innovative - Growth sustainable company by Europe Innova in 2011. Among 200 fastest growing companies in Finland by Kauppalehti in 2011. Young Innovative Growth Company Programme by TEKES completed in 2012.
PARTNERS
Selected partners: Chemtopia, ChemRisk, Cleantech, Chemitox, Dynamic Orbits, Mourao Henrique Consultores Associados, Chamber of Chemical and Petrochemical Industry of Argentina – CIQyP.
CLIENTS
More than 200 customers from 40+ countries, from Fortune 100 companies to SMEs. Major industry sectors served: oil, chemicals, specialty chemicals and metals. Our customers are manufacturers, importers, traders, downstream users, retailers and governmental organisations.
TESTIMONIALS
“Over the years REACHLaw has advised OMG on several strategic REACH and CLP issues and in the planning of our 2010 registrations. For one substance REACHLaw managed the whole lead registrant registration process in 2010. We are very pleased with REACHLaw service” – Dr Thomas Slotte, OMG Kokkola Chemicals Ltd. “REACHLaw has performed a regulatory compliance programme for our organisation. We chose them because they have a very good understanding of our business processes as well as regulatory and organisational knowledge in our sector of chemicals and minerals distribution and trading. With REACHLaw´s assistance we have made the necessary changes to the AIN organisation to cope with the regulatory challenges of today. We are very satisfied with REACHLaw service.” – Dr Franck Thiebault, Quality and Regulatory Manager Chemicals and Minerals at CellMark (Alcan International Network). “REACHLaw assisted us in registering our substances as regular registrant and as lead registrant in 2010. We are very pleased with REACHLaw’s services.” – Mr Ludo Schyvinck, Minerals Technologies Europe NV.
CASE STUDY 1: REACH – supply chain risks
The European space industry is strongly impacted by the REACH Regulation, especially in its role as downstream user and supplier of complex articles. The main risks associated with REACH for the space industry are posed by unregistered chemicals and obsolescence of critical raw materials due to their identification as SVHC. REACHLaw has been assisting the European space industry with the following issues:
O performance of dedicated analysis of compliance risks and their management and of potential obligations of different actors involved in European space programmes
O substance and use-specific assessments of potential REACH obligations (registration, authorisation etc)
O continuous update on relevant REACH and CLP developments, notably SVHC and authorisation.
CASE STUDY 2: Lead registrant registration
REACHLaw was contacted by a client to support them as a service provider in a lead registrant case. Our client, acting as importer under REACH, wanted to register the substance in 2010. In order to complete the registration it was decided to form a lead registrant group with some of the other major importers of the substance. REACHLaw facilitated in this process, including performing all the legal formalities and management of the leadership group. REACHLaw conducted all the technical work, negotiations with other consortia for read-across data and the planning of testing. The lead registrant dossier was successfully submitted to ECHA. REACHLaw also submitted the individual dossiers for many of the members of the leadership group
STAFF SELECTION
Mr Riku Rinta-Jouppi, MA (Law), MSc, Head of Global Compliance – Partner
Graduate of Cambridge university. He is broadly recognised as one of the leading European legal experts in chemicals regulations. In addition to his legal qualifications he holds a masters degree in bio-information technology. Mr Rinta-Jouppi is responsible for REACHLaw global compliance services. Mr Tim Becker, MA (Law) – EU Compliance Officer
Mr Becker is a German-qualified lawyer. He has been acting as legal adviser at REACHLaw since 2008. He has also worked previously with ECHA in its guidance team. His main responsibilities in the company include REACH and CLP legal and regulatory expert advice, risk communication and compliance issue management. Since 2011 he has been responsible for advising the European space industry on the impact of REACH on the continuation of launcher and satellite programmes. Mr Becker is strongly specialised in cross-border issues with non-EU countries and the determination of exemptions from the REACH registration and authorisation requirements. Dr Kati Vaajasaari, PhD (Technology) – Project Director
Dr Vaajasaari is working as a leader in REACH lead registrant projects for REACHLaw. Her responsibilities include project management and technical expertise in chemical safety assessment. She specialises in environmental fate, pathways of substances, environmental exposure assessment and risk characterisation of chemicals and products. She has several years’ experience in these fields.Mrs Jaana Laitinen, MSc (Environmental Sciences) – Specialist in Chemical Risk Assessment
Mrs Laitinen specialises in environmental exposure assessment and ecotoxicology. She has several years of experience in risk assessment of chemicals, veterinary medical products and contaminated sites. Her responsibilities include technical expertise in qualitative and quantitative exposure assessment and risk assessment.Mrs Mia Blåfield, MSc (Toxicology) – Toxicologist
She is working as a toxicologist for REACHLaw. Her responsibilities include evaluation of human health hazard of chemicals and human exposure and risk assessment of chemicals. She has several years of experience of working in the field of regulatory toxicology.Ms Sini Suomela, MSc (Organic Chemistry) – Technical Project Manager
Ms Suomela is responsible for the REACH member registrant projects. She has an extensive knowledge of different kinds of REACH registrations. She has experience in the physicochemical part of the lead registrant projects. She has also taken care of many REACH inquiries and CLP notifications.
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Website www.rpaltd.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office 1 Beccles Road, Loddon, Norfolk, NR14 6LT, UKTel +44 1508 528465 Fax +44 1508 520758Contact Nigel TuffnellDirectors Pete Floyd Meg PostleOwnership PrivateLocations UKFounded 1990
OVERVIEW
Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd (RPA) was established in 1990 as an independent specialist consultancy. Over the past 20 years, RPA has gained extensive experience in chemicals policy, risk assessment and risk management. This work has included the development and application of quantitative and qualitative methodologies for assessing health and environmental impacts. RPA is particularly proud of its development and application of frameworks and techniques in the field of socio-economic analysis (SEA) to chemical risk management and its reputation for excellence in this area.RPA has been working with industry clients since 2001 on the implications of the new EU regime for chemical risk management. We also work closely with the European Commission and ECHA on the development and implementation of REACH and of other directives relating to chemical risk management.Our experience covers a wide range of industry sectors including bulk chemicals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, paints and coatings, oil and gas, speciality chemicals etc and this has resulted in detailed studies on more than 50 high profile chemicals. Although much of this experience was gained when preparing risk reduction strategies under the Existing Substances Regulation, we are now advising a range of industry organisations on how to respond to the threat of REACH Authorisation and on the scope and detail of the SEAs needed to justify continued use of a substance. RPA’s multi-national staff routinely undertakes detailed analysis and consultation with industry and regulators in most European languages.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group £1.4mTurnover, chemical service provision £0.8mNo of offices 2No of countries represented Focus on EU-27Staff, group 22Staff, chemical service provision 10
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Training5%
GLOBAL OFFICES
UK
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH – authorisations
RPA assists industry clients with the development of applications for authorisation under REACH which will be submitted to ECHA from 2013. These studies can involve detailed analyses of supply chains, of alternatives and the preparation of socio-economic analyses.REACH – restrictions
RPA assists both industry clients and regulators with the collection and analysis of use/ exposure data of chemicals and their alternatives and the preparation of socio-economic analyses which may be used to inform the development of a restrictions dossier.REACH – registration/compliance
RPA provides advice on all aspects of REACH compliance to companies of all sizes throughout the supply chain. Regulations and impact assessment
RPA advises industry clients and regulators on the (potential) impacts of regulations and regulatory change. Recent examples include work on mercury legislation, occupational exposure limits, nanomaterials, CLP, carcinogens and mutagens at work, Cosmetics Regulation, Biocidal Products Directive and the Water Framework Directive.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1992 RPA develops a risk-benefit analysis methodology for chemical risk management for the UK authorities
1996 First (of more than 40) projects for the European Commission on chemical risk management.
1998 RPA wins its first major framework contract for the UK authorities on chemical risk management which led to the preparation of numerous risk reduction strategies
2000 OECD publishes guidance documents on socio-economic analysis (SEA) and chemical risk management prepared by RPA
2001 RPA commences work with industry clients and with the European Commission to assess the potential costs and benefits of the then EU Chemicals Strategy which became the REACH Regulation
2004 RPA wins its first major framework contract for the European Commission on chemicals
2005 RPA starts work on several REACH implementation projects including leading RIP 3.9 on socio-economic analysis (SEA)
2008 RPA is a member of one of the consortia for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) REACH framework contract
2009 RPA first contracted by industry clients to support applications for authorisation under REACH with a focus on SEA work. Further contracts follow.
2011 RPA leads one of the consortia for the second ECHA REACH framework contract
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PARTNERS
RPA works with DHI, TNO, RIVM, FoBiG, ARCHE, Hydrotox, Royal Haskoning and Denehurst amongst others.
CLIENTS
O European Commission (including DG Enterprise, DG Environment, DG Employment and DG Sanco)
O national authorities (including those in the UK, Germany, Denmark, France and the Netherlands)
O ECHA O numerous European/international industry/trade associations
(including AISE, APEAL, CEFIC, COLIPA, ETINSA, Eurocommerce, Eurometaux, ICMM, International Zinc Association, Lead Development Association, Nickel Institute and UKWIR); and
O a range of companies (from multinationals to SMEs) and consortia.
CASE STUDY 1: Provision of analysis of alternative and socio-economic analysis support services
Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd is currently providing REACH Authorisation support to a consortium of manufacturers of a SVHC substance. The work includes preparation of an analysis of alternatives (involving an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of alternative chemicals and techniques), supply chain communication to develop information on uses and users’ responses to the loss of the SVHC in question, and preparation of socio-economic analyses of the impacts of the loss of the SVHC. As part of this work, we are using the services of specialist toxicology and risk assessment consultants to further update the chemical safety assessment and to provide additional interpretation of toxicological data for both the substance and the alternatives. RPA will help the consortium submit an Application for Authorisation in advance of the sunset date for the substance.
CASE STUDY 2: Assessing the health and environmental impacts in the context of socio-economic analysis (SEA) under REACH
Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd led this DG Environment study, which was also overseen by ECHA. The objective of the study was to provide scientific, economic and technical advice concerning regulatory decisions within the framework of REACH authorisations and restrictions. The key output of the study was the Logic Framework, which was developed to primarily support the ECHA guidance on preparing SEAs for REACH. The aim was not to reinvent a new approach but rather to provide further, more detailed insight into how particular aspects of the overall SEA process for restrictions and authorisation might be addressed. The full report was published by DG Environment in July 2011.
CASE STUDY 3: Annex XV Dossier for Hydrazine
Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA) was contracted by ECHA to collect and provide background information on the markets, uses, releases of and alternatives for hydrazine with the aim to support the development of an Annex XV dossier for the identification of the substance as a SVHC. The emphasis of the analysis was on uses other than those in which the substance is used as an intermediate (as defined under the REACH Regulation), as well as on those uses potentially resulting in significant releases and exposure. The report looked into both the anhydrous and hydrate forms of the hydrazine molecule. The Annex XV dossier was published by ECHA in April 2011.
STAFF SELECTION
Meg Postle – Director
Meg is an environmental economist and policy analyst with more than 20 years’ experience of consultancy. She has led RPA’s work for the European Commission, the UK Government and a range of industry bodies: on business, health and environmental impact assessments of REACH; and, on the direct and indirect impacts of proposed restrictions and other controls on the use of hazardous chemicals within the EU. She led the project for DG Environment on the development of Logic Framework for socio-economic analysis (SEA) under REACH and has conducted training on SEA to both RAC and SEAC members of ECHA. More generally, she is overseeing preparation of SEAs to support authorisation applications for a range of industry clients. Dr Peter Floyd – Director
Risk assessment expert with more than 25 years of consultancy experience. He has led studies ranging from hazard and risk assessments relating to the manufacture, storage, transport, use and disposal of flammable/toxic gases, explosives, oil products and chemicals, to those concerning the establishment of guiding safety criteria at both individual and societal levels. Dr Floyd directs RPA’s framework contract with ECHA. Phil Holmes – Technical Director, Chemical Science
Phil Holmes is a technical director at RPA with more than 30 years’ experience in toxicology and risk assessment, and has worked extensively on a wide range of chemical classes including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food additives, and industrial and consumer chemicals. He is a registered toxicologist with the Institute of Biology/ British Toxicology Society/EUROTOX. Dr Jan Vernon – Technical Director, EU Policy
Jan Vernon has worked on the impacts of environmental, health and safety policy for more than 25 years. She has managed studies for the European Commission, UK government and international industry associations on a wide range of national and EU environment and safety policies covering chemicals, biocides and consumer products as well as the marine environment and water quality. Panos Zarogiannis – Principal Consultant
Chemist with extensive experience of developing risk reduction strategies for several chemical substances under the Existing Substances Regulation as well as numerous SEA-related studies and in the development of TGDs for REACH. He has managed several studies in support of the development of Annex XV dossiers by ECHA and is now working for several major industrial clients on the development of authorisation dossiers Nigel Tuffnell – Senior Consultant
Nigel has been involved in the assessment of EU and UK chemicals legislation and associated guidance in studies for EU and UK governmental bodies and for industry. He has particular knowledge of the application of REACH, CLP, biocides and pesticides legislation to support industry clients. His experience includes projects to assess the impacts and guidance following the introduction of REACH and CLP, the usage patterns of amenity pesticides and REACH reporting requirements. He has also been actively involved in studies on the impacts of the Biocidal Products Directive (BPD) and its proposed amendments and the impacts of the Cosmetics Regulation.
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Website www.royalhaskoning.com/processandchemicalindustryE-mail [email protected] office Haskoning Nederland BV, PO Box 151 – 6500 AD
Nijmegen, NetherlandsTel +31 (0)243 284135Fax +31 (0)243 228170Contact Mr Christiaan van Daalen/ Mr Tjeerd BokhoutDirectors Mr Rob Schonk, Director Process and Chemical IndustryOwnership Private companyLocations Locations worldwide. Key locations: Nijmegen (Nl),
Peterborough (UK), Mechelen (Be), Lille (Fr)Founded 1881
OVERVIEW
The firm was founded in 1881 in the Netherlands. At present our 3,900 employees combine a wide range of knowledge and experience. Rooted in a technical background, our consulting services focus on the broad field of the interaction between people and their environment.We are committed to working enthusiastically with our clients to achieve sustainable solutions in an increasingly complex society. The expertise and experience of our professionals in a variety of disciplines allows us to consider all technical, logistical, legal, organisational, social, environmental and economic aspects of the projects of our clients, in order to subsequently develop sustainable and practical solutions.We have been working with the industry on chemicals management for several decades and contributed to the implementation of many legislative programmes.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/2011
Turnover, group €335mTurnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 57No of countries represented 17Staff, group 3,900Staff, chemical service provision 60
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
50%
Representation& management
15%
Information15%
Laboratory2%
IT & software5%
Legal5%
Training8%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Haskoning Nederland BV (Global headquarters): Barbarossastraat 35, 6522DK Nijmegen, NetherlandsHaskoning UK Ltd: Rightwell House, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 8DW, United KingdomHaskoning Belgium SA, Schaliënhoevedreef 20D, B-2800 Mechelen, BelgiumHaskoning France sarl, 2, Rue Jacques Prévert, F-59650 Villeneuve d' Ascq, France
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH
Royal Haskoning provides a full range of REACH services, varying from consortium management to preparation of the technical dossier and the chemical safety report. Royal Haskoning experts prepare and submit both lead and individual registration dossiers and support clients with both their REACH strategy and day-to-day practical questions. Although Royal Haskoning does not provide laboratory services, it provides support in laboratory selection and study monitoring.REACH driven engineering
As a result of REACH the risk management measures of both manufacturers and downstream users may be affected due to the changed insights in hazards and risks arising from the use of their products. Royal Haskoning provides a unique combination of knowledge on chemicals management and engineering to deliver lean and mean organisational and technical solutions.GHS/CLP
Royal Haskoning can assist you with services varying from technical support to total solutions for implementation of GHS. The services include, but are not limited to: regulatory consultancy and compliance checks, GHS/CLP implementation, CLP notification, (re-)classification of substances and mixtures, training on GHS/CLP.Safety data sheets
Royal Haskoning provides a full safety data sheet service including the preparation of the annex of the extended SDS (eSDS). Storage of chemicals and (external) safety
Royal Haskoning can assist you with assessing, designing and permitting of storage facilities for hazardous chemicals, modelling of external safety (SEVESO) and assessing aspects such as explosion safety (ATEX).Other services
Royal Haskoning provides a wide range of services that provide solutions for multidisciplinary challenges to industry, such as engineering/design of installations and buildings, responsible care and environmental impact assessments. To find out more, visit: www.royalhaskoning.com
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1881 Founding fathers Johan van Hasselt and Jacobus de Koning start their business in Nijmegen.
1981 Haskoning is granted the designation 'koninklijk' (Royal) at its 100th birthday.
1991 EaSI is developed by Royal Haskoning: a database with hazard information from legislation all over the world
1994 Royal Haskoning developed Rosetta, one of the first programs able to produce multilingual safety data sheets.
2005 RIP 3.10 on characterisation and checking of substance identity is prepared by Royal Haskoning.
2007 Royal Haskoning joins the organisation of ChemCon Conferences
2011 130th birthday
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ACCREDITATIONS
ISO 9001ISO 14001OHSAS 18001
PARTNERS
ChemCon Conferences
CLIENTS
The clients of Royal Haskoning are located in many different industries. Because Royal Haskoning provides many more services than chemicals management alone, it has service relations with clients covering a wide variety of solutions. Clients are, for example, in pharma, flavours and fragrances, plastics, petrochemicals, paints and coatings, minerals and metals.
CASE STUDY 1: Optimal use of alternative methods to reduce animal testing and costs.
A group of manufacturers and importers of natural complex substances cooperated with Royal Haskoning to prepare a series of REACH Registration dossiers for related substances. For the preparation of dossiers for these specific substances all parties committed to the optimal use of alternative methods to testing.Royal Haskoning created a category of the substances and used information on both the substances and their many constituents to complete the technical dossiers. To cover the data gaps, QSARs were applied for several physico-chemical and ecotoxicological properties and RH provided guidance on in-house testing to efficiently generate adequate data for physico-chemical properties. The exposure assessment and risk characterisation were performed by using CHESAR and applying higher tier modelling like the advanced REACH tool (ART) for worker exposure and the higher tier possibilities EUSES offers to reduce the estimated releases to the environment and to achieve realistic maximum use levels on a site. This approach allows the industry to remain flexible within its current operational environment.
CASE STUDY 2: Tailor-made interim risk management measures
To a consortium on inorganic substances with registration deadlines in 2010 little information was available on repeated dose toxicity and developmental toxicity. To save costs and time the Annex VIII studies were waived and higher tier tests were proposed. Until these higher tier tests can be conducted interim risk management measures (RMMs) had to be implemented.An alternate derived no effect level (DNEL) for the substances was established using an expert insight in existing occupational exposure limits (OEL) for surrogate substances. Where the Chesar exposure assessment led to rigorous RMMs, or incompliance, we used experts tools, eg higher tier modelling using ART and Consexpo. We also devised an occupational exposure measurement program to be able to compare safe levels of use with the actual industry situation and reduce uncertainties. This approach enabled us to generate a realistic exposure assessment with a minimal set of RMMs.
STAFF SELECTION
Mrs Froukje Balk Msc – Senior Expert Ecotoxicology
Froukje Balk is a biologist by training and a EUROTOX registered toxicologist specialising in ecotoxicology and environmental fate and behaviour of chemicals with more than 25 years of experience, including seven years in the laboratory. She is involved in the risk assessment (both effects and exposure) of chemical substances, mainly related to the European chemicals legislation on existing chemicals and biocides.
Mrs Dr Ingrid Sterenborg – Senior Expert Toxicology
Ingrid Sterenborg studied environmental hygiene and obtained her PhD degree on the physiological mechanism of metal tolerance in springtails, she started her career in environmental consulting, with particular expertise in regulatory toxicology. In 2011 Ingrid will complete her post-doctoral education to become a EUROTOX registered toxicologist. She prepared several dossiers for biocidal and plant protection products as well as REACH dossiers and prepared data gap analyses, proposed testing strategies and prepared expert statements for several toxicological endpoints.Ms Conny Hoekzema Msc – GHS/CLP and SDS Expert
Conny Hoekzema has five years’ experience in the field of chemicals management. She has extensive knowledge and experience in safety data sheets and classification and labelling. Furthermore, she is closely involved in the preparation of REACH registration dossiers and chemical safety reports, both with a focus on the environment. She is an experienced trainer who provides training courses on IUCLID5, safety data sheets and classification and labelling for a variety of audiences.Mr Tjeerd Bokhout, MSc MBA – Consortium Manager
Tjeerd Bokhout is an experienced consultant and project manager on environmental and chemicals management projects in Europe and abroad (mainly Asia). Tjeerd holds both an MSc and MBA and has a strong focus on the business case of his clients. Tjeerd has a vast network in the global community on chemicals legislations. He has experience in the support of chemical industry and governmental bodies with requirements of REACH. Tjeerd manages several REACH consortia and provides strategic advice on REACH implementation. Tjeerd is also active as director of ChemCon Conferences, the world’s leading conference on chemical control legislation and trade aspects.Mr Leo van der Biessen Msc – Senior Expert Occupational Exposure
Leo van der Biessen has more than 20 years’ practical experience in controlling and managing chemical exposure risk in the chemical process industry and its downstream users. In 1990 he joined a leading health and safety service provider in the Netherlands where he devised chemical risk assessment and control strategies as well as worker protection regimes. He joined Royal Haskoning in September 2002. Leo is a board member for chemical safety of the Dutch Industrial Hygiene Association.Mr Christiaan van Daalen Msc – Project Manager
Christiaan van Daalen is trained as an environmental scientist, specialising in both regulatory toxicology and business communication with a focus on REACH. He has been involved in the production of several large dossiers under REACH and advises on various REACH implementation processes. Beside the preparation of technical dossiers Christiaan acts as project manager in many REACH registration projects for individual companies and consortia and he is teamleader of the advisory group in Nijmegen.
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Website www.scc-gmbh.deE-mail [email protected] office Am Grenzgraben 11, 55545 Bad Kreuznach, GermanyTel +49 671 298 46-0Fax +49 671 298 46-100Contact Dr Werner Koehl (Chemicals, REACH, Consumer Products)Directors Dr Friedbert Pistel, Owner and President
Dr Albrecht Heidemann (Agrochemicals and Biopesticides)
Dr Monika Hofer (Regulatory Science) Dr Hans-Josef Leusch (Biocides) Dr Werner Koehl (Chemicals, REACH, Consumer Products)
Ruud Huibers MSc (Feed and Food Additives and Veterinary Medicine)
Ownership Private companyLocations Germany and JapanFounded 1989
OVERVIEW
SCC – Scientific Consulting Company – was founded in 1989 by Dr Friedbert Pistel, and is today one of Europe's largest privately-owned and independent consulting companies for the registration of chemicals, consumer products, agrochemicals and biopesticides, biocides, feed and food additives and veterinary medicine.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 2No of countries represented 2Staff, group 90Staff, chemical service provision 45
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information10%
IT &software
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GLOBAL OFFICES
Bad Kreuznach in Germany (HQ) and Tokyo in Japan
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration of chemicals – REACH
SCC has prepared hundreds of chemical notifications for new chemical substances (including high volume products of more than 1000 t/a) and successfully filed over 100 lead dossiers for the 2010 deadline under REACH. SCC has established a network to the competent authorities within the entire EU and is recognised as a reliable and competent partner by the authorities (eg ECHA) and EU industry organisations (eg Cefic or HERA).SCC can provide you with:
O only representative support O support in the (pre-) registration process O support in prioritisation/advice on required action in your company for
the upcoming deadlines O data review and identification of data gaps O establishment of study requirements as well as organising and
monitoring of those studies O analysis of potential analogous/family approaches and development
of test strategies O comparison of intended uses and identified uses O exposure modelling (eg EUSES, Risk of Derm, Consexpo, EASY-
TRA, ART) O human and environmental risk assessments O preparation of the chemical safety report O submission/defense of the dossier at authority level O Sief and consortia management including trust account O C&L support (CLH dossier according to Annex XV, eSDS including
Annex) O QSAR tools, eg to support group approaches
Registration of consumer products
SCC has the experience to deal with all relevant scientific and regulatory aspects that may arise for general and overall evaluation of materials or chemicals for intended applications, and has prepared risk assessments for given exposure (direct or indirect) scenarios. We have successfully made numerous dossier preparations for various cosmetic ingredients, eg hair dyes or CMR Cat 3 substances for evaluation by European expert groups (SCP, SCNFP), and on cleansing ingredients or formulations for industry associations, such as HERA.Registration of agrochemicals and biopesticides
The SCC agrochemicals and biopesticides department considers current and future regulatory and legislative needs and developments in the common agricultural policy of the EU, and stays up-to-date on the latest scientific research data. For this reason, the agrochemicals and biopesticides department is at the forefront in strategic planning and defence, negotiations with authorities, or task force support.Registration of biocides
The SCC biocides department has successfully submitted dossiers for more than 20 existing biocidal active substances according to the Biocidal Products Directive 98/8/EC, covering nearly all product types. We have established good working relationships with many competent authorities in the EU and have become an acknowledged partner of authorities and industry. Currently, we are involved twofold: defending active substance dossiers already submitted and preparing dossiers for biocidal products.Registration of feed and food additives and veterinary medicine
The SCC feed and food additives and veterinary medicine department successfully delivered 36 application dossiers for re-authorisation as a feed additive for the 2010 deadline, which is about 10% of all dossiers filed. Our expertise and connections with governments and industries enable us to put together the optimal portfolio of scientific data and expert statements for your products. These portfolios will be as concentrated as possible and as extensive as necessary.
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Regulatory science
The scientific specialists in the SCC regulatory science department are the backbone of the company and the key to its success. SCC unites experts from all regulatory relevant disciplines, such as chemists, physicists, food chemists, biologists, geo-ecologists, toxicologists, eco-toxicologists, environmental fate specialists, agronomists etc. This access to a wide spectrum of expertise ensures that clients of SCC can take advantage of a highly efficient service.GLP archive
SCC offers a complete GLP-compliant archiving concept for all regulatory needs to the benefit of all our clients since 2004. SCC can act as your European or worldwide central archive for GLP-compliant storage.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1989 SCC GmbH founded1989 Establishment of Agrochemical and Biopesticides department1989 Establishment of Regulatory Science department1996 Establishment of Chemical and Consumer Products department 2000 Establishment of Biocides department2004 GLP archive certification2007 Establishment of Liaison Office in Tokyo, Japan2007 Establishment of Feed and Food Additives and Veterinary
Medicine department
ACCREDITATIONS
GLP archive (since 2004)
PARTNERS
Through our HQ and our liaison office in Japan, we have a global network with CROs, governmental institutions, local regulatory experts and scientists. We can help our clients all over the world.
CLIENTS
Small to large (global) companies in the areas of chemicals and consumer products, agrochemicals and biopesticides, biocides, feed and food additives and veterinary medicine.
TESTIMONIALS
Many of our clients have been customers for a long time, some going back to the start of our company. New clients are often recommended to us via existing clients.
CASE STUDY 1: General remark
All names of our clients and projects are restricted under the highest level of confidentiality. Therefore we are unable to focus on individual case studies. Our consultancy has an excellent proven track record in all regulatory areas where we are active. Only one proof of our success is the fact that in the two decades of our existence, we have grown from a small national business to become a global player.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Werner Koehl – Head of the Chemicals, REACH, Consumer Products Department
Dr Koehl has a PhD in food chemistry and is a certified expert for toxicology. He has worked at SCC for 11 years and is head of the Chemicals, REACH, Consumer Products department. He previously worked for the scientific committee on food safety and a large chemical multinational, and has gained many years of experience in the registration processes of the chemical world.
Isabel Kirbach
Mrs Kirbach has a master’s degree in chemical engineering. She has worked at SCC for eight years and her focus is on Sief and IUCLID 5.Dr Charlotte Krone
Dr Krone has a PhD in geosciences. She has worked at SCC for five years, where she focuses on general regulatory affairs and consortia management. Also, she is coordinator of all chemical issues involving our Liaison Office in Tokyo, Japan. Dr Ingo Walter
Dr Walter has a PhD in food chemistry. He has worked at SCC for four years, focusing on risk assessments, C&L and MSDSs.Dr Albrecht Heidemann
Dr Heidemann has a PhD in biology. He has been with SCC for 18 years and is head of the Agrochemicals and Biopecticides department.Dr Monika Hofer
Dr Hofer has a PhD in chemistry. She has been with SCC for 13 years and is head of the Regulatory Science department.Dr Hans-Josef Leusch – Head of Biocides Department
Dr Leusch has a PhD in agronomy. He has been with SCC for 12 years and is head of the Biocides department.Ruud Huibers MSc – Head of Feed and Food Additives, Veterinary Medicine Department
Mr Huibers has a master’s degree in agriculture and natural environment. He has worked at SCC for five years and is head of the Feed and Food Additives and Veterinary Medicine department.Dr Bernd Brielbeck – GLP Archive
Dr Brielbeck has a PhD in chemistry. He has worked at SCC for 11 years and is responsible for our GLP-certified archive.
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Website www.sci-env.chE-mail [email protected] office 22 route Pré-Bois, CP 1863, CH - 1215 Genève 15,
SwitzerlandTel +41 (0)22 788 2314Fax +41 (0)22 788 2316Contact Dr Erwan Saouter
Dr Chiara Perazzolo
Directors Dr Erwan Saouter, Director S&E Dr Christine Reteuna, Director EquiTox S&E and EquiTox have been associates since 01.2012Ownership Private company and SCOPLocations Geneva, Switzerland; Lyon, FranceFounded 2007, 2011
OVERVIEW
Science & Environnement and EquiTox offer many areas of expertise, which linked together, provide a global and comprehensive approach to worldwide chemical safety regulation and sustainability. From chemical safety and regulatory affairs, life cycle assessment, carbon footprint, eco-design or ecolabel: we offer to companies and organisations a wealth of expertise. Science & Environnement and EquiTox have joined forces in a strong association in order to reinforce their chemical safety offers. It is now 6 highly qualified experts, with each from 10 to 20 years of experience working in human, environmental and regulatory affairs department of big international chemical companies. We can now take care of your regulatory needs worldwide, from Europe to US and Canada, but also for China.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €650kTurnover, chemical service provision €360kNo of offices 2No of countries represented 2Staff, group 9Staff, chemical service provision 6
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
65%
Representation& management
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Information10%
IT & software5%
Training10%
SERVICES PROVIDED
Regulatory compliance
O REACH: data collection, analysis and submission to ECHA via REACH-IT. REACH registration dossiers (IUCLID), chemical safety reports (CSR), safety sata sheets, Chesar, exposure scenario etc.
O biocide O classification and labelling: notification C&L, classification of
substance and mixtures according to CLP, GHS UN, DSD, DPD O ecolabels O registration dossiers (China, US ...)
Regulatory information
O literature review, study assessment and validation O model prediction and QSAR O organise and follow-up of laboratory testing O extended-safety data sheet (e-SDS) drafting, update and regulatory
audit O global product strategy (GPS) summary and (eco)toxicological profile
Product advocacy and project management
O product defence strategy O animation and technical representation in consortia O communication strategy
Impact assessment and eco-design
O environmental risk assessment (cosmetics, industrial chemical, biocides etc)
O human health safety assessment (cosmetics, industrial chemical, biocides etc)
O life cycle analysis (LCA) O support in the development and eco-design of new products
Training
O risk assessment, classification, eco(toxicology) and physico-chemical testing methods
O REACH regulation (hazard and risk assessment, CSR, eSDS, exposure scenario)
O CLP regulation and GHS (hazard, classification, labelling) O eco-design, eco-toxicity, eco-label theory and practice O life cycle assessment
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2008 Science & Environnement founded2011 Approved as REACH Ready Supplier2012 Association with EquiTox
ACCREDITATIONS
REACH Ready approved supplierEuropean registered toxicologists (EUROTOX)Member of the French Society of Toxicology (SFT)Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
PARTNERS
Bibra, ToxMinds, Sci Basics, Maneco
CLIENTS
L’Oréal, Les Laboratoires Expansciences, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Ville de Genève, Jungbunzlauer, Septodont
CASE STUDY 1: REACH registration dossier compliance check
Science & Environnement responded to a demand to evaluate the quality of data and to check the compliance of dozens of REACH registration dossiers for chemicals used in the chemical and cosmetic industry.
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CASE STUDY 2: Trustee in a Sief
Science & Environnement has been asked to play the role of a trustee in a Sief to help several parties to agree on data share. We reviewed information from the different parties and decided whether the substances and/or exposure scenarios were close enough to allow data share, while maintaining the confidentially of all the different parties.
CASE STUDY 3: Integrated environmental risk assessment
Science & Environnement was approached to evaluate the environmental risk of several dozens of substances used in production sites spread all across Europe. A tailor-made risk assessment scaling tool was developed for EHS (environmental health and safety) managers to perform their environmental compliance check with the ES (exposure scenario) of the eSDS. A full-day training workshop intended to EHS managers on eSDS interpretation was also given by Science & Environnement.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Erwan Saouter – Regulatory Ecotoxicologist and Director of S&E
Founder of the S&E company, Erwan Saouter has more than 20 years of professional experience with private companies (Procter & Gamble), public research organisations (US Agency for Environmental Protection, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Quebec). His expertise covers many areas: risk assessment, communication science, sustainable development and stakeholders dialogue, scientific public relations, and relations with the media and governments.Dr Chiara Perazzolo – Regulatory ecotoxicologist – S&E
Chiara Perazzolo accumulated 11 years of experience in both industrial (GlaxoSmithKline) and academic (University of California, U.S.A., University of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland) research. In charge of REACH dossiers, she evaluates IUCLID data and prepares IUCLID robust summaries, CSA/CSR. Dr Benoit Fraysse – Regulatory Ecotoxicologist – EquiTox
Regulatory eco-Toxicologist with more than ten years of experience including, six years within Rhodia. After his PhD at the French Nuclear Safety Institute, Benoit developed his expertise with three years in postgraduate positions, mixing teaching in higher education and research (French institutes and universities).Benoit’s fields of expertise are related to the combined analysis of hazardous properties of chemicals, ie phys-chem, environment and health, based on both experimental and in silico (QSARs) tools, keeping in mind the regulatory goals (SDS, classification risk assessment…).Dr Christine Reteuna – Regulatory Ecotoxicologist – Director of EquiTox
Following her PhD in environmental toxicology, Christine began her career in the Ministry of Environment, in the registration of chemicals. She then moved to industry where she assisted different business like consumers market (cosmetics, detergency) and industrial markets (metal treatment, oil market) to solve environmental problems on a variety of products.She realised many regulatory dossiers in Europe and in other geographic zones and she participated to the knowledge improvement of chemical substances properties through data search, tests monitoring, development of ecotoxicological profiles and classification implementationDr Marie-Laure Teisseire – Regulatory Ecotoxicologist – EquiTox
Marie-Laure has more than 16 years of professional experience: ten years as environmental toxicologist in regulatory affairs in Rhodia, six years in academia (research and teaching, University of Reims, France) with in parallel collaboration in a team project for pollution characterisation of ground and surface water. Her expertise covers areas like: physico-chemical and environmental/ecotoxicological hazards and risk assessment, testing and registration strategies, (e)-SDS and classification.
Stéphanie Moulin – Regulatory Toxicologist – EquiTox
Stéphanie has ten years of professional experience as a toxicologist in regulatory affairs in chemical industry at Rhodia. She also worked at CNRS and as a teacher.Her expertise covers areas like: selection and qualification of CROs, hazard and risk assessment for human health, products’ registration strategies in Europe and in other zones, and advocating for products.
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CONTACTS
Website www.smithersviscient.comE-mail [email protected] office Smithers Viscient Consulting and UK Laboratories Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UKTel +44 (0)1939 250383Fax +44 (0)1939 251118 Contact Dr Ben GandhiDirectors Dr Ben Gandhi, Global Leader of Consultancy Dominic Sacker General Manager, UK LaboratoriesOwnership Private companyLocations Wareham, MA USA, Shrewsbury UKFounded 1969
OVERVIEW
The consulting division of Smithers Viscient based in the UK assists companies through regulatory issues such as REACH, cosmetics regulations as well as regulatory submissions and notifications worldwide.Smithers Viscient AG performs trusted studies that satisfy all major regulatory requirements. We specialise in applying integrated testing strategies for studies in toxicology, ecotoxicology and environmental fate. Since 1969, Smithers Viscient has served as a contract research organisation (CRO) for the agricultural, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Our regulatory expertise and laboratory experience enable us to provide REACH testing, including analytical support, safety assessment, and a range of registration solutions to help you meet your business objectives.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 5No of countries represented 4Staff, group 130Staff, chemical service provision 30
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%Laboratory
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IT &software
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Training6%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Smithers Viscient Europe: Shawbury, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1939 250383Smithers Viscient North America: Wareham, MA, USA.Tel: +1 508 2952550 (global headquarters)Snow Camp, NC USA. Tel: +1 336 3760141Smithers Viscient Asia:Saitama, Japan Tel: +81 (0)90 35999277Shanghai, PR China Tel: + 86 (0)21 51160674
SERVICES PROVIDED
Registration strategy
Within the REACH activity, Smithers Viscient can provide guidance based on a combination of market share, tonnage band, chemistry and product end-use to assure appropriate timeliness of dossier submission and assure continued business revenue. This includes reviewing data to determine the most appropriate hazard and exposure assessment factors as well as risk management strategies to ensure safety while avoiding market disruptions from unnecessary risk management measures or over-stringent classifications. Substances of very high concern (SVHCs) management
Partnering with Smithers Viscient to perform data reviews and chemical analysis helps mitigate the risk of relying on suppliers for accurate due diligence data. It can also provide intelligent strategies for meeting the REACH requirements, such as avoiding unnecessary product testing.Smithers has a firm grasp on managing the considerable uncertainty surrounding the procedure of SVHC candidate list substances, as well as what obligations must be met during implementation. Sief data review
As a cost saving approach to Sief data review, using a third party to review the data will provide an independent solution to selecting data and performing a data gap analysis. Comparatively, the cost of each Sief member company reviewing the data and attempting to agree on which data to select will use time and labour which is too valuable in today's economic climate. Smithers Viscient can assist in selecting the best data for use in the registration strategy, and can accurately assess the data value and interpret the results based on our 40 years of regulatory testing services.Material replacement and dossier preparation
Through extensive laboratories and testing facilities, Smithers Viscient can create lists of replacement options and assist with new product prototypes for testing to assure performance remains at a high level to satisfy the client and its customer base. With our history of creating dossiers for various industries on a global basis, we can assist chemical companies with this new process to assure deadlines are met.Environmental testing and regulatory services
Smithers Viscient, formerly Smithers Springborn, is a global contract research organisation (CRO) providing environmental testing and regulatory services for the crop protection, pharmaceutical, industrial chemical, and the consumer and household product industries. With laboratories located in North America and Europe, Smithers Viscient has performed standard guideline and higher-tiered environmental studies for more than 40 years. We conduct studies to satisfy all regulatory requirements globally.Pharmaceutical consulting
Adhering to regulatory requirements, as well as to company policy, is vital for strategic growth with minimised risk. Our consulting team supports new drug application (NDA) risk assessments and registration submissions. Additionally, Smithers Viscient specialises in environmental manufacturing risk assessments strategies designed to ensure that the use of a chemical is appropriately managed to create value while reducing environmental impact.
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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1925 Smithers Scientific Services established1969 Springborn Laboratories founded in Wareham MA USA1992 Smithers Laboratories Europe formed1994 Smithers Quality Assessments established2002 Smithers acquires Springborn Laboratories (SSL)2005 Smithers Pharma Services established2006 Smithers acquires Rapra Technology2008 Smithers Viscient established2008 Smithers forms REACH Services Groups (RSG)2010 Smithers acquires PIRA International2010 Smithers Viscient expands to include RSG and SSL as
one brand2011 Smithers Viscient expands UK Laboratory
ACCREDITATIONS
Member of the Only Representative Organisation (ORO), SETAC – Global Partners, GLP Testing Facility
PARTNERS
Smithers Rapra, Smithers Quality Assessment (SQA), PIRA, Smithers Pharma Services, iSmithers
CASE STUDY 1: Read-across expertise
Smithers Viscient use of read-across resulting in cost savings of approximately 20% to our client. It also ensured full compliance with the REACH legal text to avoid animal testing. Specifically, a set of read-across substances were identified. Justification of the read-across was provided through an analysis of existing data, with QSARs to fill data gaps. Then, predictions of metabolism and degradation were made, with toxicological and ecotoxicological comparison of key metabolites/ degradants. This provided a strong basis for proceeding with the approach, which was accepted by all parties. This resulted in a saving of approximately €150,000 for the client (a chemical manufacturer), and the other Sief members.
CASE STUDY 2: Exposure-based waiving
While REACH allows exposure-based waiving, potential application often depends on exposure assessment. For a substance where a critical process required a detailed exposure assessment, Smithers Viscient identified the relevance of existing exposure data on a surrogate substance. Our client had monitoring data for the surrogate, which is used in the same processes. By a comparison of the physico-chemical properties, tonnage used, method of use and the chemistry involved in the process, a set of robust data on estimated exposure was obtained. When combined with conservative DNELs based on the existing data set, the exposure assessment provided a basis for the waiving of further studies. For the environmental assessment, an investigation of the downstream use and end-use allowed setting prescriptive risk management measures that also avoided the need for testing proposals. This provided approximately a €50,000 saving for the registration of our international chemical manufacturer.
CASE STUDY 3: SVHCs
In collaboration with polymer experts at Smithers Rapra, a client’s plastics and non-woven product portfolio was reviewed with regards to the potential for hazardous ingredients being present. Each potential SVHC was examined in terms of its use during manufacture and processing of a material type. Particular consideration was given as to the chemical compatibility of each substance with the polymer chemistry. Through this approach, a targeted methodology was developed to enable supplier communications and product safety assessments to be conducted, the benefit to our client a global consumer products manufacturer was reassurance that hazardous ingredients were not involved in the use of the packaging or non-woven products and compliance to SVHCs requirements were met.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Ben Gandhi – Global Leader of Consultancy
Ben brings to Smithers Viscient a strong management background built over the last 20 years having held senior positions in the chemicals industry and service providers, the last six years specialising in the regulatory consultancy environment. Ben understands the clients need for efficiency and service and wanting value from consultancy. Ben also has experience in project management, consortia management, information through the supply chain, and contract negotiations.Christopher Smith – Senior Consultant
Chris has recently joined Smithers Viscient from Pfizer Inc. Chris now heads up our North America office and as well as REACH consultancy he is focusing on providing a service for environmental and manufacturing risk assessments. Chris also has extensive practical experience in registration of crop protection products and biocides according to international standards.
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Website www.reach-onlyrep.euE-mail [email protected] office Markaskälsvägen 6, Lund – 22647, SwedenTel +46 46 2850418Contact Shisher KumraDirectors Shisher Kumra and Mukta KumraOwnership Private limited companyLocations Sweden, India, Hong KongFounded 2008
OVERVIEW
SSS was set up exclusively to provide technical assistance and compliance required by non-European manufacturers and exporters of chemicals and chemical containing products to the European Union for compliance with the REACH Regulation (EC No 1907/2006). SSS has an extensive network of European and Indian business intermediaries and has been working to facilitate non-EU businesses to comply with the requirements of REACH and various other European regulations as well as the upcoming chemical regulations in other countries like Turkey, China, Japan, S Korea, Malaysia, Canada etc. SSS has a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two major industry associations in China, namely
O China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals and Chemicals (CCCMC)
O China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC) Through these MoU, as well as an exclusive Chinese team, SSS offers the complete regulatory compliance services related to China, such as preparation of Chinese compliant SDS as well as notification of new substances to the Chinese inventory of existing chemical substances in China (IECSC).SSS has a client base of over 800 companies across the world and has dealt with 8,000 pre-registrations, the successful registration of more than 35 substances by the first REACH registration deadline of 30 November, 2010 – including being the lead registrant. SSS is now working as lead registrant on 20 substances for 2013, with an additional 50 substances to be taken up in the capacity of lead registrant. SSS also:
O organised LPR for over 900 substances O CLP notification of approximately 1,000 substances; and O developed MSDS for 1500 substances (including MSDS translation in
various European languages).
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €2.5mTurnover, chemical service provision €2.0mNo of offices 3 No of countries represented 20 Staff, group 30Staff, chemical service provision 25
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
50%
Representation& management
10%
IT & software10%
Legal10%
Training20%
GLOBAL OFFICES
Sweden, India, Hong Kong
SERVICES PROVIDED
Late pre-registration (LPR)
SSS offers LPR services to help non-European companies, either new manufacturers or first time exporters of substances, to late pre-register their substances that were not pre-registered during the June-December 2008 period. Since the pre-registration deadline, SSS has successfully completed the LPR for 900+ substances, with many more in the pipeline.CLP notification SSS provides the CLP notification services to non-European companies in the capacity of an importer for which the company has to furnish the identity of the substance like the CAS No, EC No. SSS has to date successfully completed over 1,000 CLP notifications. Registration
By the first registration deadline of 30 November 2010, SSS successfully submitted IUCLID member dossiers as well as IUCLID technical dossiers for its clients, that successfully passed the internal technical completeness check (TCC) as well as technical completeness check of ECHA. SSS is now gearing up to help its client companies meet the second registration deadline of 31 May, 2013.REACH compliant SDSSSS is also engaged in compiling the 16 point REACH and CLP compliant SDS for the chemical substances and preparations meeting the criteria of classification as dangerous. Extended SDS (e-SDS): SSS also provides e-SDS for the classified registered substances with the relevant exposure scenarios that have to be annexed to the SDS.SDS translation: since it is obligatory for the exporter of chemicals to provide to his buyer, SDS, originally prepared in English, in the local language, SSS also provides the service of translating the SDS into other languages of European Member states (for example, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, or Italian).SSS has till date prepared over 1,500 REACH compliant SDS.SVHC applicability analysisCompanies exporting articles to European countries need to confirm the presence or absence of substances of very high concern (SVHC) and the REACH compliance obligations. SSS offers a very economical and technically sound solution to these companies for fulfilling their REACH obligations and certification requirement of their European buyers. This solution is in line with the guidance provided by ECHA.SSS also provides compliance assistance for the following:
O Toys Safety Directive (TSD) Directive 2009/48/EC O Turkish Inventory and Control of Chemicals Regulations O China REACH O compliance with chemical management in Malaysia (EHSNR)
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2008 Established and registered as a private limited company2008 Successfully pre-registered over 7,000 substances within
REACH2009 Professionals trained in IUCLID from REACH Centrum2009 Trained over 100 industry professionals in use of IUCLID2010 35 REACH registrations successfully completed2010 Delivered 1,500 REACH and CLP compliant SDS2011 Acquired capacity in CheSAR and QSAR.2011 Mandated as lead registrant for 50 substances
PARTNERS
O Confederation of Indian industry (CII), India O Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), India O China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals and Chemicals
Importers and Exporters (CCCMC), China O China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC), China
CLIENTS
SSS has clients in the industrial and specialty chemical and petrochemical industry, as well as the following industries: agrochemical,food colour, cosmetic, electrical and electronics, automotive industry, leather, garment and apparel, plastic and rubber.
TESTIMONIALS
On the service quality criteria, over 90% of our client companies have rated the REACH compliance assistance services being offered by SSS as very good.
CASE STUDY 1: Technical support to a multinational company
Technical support provided to a multinational company having its own European legal entity as their only representative for successful submission of REACH registration dossier.Problem: due to the registration dossier failing the technical completeness check (TCC) at ECHA, the company had only one opportunity for resubmission of the registration dossier without losing its ECHA registration fee.Solution: SSS (Europe) AB reviewed the TCC failure report as well as the IUCLID registration dossier prepared by the company to identify the reason for the registration dossier failure. Suitable modifications were then incorporated into the dossier to remove the errors and when the dossier was resubmitted, it cleared the ECHA TCC check resulting in the company being allotted a REACH registration number. This saved the company substantial Euros because it was a large sized company and was registering in the highest tonnage band of greater than 1,000 tons per annum.
CASE STUDY 2: successful REACH registration for CMR category 2 substance
Problem: with only a couple of months remaining to the first REACH registration deadline of 30th Nov’ 2010; company sought assistance for successful registration within the deadline.Solution: SSS took up the challenge and adopted a multi-pronged strategy to successfully meet the deadline. It also made diligent use of computational models for generating certain end points in a cost effective way. SSS coordinated well with various agencies involved in completion of the IUCLID dossier. Due to SSS’s diligence at each stage of the registration process, the dossier was accepted by ECHA in the very first attempt and the substance was successfully registered.
STAFF SELECTION
Mr Shisher Kumra – Executive Director
Area of expertise includes specialisation in regulatory affairs, legal expertise, chemical assessment, toxicology.Dr Rashmi Naidu
Area of expertise includes REACH data inventory, REACH registration process, environmental toxicology, bio-assay and other regulatory affairsMr Shrirang Bhoot
Area of expertise includes specialisation in the software’s like IUCLID, QSAR, ECOSAR, dossier preparation, eco-toxicologyDr Chitralekha Datta
Area of expertise includes chemical safety assessment (CSA), chemical safety report (CSR), toxicology, software like IUCLID, CheSAR and CLPDr Shruti Ralegaonkar Area of expertise includes REACH and Articles, SVHC assessment and REACH compliance verification
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Website www.triskelion.nlE-mail [email protected] office Utrechtseweg 48, PO Box 844 3700 AV Zeist The NetherlandsTel +31 88 866 1628Fax +31 88 866 6970Contact [email protected] Private company, wholly-owned by TNOLocations Zeist, NetherlandsFounded TNO, 1933; TNO-Triskelion 1/1/2011
OVERVIEW
TNO Triskelion is a new company born out of a rich history of TNO R&D achievements.Our chemical risk assessment services combine research-driven excellence in the classical disciplines of toxicology and advanced analytical chemistry, with new developments in risk assessment, in order to produce intelligent testing strategies and thereby, cleaner, safer, chemical products. We excel in worker exposure assessment, in inhalation and in reproduction toxicology, including nanomaterials.We offer our customers high quality registration and chemicals testing services characterised by strong communication with a personal touch that larger CROs cannot match.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group €650mTurnover, chemical service provision €30mNo of offices 20No of countries represented 5Staff, group 4,500Staff, chemical service provision 230
SERVICE AREA BREAKDOWN
Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
Laboratory45%
IT &software
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Training5%
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Headquarters group: TNO, Delft, The Netherlands,Headquarters TNO Triskelion: Zeist, The NetherlandsSales Office: Shin-Yokohama, Japan
SERVICES PROVIDED
Risk assessment and registration of chemical substances
Our focus is on REACH, especially registration, authorisation and building exposure scenarios, in addition to the biocides and the safety of nanoparticles. TNO and TNO Triskelion have together developeda range of assessment tools to help evaluate human exposure and to avoid and reduce health risks. Our expertise is available to address regulatory issues as well as to solve day-to-day chemicals management problems. Experimental toxicology
We offer high quality toxicology studies, specifically tailored to the needs of REACH, biocides, pesticides and nanomaterials customers. Our toxicological research centre provides new and improved methods in toxicology, especially inhalation, reproduction and immuno-toxicology. We have been developing novel methods to reduce, refine and replace animal testing for nearly two decades and are proud of our performance record in this field, especially resource saving combined in vivo studies such as repeat-dose (28/90d), repro screening and in vivo gentox in the same study. We can offer the new OECD 443 Guideline for an Extended One-Generation Reproduction Toxicity (EOGRTS) study, already validated in our laboratories.Analytical chemistry
TNO Triskelion’s analytical research centre, with its history of TNO R&D excellence, has expertise in developing challenging analytical chemical methods for a very broad range of substances including: organotins, fluorocarbons, formaldehyde, biocides, pesticides, fragrance materials, to name but a few. At the interface of the fields of toxicology and risk assessment, our tailor-made services can make a difference, for example:
O test substance identification and characterisation O mechanistic studies of toxic compounds in vivo using sophisticated
analytical techniques O human and environmental exposure studies in various settings
(industrial, agricultural).Food packaging petitions, migration testing and plastics recycling
TNO Triskelion offers regulatory affairs services, migration and toxicity testing of food contact materials (FCM) for petitions to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and for food contact notifications (FCN) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Examples are monomers and additives used in plastics described in Directive 2002/72/EC. We sharpen our knowledge by participating in the technical committees of the EFSA.How we work
Project management – your assignment with TNO Triskelion is always led by one of our experienced project managers, your primary contact person, who manages your project, interacts with the scientific team, and ensures your that deadlines are met and that the assignment meets your needs. Your project manager maintains contact with you during phone and/or conference calls (scheduled as and when you require), and also provides regular update reports.Quality assurance and reporting – our GLP reports are consistently subjected to the required auditing and control procedures to ensure compliance. All the documentation you receive (proposals, reports, analytical results, IUCLID files, chemical safety reports, eSDSs) is reviewed by a senior staff member before being sent out to you.Relationship management – in addition to strong project management, our sales and account managers are also there to assist you. Our customer services department is there to guide you to the correct technical contacts within TNO Triskelion, who will help you find the right solution.
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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1932 TNO The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research is founded
1946 Founding of the Central Organic Chemistry Institute in Zeist
1960 Development of the first organic antifouling paints2004 Completion of five-year HPV programmes on various
chemical groups including organotins 2005 TNO Business Unit Quality and Safety formed to offer
safety services to the chemical industry2006 Participated in REACH implementation projects (data
requirements, exposure assessment)2007 Commenced REACH partnership with Sabic Europe2008 REACH phase I takes off – a long deep dive2010 Successful completion of 325 full and partial REACH
dossiers2011 Incorporation of TNO Triskelion as a private company2011 ReachCentrum and TNO Triskelion join forces to offer
REACH workshops and training courses
ACCREDITATIONS
In compliance with GLP (toxicology and analytical chemistry); ISO 9001 certified; Some analytical services under ISO 17025
PARTNERS
TNO Quality and Safety (R&D)ReachCentrum (workshops and training)EPPA Consulting (advocacy)
CLIENTS
Three top-10 and 12 top-50 global chemicals manufacturers are our clients.We have provided long-term chemical safety services to the following chemical sectors: fluorochemicals, hydrocarbon distillates, organotins, biocides, chlorinated solvents, fuel oxygenates, organic peroxides, formaldehyde, polyols and isocyanates, silicates and mineral oxides (micro and nano grades), coal chemicals, fragrances.
TESTIMONIALS
"In the past three years TNO Triskelion has steered us safely through the difficulties and uncertainties of REACH registration. It is a thorough, scientifically reliable and pro-active partner for the risk assessment and registration of chemicals" – Harrie Camps, SABIC
CASE STUDY 1: Successful registration within REACH, post-2010 follow-up and 2013 preparations
With Phase II REACH registration rapidly approaching in mid 2013, this is another year in which to push ahead with the preparation of safety dossiers. We can combine the necessary data searches, testing where needed, chemical safety assessment, and exposure scenarios into IUCLID 5, chemical safety reports and eMSDS and all under the same roof.It has also now become clear with the publication of a definition by the EC of nano-materials that they will ultimately fall under REACH and ECHA has published its first advice on how that process may take shape recently on its website.By 1 June 2013, companies should have completed the registration of substances in the 100-1000 tonnage band. Does your substance have sufficient data or do you need to carry out testing? The time for dossier preparation is quite limited. TNO Triskelion can help you plan the registration, guide you through the process, and/or work with you to ensure timely and successful registration.
CASE STUDY 2: ECHA test proposal evaluations – what to do?
REACH requires that for substance volumes of 100-1,000t and >1,000t, missing higher tier safety studies be included in the registration dossier in the form of a test proposal. ECHA is in the process of evaluating these proposals and draft decisions are being sent to lead registrants. ECHA has informed the chemicals industry that Phase I of REACH yielded 404 test proposals. Most have already been published on the ECHA website and were open for public comment for several weeks.
O our advice to clients faced with an ECHA test-proposal evaluation, starting with the draft decision is to make use of the opportunity provided by the Regulation and ECHA procedures to enter dialogue with ECHA evaluators. TNO can help develop and support the scientific arguments to support your case to ECHA.
O should testing be approved, TNO Triskelion is specialised in higher tier testing with difficult test materials. Our inhalation toxicology skills cover gases, volatile liquids, solids and nano-grade materials, while our reproduction toxicology skills are second to none and include the EOGRTS (OECD 443).
CASE STUDY 3: Chemical safety and compliance support
Our experts can support you in your day-to-day management of issues related to chemical safety. Our expertise can help you to avoid compliance issues in the future that could affect your production of chemical substances, mixtures and articles. For example, we can:
O create and follow-up on watch lists of your substances as they become impacted by regulatory measures in the future
O evaluate current exposure of workers at your production sites O assist you with the production and implementation of extended safety
data sheets O prepare an audit of REACH readiness for government inspections O prepare answers to questions from ECHA regarding compliance of
your dossiers O follow-up on any ongoing work on your substances in Siefs and
consortia O help you in answering questions from your clients regarding their
REACH obligations for the substances you supply to themSolutions as outlined above are offered on a contract basis with a primary contact point that becomes your personal advisor.
STAFF SELECTION
Our key staff members have long experience in the analysis, testing and risk assessment of a wide diversity of substances for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry. This solid background is applied to your substances as well. A steady inflow of young academics ensures that we remain vigorous and up to date.
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Website www.toxminds.comE-mail [email protected] Head office 116, Avenue de Broqueville, 1200 Brussels, BelgiumTel +32 (2) 762 91 45Fax +32 (2) 762 91 46Contact Daniéle van HauteDirectors Dr Thomas Petry Dr Francesca TencallaOwnership Private companyLocations Belgium, GermanyFounded 2006
OVERVIEW
ToxMinds BVBA is a product safety and regulatory affairs firm located in Brussels, Belgium. We provide scientific, regulatory and strategic support to a broad range of industries. Human and environmental safety of industrial and consumer products is essential for business sustainability and growth. With our broad industry experience, we support our clients in bringing safe, regulatory compliant and publicly acceptable products to the market.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
Turnover, group -Turnover, chemical service provision -No of offices 2No of countries represented 4Staff, group 10 - 25Staff, chemical service provision 10 - 25
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Head office: Avenue de Broqueville 116, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
SERVICES PROVIDED
The (eco)toxicology and regulatory experts of ToxMinds provide high quality consulting and technical support services to a broad range of industry clients that are subject to human and environmental health legislation. All our senior consultants have long term industry experience and therefore understand the specific needs of industry. Our services are centred on our three competence areas: applied human health and environmental risk assessment; EU regulatory strategy and compliance; and science-based advocacy. Applied human health and environmental risk assessment
Literature review: retrieval, organisation, analysis and presentation of accurate information on the (eco)toxicological effects of chemical substances.Hazard assessment: in-depth evaluation of (eco)toxicological hazards, target organ toxicity or species and characterisation of dose-response relationships.Environmental fate: determination of the fate of substances in soil, water and air and derivation of predicted environmental concentrations (PECs) according to the methodologies specific for the different types of industries.Data completion: evaluation of non-testing approaches to support chemical and chemical-based product safety including grouping/read-across approaches, analogue identifications as well as the use of QSAR methodologies; identification of intelligent testing strategies, design and management of in vitro/vivo non-clinical and clinical safety programmes.Risk assessment: comprehensive human health and environmental risk assessments.EU regulatory strategy and compliance
Chemicals and commodities: strategic consulting, technical registration and post-submission support to ensure success under the REACH as well as compliance with the CLP Regulation.Biocides and agrochemicals: pre-registration/registration support including literature search, data gap analysis, human and environmental risk assessment as well as dossier assembly and post-submission support.Pharmaceuticals and OTC: strategic non-clinical programme planning and conduct, eCTD dossier development, client representation to authorities and post-marketing support.Plant biotechnology: development of regulatory submissions as well as scientific post-submission support (eg development of responses to queries from regulatory authorities).Science-based advocacy
Strategy: develop and implement strategies to support products againstscientifically unjustified health- or environment-related allegations.Authority review: support on science and regulatory matters indiscussions with regulatory authorities.Communication: communicate (eco)toxicology and risk assessment findings to diverse audiences (eg academia, authorities, consumer, and non-governmental organisations).Scientific review panels: addressing complex health or environmental issues through organisation and management of independent multidisciplinary peer review panels.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2006 Foundation of ToxMinds BVBA by Dr Thomas Petry2009 Opening of ToxMinds office in Brussels in the direct vicinity of
the EU institutions2011 Establishment of ToxMinds Dependence in Düsseldorf,
Germany
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CLIENTS
ToxMinds is providing its (eco)toxicology, product safety and regulatory compliance services to a wide range of multinational fortune 100 companies, SMEs, and industry associations from the chemical, metal/mining, consumer product, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector.
TESTIMONIALS
“We have been working with ToxMinds BVBA for many years on various complex toxicology, ecotoxicology and regulatory issues. The professionals at ToxMinds are thorough, knowledgeable and always meet the demands and difficult timelines required by our company. We continue to rely on ToxMinds as experts in the fields of toxicology, ecotoxicology and regulatory compliance.” – Senior Manager, Global Product Regulatory Compliance, international specialty chemical company
CASE STUDY 1: Consortium management and technical support to REACH consortia
ToxMinds provides technical REACH support for a number of REACH consortia and individual chemical companies covering more than 80 chemical substances, predominantly UVCBs. Our technical work includes:
O desktop search and data gap analysis O QSAR modelling and analysis O design of intelligent testing strategies O placement and monitoring of testing programmes O development of IUCLID 5 registration dossiers, chemical safety
assessments and reports (CSR) O strategy advice and support during registration and evaluation phases O client representation in discussions with authorities O applications for authorisation, strategic and technical support during
authorisation phase.
CASE STUDY 2: Human and environmental risk assessment
ToxMinds (eco)toxicology consultants have long experience in conducting human and environmental risk assessments of commodity and specialty chemicals for our clients as part of regulatory or voluntary industry programmes or for internal safety assurance purposes. The human health risk assessments considered human exposures to chemicals at the workplace, in indoor/outdoor air or due to their release from consumer products such as cosmetics, cleaning or pest control products. The environmental assessments typically included environmental fate and ecotoxicicty evaluations of chemical releases into the environment at manufacturing or usage sites, field uses in the case of agrochemicals or from “down the drain” consumer products.
CASE STUDY 3: Science-based advocacy
ToxMinds has been supporting and advising global chemical and consumer product companies whose main product categories were subject to public discussion on potential human health effects in its scientific external relation programmes. Our work involved the analysis of the scientific basis of the claims on potential health impacts and the evaluation of possible response strategies. On behalf of the industry, ToxMinds presented its scientific views in discussions with the European Commission, EU Member States as well as non-governmental organisations leading to a less emotional and a more rational debate supported by science.
STAFF SELECTION
Dr Thomas Petry
Dr Petry is the founder and manager of ToxMinds BVBA. He is a product safety and regulatory affairs consultant with 20 years’ industry, consulting and research experience in the human safety assessment of chemical exposures occurring at the workplace, through their use or presence in consumer products or via the environment. He is a European registered toxicologist (ERT) as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and earned his PhD in toxicology from the Institute of Toxicology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) of Zurich.Dr Francesca Tencalla
Dr Tencalla is a (eco)toxicology and regulatory affairs consultant with 20 years’ of industry, consulting and research experience in the human and environmental safety assessment of chemicals, metals, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. She is a European registered toxicologist (ERT) and earned her PhD in (eco)toxicology from the Institute of Toxicology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) of Zurich.Dr Adrian Nordone
Dr Nordone is a toxicology and regulatory affairs specialist with more than 20 years’ industry, consulting and research experience in the areas of preclinical safety assessment of pharmaceuticals, human and environmental safety assessment of cosmetics, consumer products, specialty chemicals and petrochemicals. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and earned his PhD in toxicology from Clemson University, South Carolina. Ms Nirmala Ranggasami
Ms Ranggasami is a toxicology and regulatory affairs consultant with more than ten years’ of industry and consulting experience in the human and environmental safety assessment of substances. She is a European registered toxicologist (ERT) and earned her MSc in toxicology from the University of Surrey, UK.
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Website www.wildlifeinternational.comE-mail [email protected] office 8598 Commerce Drive, Easton Maryland 21601, USATel/ Fax +1 410 822 8600/ +1 410 822 0632Contact Annegaaike LeopoldDirectors Mark Jaber, CEO Jim Miraldi, CFO Dave Palmer, Director of Business Services Annegaaike Leopold, Director Business DevelopmentOwnership Private company Locations USA, The NetherlandsFounded 1976
OVERVIEW
Wildlife International Ltd is a leading contract research organisation (CRO) specialising in ecotoxicology, environmental fate and chemistry. Established in 1976, we serve and provide support to a global clientele with GLP studies to meet global regulatory requirements for pesticides, pharmaceutical and animal health products and industrial chemicals. Wildlife leads in endocrine ecotoxicological testing and screening. Bioaccumulation testing is one of our major areas of specialisation. Accurate mass equipment will enhance our environmental fate capabilities in early 2012.
VITAL STATISTICS 2011/12
Turnover, group US$18mTurnover, chemical service provision US$3.0mNo of offices 2No of countries represented 3Staff, group 120Staff, chemical service provision 80
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Laboratory90%
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GLOBAL OFFICES
European Office of Wildlife International Ltd: Waterstraat 5, 7201 HM Zutphen, The NetherlandsJapanese Agent: LSG Corporation; S&S Buildling 6-36 Shin-Ogawamachi; Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0814; Japan
SERVICES PROVIDED
Biodegradability testing and environmental fate
Biodegradation screening and testing (OECD 301, 310, 314, 303 etc). Environmental fate testing (OECD 307, 308, 309, 106). All these studies can be performed including metabolite identification. Specific expertise in the context of REACH is in the field of biodegradability screening and simulation testing. The director of our Biodegradation and Environmental Fate Department was one of the authors of OECD guideline 314, Simulation tests to assess the biodegradability of chemicals discharged in wastewater. This study can be used as a less expensive alternative to the Continuous Activated Sludge Test (OECD 303A).Endocrine disruptor screening and testing
Further specific expertise lies in the field of endocrine disruption screening and testing, We have in-house histopathology services to evaluate the potential of chemicals to effect endocrine-sensitive tissues in fish, amphibians and frogs.Sediment toxicity and terrestrial plant testing
We offer testing and study design expertise in terrestrial and aquatic plant testing and evaluation of products to sediment dwelling organisms. A 9,000 m2 greenhouse provides ample space for testing multiple species and advanced study designs. Sediment testing includes freshwater and marine acute and chronic tests.Ecotoxicology testing
Wildlife International Ltd maintains a modern aquatic toxicology laboratory. It has been open since 1990. The facilities are designed to accommodate a wide range of acute and chronic aquatic tests, and are capable of supporting a large number of concurrent studies. Testing is performed in walk-in environmental control chambers with built-in reconfigurable diluter systems (capable of holding up to 64 replicate test tanks), or in smaller test systems each consisting of an integrated temperature controlled water bath and diluter, enclosed in an isolation chamber. The lab can run up to ten bioaccumulation studies per year.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
1976 Established as an avian toxicology facility with a staff of five1983 Company acquired by current ceo and partner1986 Opened laboratory designed for full service avian toxicology
testing1990 Opened 2,800m2 aquatic toxicology and chemistry laboratory1990 Expanded avian toxicology laboratory to 3,600m2 1992 Established biodegradation department to offer ready,
inherent and specialty biodegradation testing 1997 Opened the European office of Wildlife International Ltd in
The Netherlands2000 Opened 1,300m2 environmentally controlled greenhouse
facility 2006 Expanded biodegradation and e-fate department to include
300m2 of new laboratory space2009 Completed in-house histopathology laboratory to evaluate
endocrine effects in fish, amphibians and birds2010 Acquired by the Riverside Compan2011 Opened up 1,100m2 expansion designed to conduct aquatic
endocrine testing.
ACCREDITATIONS
Good laboratory practice (GLP) − multiple inspections by EPA with no findings
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Wildlife International Ltd works with many other contract laboratories and consultancies with the aim of optimally serving our clients. We do not have a partnership with any one company.
CLIENTS
O Agricultural chemicals: Dupont, Syngenta, DowAgro, BASF, Bayer, Monsanto, Makteshim-Agan, Sumitomo, Nihon Nohyaku, Valent, Gowan, Agrichem, Nufarm
O Industrial chemicals: Dow Chemical, Albemarle, ICL, Arkema, Bayer, Dupont, Akzo Nobel, Procter and Gamble, RIFM
O Pharmaceutical: Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co O Animal health: Intervet, Eli Lilly
TESTIMONIALS
"Wildlife International has always had a highly competent staff that produces high quality reports with attention to detail. The reports meet or exceed our needs for REACH and other regulatory requirements. Wildlife is also flexible and will attempt to meet timelines on key projects if at all possible. We have enjoyed working with Wildlife International Ltd personnel for over 15 years and will continue to do so in the future" − The Dow Chemical Company
CASE STUDY 1: Minimised bioaccumulation test design − developed by Dr T Springer and Dr H Krueger at Wildlife International Ltd
Bioaccumulation testing: minimised design using fewer animals and fewer resources. Wildlife International Ltd has developed a minimised bioaccumulation test design as alternative to the existing OECD 305 guideline study (Springer et al 2008, Hala, Springer and Huggett, 2011). This minimised design has been taken up in the REACH guidance under section R7C Key aspects of the minimised design include:
O sampling of fish tissues twice − only twice − during depuration O the goal is to determine kinetic definition (BCF=uptake rate constant/
depuration rate constant), and therefore a steady-state of the chemical in fish tissue concentrations need not be achieved
O animal use is reduced by at least 75% relative to the standard OECD 305 test if the minimised design is used (eight instead of 36 animals minimum per concentration tested)
O taken up in the modified OECD 305 guideline as part of a tiered approach. If well above or below trigger values of concern, this can be accepted as final study.
CASE STUDY 2: Evaluation of fate of arzoxifene − work performed at Wildlife International Ltd. Poster presented at SETAC 2010, Perkins et al
Arzoxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator in development for the treatment of osteoporosis in humans. To evaluate fate in a sewage treatment plant, 14C-arzoxifene was incubated with sewage sludge in three systems: static, porous pot, and anaerobic digestion. In a 28-d static aerobic system, less than 1% of the applied radioactivity (AR) was converted to 14CO2 and the total amount of transformation products at each sampling interval ranged from three to 15%. In a porous pot, 14C-arzoxifene was introduced continuously in the influent into a mixed-liquor system. Less than 0.1% AR was converted to 14CO2 and HPLC/RAM indicated that the radioactivity in the mixed liquor was all arzoxifene. The effluent contained only about 10% of the radioactivity in the influent, and of that radioactivity, only about half was arzoxifene.
The remaining radioactivity was bound to solids. In anaerobic sludge digestion, less than 0.1% AR was converted to 14CO2 or 14CH4. Transformation products ranged from 10.5 to 13.8% of the extractable radioactivity.The fate of 14C-arzoxifene was evaluated in two static, aerobic water sediment systems for 100 days. Lastly, the fate of 14C-arzoxifene in the terrestrial compartment was evaluated in four soils under aerobic conditions for 120 days. In summary, there is inherent biodegradation potential of arzoxifene in the environment as evidenced by transformation products and some 14CO2 evolution. However, the majority of depletion of arzoxifene from the environment will be due to strong and unextractable sorption to solids, both sewage solids and those in sediment and soil.
CASE STUDY 3: Results of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate studies with a brominated flame retardant. Poster presented at SETAC 2010, Hardy et al
Using the water accommodated fraction method due to DBDPEthane’s low water solubility (0.72 ?g/L), the No Observed Effect Load Rates in fish (O mykiss, 96 h), daphnia (D magna, 48 h), and freshwater algae (S capricornutum, 96 h) were >110 mg/L, the highest doses tested. The 28-d No Observed Effect Level in two sediment dwelling species, the midge C riparius and the oligochaete L variegates, using spiked sediment with 2% organic carbon was 5,000 mg/kg dry sediment. The EC50 for reproduction was 3,180 mg/kg dry soil while the NOEC for reproduction was 1,910 mg/kg dry soil. Seedling emergence and growth of six species of plants (Z mays, C sativa, A cepa, L perenne, G max, L esculentum) was not effected at doses >=1,563 mg/kg. Nitrification by soil bacteria was not adversely affected (6% inhibition) by a 28-d exposure to 2,500 mg/kg soil. Sewage sludge respiration was not inhibited at the limit dose of 10 mg/L. All studies were conducted under good laboratory practices, according to OECD and/or US EPA OPPTS guidelines, and used material representative of the commercial product as test article.
STAFF SELECTION
Henry O Krueger, PhD – Director of Aquatic and Non-Target Plant Testing
Director of aquatic toxicology since 1995. Responsible for all aspects of the Wildlife International Ltd aquatic toxicology programme including fish and amphibian endocrine disrupter studies. Expert aquatic toxicologist, with specific expertise in bioaccumulation testing sediment toxicology testing and endocrine test design, conduct and interpretation.Timothy Springer, PhD – Director of Special Projects
Dr. Tim Springer manages special projects and technical support. He was responsible for the development of the abbreviated in vivo fish bioconcentration test. Dr. Springer has also developed all of the amphibian programmes, including the endocrine frog metamorphosis test with Xenopus. His expertise is used in study design and statistical evaluation of toxicology data. Dr. Springer is also a key member of EPA/OECD test method development committees.Edward Schaefer – Director of Fate and Biodegradation
Mr Schaefer has more than 20 years of experience in the area of degradation and environmental fate testing. Responsible for study design and oversight of testing programmes. Key contributor to development of EPA/OECD test guidelines – specifically OECD guideline 314.Dr Timothy Blake – Metabolite Identification Specialist
Dr Blake is a senior level scientist who has spent more than 25 years performing definitive structure ID analysis. The addition of Dr Blake expands our ability to conduct metabolite identification work using an UHR-TOF instrument (to be installed in February 2012). Willard Nixon, PhD – Director of Chemistry
Dr Nixon has more than 25 years of experience in analytical chemistry. He received his degree in analytical chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill. He has worked in the area of environmental chemistry for over 20 years and his group provides analytical support for the WLI ecotoxicology group.
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Website www.wtconsulting.chE-mail [email protected] office Weierweg 7, 4410 Liestal, SwitzerlandTel +41 61 923 30 00Fax +41 61 923 30 02Contact Ulrich WietschorkeDirectors Ulrich Wietschorke Dr rer nat Andreas TschechOwnership Private companyLocations SwitzerlandFounded 2007
OVERVIEW
WTConsulting is an independent and neutral full-service provider in international regulatory affairs, environment, health and safety, offering more than 25 years of sound knowledge and experience.The regulatory disciplines covered include chemicals, food contact substances/ food packaging, drinking water contact substances, direct food additives, feed additives, medical devices, cosmetics and cosmetics raw materials, toys and pharmaceutical packaging.Geographic regions covered: Europe, North America, Japan, Korea, China and Australia.
VITAL STATISTICS 2010/11
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Consultancy/ advisory
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Representation& management
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Information5%
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Covered by partner network.
SERVICES PROVIDED
REACH compliance
O data gap analysis including scientific and monetary evaluation of data (Klimisch etc)
O literature search O development of intelligent test strategies O QSAR, read across / bridging, waiving O compilation of technical dossier and chemical safety report in
IUCLID5 O technical dossier submission, updates and follow-up O support on joint submissions O project management (initiation and scientific monitoring) of studies
(physical-chemical, mutagenicity, toxicity, eco-toxicity, environmental fate) at test laboratories
O negotiations with regulatory agencies and scientific bodiesCLP / GHS notification, classification and labelling
O collection and assessment of data available O QSAR and read across / testing proposal O classification according to CLP (1272/2008) and DSD (67/548/EEC) O submission of C&L notifications with ECHA (European Chemical
Agency)Chemical notifications worldwide
WTC staff are familiar with the requirements for the notification of new chemicals to all notification schemes around the world. We cooperate with local independent regulatory experts to ensure appliance of the very latest expert information and direct access to regulatory agencies and test laboratories, as needed.Food contact substances/ food packaging materials
O review of existing data, gap analysis and test programme proposal O compilation of safety assessments, and depending on the country
environmental impact assessments O compilation and submission of registration dossiers, including follow-up O analytical method development and validation O migration calculation and migration studies O project management (initiation and scientific monitoring) of studies
(migration, mutagenicity, toxicity) at test laboratories O compliance certification of plastic formulations (supply chain support) O preparation of compliance documentation according to Regulation
1935/2004 O negotiations with regulatory agencies and scientific bodies O support on GMP O other countries upon request.
Cosmetics and cosmetic raw materials
O safety evaluation of cosmetic raw materials, and cosmetics and fragrances applying QSAR, read across
O compilation of registration dossier of cosmetic ingredients and submission
Food additives and feed additives
O review of existing data, gap analysis and test programme proposal O compilation and submission of registration dossiers, including follow-up O analytical method development and validation O project management (initiation and scientific monitoring) of studies
(physical-chemical, mutagenicity, toxicity, eco-toxicity, environmental fate) at test laboratories
O negotiations with regulatory agencies and scientific bodies
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Medical devices
O evaluation of biocompatibility in accordance with ISO 10993-1 / USP O literature search and data collection for safety assessment/ gap
analysis/ conception of test programme O project management (initiation and scientific monitoring) of studies
(haemocompatibility, migration/ leaching, cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, toxicity, ADME studies) at test laboratories
O assessments reports O compliance certification
Toys
O evaluation of the chemical safety of toys in accordance with Directive 2009/48/EC
O literature search and data collection for safety assessment/ gap analysis/ conception of test programme
O Project management (initiation and scientific monitoring) of studies (migration/ leaching, cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, toxicity, ADME studies) at test laboratories
O assessments reports O compliance certification O compilation of technical information files according to EU Toys Directive O consulting on safety strategies
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 WTConsulting GmbH founded2008 Establish CRO network2009 Establish global network of expert regulatory consultants
ACCREDITATIONS
WTConsulting staff is member of the Swiss Society of Toxicology and the Swiss Society of Chemistry.
PARTNERS
Partner companies can be viewed on our website.
CLIENTS
In line with our confidentiality terms and the nature of our business, WTConsulting does not release the identity of clients. WTConsulting works for international companies covering the whole supply chain including OEMs.
TESTIMONIALS
Testimonials will be provided upon individual request.
CASE STUDY 1: Overall experience
WTConsulting staff members experience is based on: O more than 1,500 chemical notifications including testing and risk
assessment O more than 450 food contact substance notifications and registration
dossiers O more than 3,500 compliance evaluations of plastic formulations for
food contact use O more than 150 safety assessments for plastic formulations and
individual ingredients (including degradation products) for use in toys O over 75 safety assessments of cosmetic ingredients O over 650 evaluations of bio-compatibility of medical devices O active involvement in regulatory working groups.
CASE STUDY 2: Time to market/cost savings
For a new chemical substance WTConsulting developed a test programme for the global notification under chemical regulations schemes and for the registration as an additive for food contact plastics in Europe and in the USA. With the developed test programme the chemical substance obtained global notification under chemical schemes, and it became regulated / approved for food contact / packaging applications “across the board” in Europe (EU-EFSA and German BfR) and in the USA (FDA). The toxicological test programme was optimised to the extent that also the eventual degradation products were covered, resulting in significant cost- and time savings for the client. Market implementation for food contact application could start 18 months early.
CASE STUDY 3: Business impact analysis and support
Industry is exposed to an increasingly growing regulatory and non-regulatory environment worldwide. At WTConsulting, we see this development as a mega-trend. We support our companies taking these developments into account and achieving sustainable global business, growth and development.WTConsulting successfully consulted and navigated a multi-national chemical company through scientific, regulatory and non-regulatory negotiations with agencies, NGOs and OEMs, demonstrating regulatory compliance, environment and consumer safety of strategically important products.
CASE STUDY 4: Development of safety strategy and synergies
For a world-leading toy manufacturer WTConsulting successfully developed a global safety strategy going beyond applicable toys regulations. The strategy addresses the rapid developments in the regulatory environment not limited to consumer safety, but also addressing the product life cycle per se. As the evaluation of the raw materials was part of the project, sensitive information was disclosed – under a secrecy agreement. The safety strategy grants compliance (beyond) toy regulations and directs permanent optimisation of raw materials in view of life cycle aspects.
STAFF SELECTION
Ulrich Wietschorke
O BSc in biology O founder of WTConsulting GmbH O 25 years’ experience in the CRO industry as global senior regulatory
affairs professional, consultant and managing directorDr rer nat Andreas Tschech
O PhD in biology O co-founder of WTConsulting GmbH O 22 years’ experience in the CRO industry as global senior regulatory
affairs professional, consultant and regulatory toxicologistDr sc agr Ulrich Decker
O PhD in agro-sciences O certified Euro-toxicologist O 25 years’ experience in the CRO industry as toxicologist/ study
director and five years as regulatory affairs managerDr rer nat Birgit Seyfried
O PhD in biology O 22 years' experience in the CRO industry as eco-toxicologist/ study
director and department head, and five years as regulatory affairs manager
13 June 2012, Brussels REACH & CLP EnforcementTroubleshooting Q&A with our expert panel
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* Dr Eugen Anwander, Chemicals Inspectorate, Institute for Envi-ronment and Food Safety, State of Vorarlberg, Austria, ECHA Forum Member
* Mercedes Vinas, Manager Chemical Regulation, Cefic - Euro-pean Chemical Industry Council
* Dr Peter Freunscht, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Europe
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Chemical Watch workshops allow delegates to discuss with colleagues in an open yet confidential format the complex world of chemicals regulation.
Brussels workshop
Places limited – book now
EXPERT PANELPut questions to representatives from three Europeanenforcement authorities plus industry experts.
* Dr Szilvia Deim, National Institute of Chemical Safety, Hungary and Chair of the ECHA Forum
* Dr Andrea Mayer-Figge, Ministry of Employment, Integration and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine Westfalia, Germany
* Dr Eugen Anwander, Chemicals Inspectorate, Institute for Envi-ronment and Food Safety, State of Vorarlberg, Austria, ECHA Forum Member
* Mercedes Vinas, Manager Chemical Regulation, Cefic - Euro-pean Chemical Industry Council
* Dr Peter Freunscht, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Europe
* Steve Groome, Global Regulatory Affairs & Product Stewardship Manager, Rhodia Novecare
Jointly chaired by:
* Mamta Patel, Editorial Director, Chemical Watch
* Ruxandra Cana, Partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Book your place now at: www.chemicalwatch.com/REACH-enforcement or Tel: +44(0)1743 818 293
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Website www.ag-hera.comE-mail [email protected] office Apartado 77, Cádiar, Granada 18440, SpainTel +44 (0) 7805609296Contact Albania GrossoOwnership Sole ownershipLocations SpainFounded 2010
OVERVIEWAG-HERA is a chemical risk assessment consultancy specialising in REACH, CLP, and chemical hazard and exposure projects. The company was founded by Albania Grosso after 20 years of employment in environmental consultancy firms and government agencies in the US and the UK. Albania has extensive technical and project management experience in the field of environmental legislation and compliance. Her unique combination of technical and project management capabilities, plus leading edge experience of REACH and CLP registrations, provides clients with a seamless solution to any chemical risk assessment challenge. AG-HERA specialises in human health and environmental exposure modelling. We conduct modelling of worker exposure, consumer exposure, and exposure of the general population via the environment, plus exposure modelling of different environmental compartments. We are experienced in the use of EUSES, CHESAR, ART, IUCLID and ECETOC TRA. In collaboration with our associate companies we provide the full range of technical, legal and administrative services required for effective compliance with environmental regulations such as REACH and CLP.
SERVICES PROVIDEDConsortium management, dossier preparation and data management, pre-registration/registration, risk assessment (environmental), risk assessment (human), testing strategies, corporate strategy/advice.
CLIENTSLower Olefins and Aromatics (LOA) Consortium, Higher Olefins and Poly Alpha Olefins (HOPA ) Consortium, Hydrocarbon Solvents REACH Consortium (HCSRC), CONCAWE, International Lead Association (ILA), Frits Consortium, Precious Metals Consortium, Rutgers Belgium, Penman Consulting, Regulatory Science Associates Ltd, wca environment ltd.
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Website www.alemare.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office 5 London End, Irchester, Wellingborough, UKTel +44 (0)1933 356422Contact Paul ForsytheOwnership Private companyLocations UKFounded 2006
OVERVIEWWe regard REACH as part of the business environment, not just another regulation. This means that we not only enable our clients to manage their REACH obligations, but also help them, as qualified business advisors, to become more profitable.Some of our services may be eligible for government part-funding.
SERVICES PROVIDEDREACH impact analysis and strategic advice: advising companies how compliance with REACH can protect and even grow their businessOnly representative services for non-EU manufacturers: including late pre-registration, enabling continued access to European marketsRegistration services: chemical safety assessments and reports – exposure scenarios – data gap analysis – computer models – safety data sheet research and authoring – production and auditing of technical dossiers
CLIENTSWe act as only representatives for micro- to large-sized Chinese manufacturers. Our other clients are usually small manufacturers, importers or downstream users. They often have only minor involvement with chemicals.We identify how they can comply with REACH and associated legislation while meeting the requirements of their business.
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Website www.altox.dkE-mail [email protected] office Tonsbakken 16-18, DK-2740 Skovlunde, DenmarkTel/ Fax +45 3834 7798/ +45 3834 7799Contact Pernille HjaltalinOwnership Private limited companyLocations DenmarkFounded 1992
OVERVIEWALTox is a consultative company that provides counselling and training within:
O REACH and CLP requirements of chemicals and articles (C&L, SDS, ECHA registrations and communication)
O biocides O cosmetics and toys O other registration services (eco labelling, national product registers, COLIPA etc) O general safety counselling for professional and private use (on-site handling,
storage etc in relation to regulations for occupational health and environment) O Scandinavian regulations (eg MAL codes and order on carcinogenic substances).
SERVICES PROVIDEDAt ALTox we assist private companies (SMEs as well as large companies), authorities and trade organisations and work in collaboration with the client to find the most appropriate result. We aim at finding practical solutions based on science and regulatory requirements. ALTox is widely recognised for the development of helpful desk tools to ease implementation of C&L and preparation of SDS. Being independent from software solutions (C&L, SDS) and test laboratories (CRO) allows for a more flexible approach towards regulatory changes.
CLIENTSImporters, downstream users and manufactures of chemicals primarily in Europe. ALTox also provides counselling to trade organisations, universities and other professionals within the chemical area.
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E-mail [email protected] office Looierslaan 8 2264 AA Leidschendam The NetherlandsTel +31 703204891Fax +31 847517808Contact Arnold van der WielenOwnership Private companyLocations The NetherlandsFounded 2010
OVERVIEWA small consultancy specialising in the legal and technical implementation of REACH and CLP, providing advice to companies and governmental organisations.
SERVICES PROVIDEDAdvice on legal and technical implementation of chemical management policy, especially in the implementation of European chemicals legislation such as the REACH and CLP regulations. Advice on risk and hazard assessment of chemicals, on classification and labelling of chemicals and preparations, also gives advice needed to fulfil the requirements of the European CLP regulation. Offers a great network of contacts in the European Commission, ECHA and EU member states.
CLIENTSNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Moxba Metrex, KMR Stainless, Forest Metal Group, BSEF
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Website www.calebgroup.netE-mail [email protected] office The Stables, Somerset House, Church Road, Tormarton,
Badminton, Gloucestershire, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)1454 269330/ +44 (0)1454 216030Contact John YatesOwnership Private companyLocations UK, Germany, USAFounded 1994
OVERVIEWCaleb Management Services Ltd is a policy and regulatory consultancy that has been active in the field of chemical regulation since 1994. Caleb’s clients range from governments, multi-national companies and worldwide consortia to small companies with a single substance. Caleb tailors its support to take account of a client’s internal resources in order to maximise the value of our contribution. The company has a considerable track record in sustainable management recently adding a sustainable procurement support service for our clients.
SERVICES PROVIDED O consortium management O REACH dossier development and registration O Sief management O CLP compliance management O SDS authoring and management O OR and TPR services O sustainable procurement support
CLIENTSCaleb supports SMEs and large corporations, European and global industry associations and task forces globally. Currently the company is OR or TPR for about 20 companies and provides consultancy support for many more. Caleb also supports more than ten REACH consortia as managers and advisors.
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Website www.cfcs-consult.comE-mail [email protected] office CFCS-Consult GmbH, Essen - Tübingen, Alfredstraße 68-72,
45130 Essen, GermanyTel/ Fax +49 201 79870 191/ +49 201 79870 386Contact Dr Barbara Lohmann Directors Dr Barbara Lohmann (CEO), Dr Felix Endres (CEO)Ownership Private companyLocations Germany, ItalyFounded 2007
OVERVIEWCFCS is a team of experienced: toxicologists, chemists, eco-toxicologists, biologists and environmental chemists. Our experts are specialised in the areas of: regulatory affairs, chemical assessments, chemical safety, risk assessment, environmental protection and occupational safety. Our main focuses are: REACH services, project and finance management, risk analysis, classification and labelling according to GHS/CLP, authorisation of biocides and biocidal products, authorisation of pharmaceuticals and veterinary drugs, assistance with the certification process for the ecolabel, workshops for REACH, Ecetoc TRA, IUCLID 5, Chesar.
SERVICES PROVIDEDCFCS is a qualified partner offering services in various life science disciplines dedicated to the assessment of the biological or chemical impact of substances on humans and on the environment. We provide ample support on regulatory issues and project management to our clients. Among our services, our clients can benefit from our network of well renowned and certified scientific partners and institutions. Consequently, and even for very complex projects, we are always available as your key reference partner.
CLIENTSManufacturers, importers or downstream users of industrial chemicals, veterinary drugs, plant protection products or cosmetic ingredients.
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Website www.chemrisk.comE-mail [email protected] office 101 2nd Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA, USATel/ Fax +1 (415) 896-2400/ +1 (415) 896-2444 (Fax)Contact Julie PankoOwnership PrivateLocations United StatesFounded 1986
OVERVIEWChemRisk LLC is a scientific consulting firm committed to helping clients develop sustainable solutions to a growing number of health and safety concerns. Specifically, the company specialises in pioneering risk assessment methods to characterise and understand complex exposures involving chemicals, pharmaceuticals or radionuclides in a variety of environmental media and products. It leads the way in working with the government, industry and academia to provide objective, science-based solutions to difficult challenges.ChemRisk brings: outstanding knowledge and expertise across chemicals, industries and countries; recognised leadership in the scientific, government and academic communities; passion for using sound science to drive sustainable solutions; reputation for project excellence at all levels of project complexity; firm grasp on past, present and emerging issues and trends; tradition of client-focused teamwork and fast response.
SERVICES PROVIDEDData evaluation for use in toxicity and exposure assessments, data gap/need assessment, exposure scenario development; test design and results interpretation, chemical safety report preparation, chemical risk assessment of full product lifecycle; and regulatory/stakeholder communications.
CLIENTSEuropean Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association; REACHLaw Ltd; RegNet Environmental Services; Phosphites Stabilisers REACH Consortium; MCCP REACH Consortium LCCP REACH Consortium; confidential chemical manufacturers; World Business Council for Sustainable Development; various law firms; confidential product manufacturers
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Website www.chemsw.comE-mail [email protected] office 4771 Mangels Blvd, Fairfield, CA 94534, USATel/ Fax +1 707 864 0845/ +1 707 864 2815Ownership PrivateLocations USAFounded 1991
OVERVIEWFounded more than two decades ago, ChemSW is the leading provider of chemical and biochemical inventory management systems, MSDS systems and other chemistry laboratory software and services. ChemSW’s products streamline laboratory processes and reduce chemical purchasing and disposal costs. ChemSW supports over 15,000 customers in more than 40 countries throughout the world.Our laboratory chemical inventory systems ensure user adoption, process efficiencies and accurate, real-time data, enabling companies to: identify and optimise critical inventory system components; optimise chemical safety and inventory data; streamline lot tracking and qualification for process efficiencies; address regulatory requirements, such as FDA 21-CFR-11; automate Tier 2, Fire Code, GHS reporting; automate audit trails
SERVICES PROVIDEDWe offer a complete range of systems to meet the needs of every application, in both regulated and non-regulated environments. We provide laboratory chemical inventory management and MSDS systems to meet the needs of the smallest desktop application to the largest multinational enterprise. ChemSW maintains a comprehensive R&D programme, coupled with rigorous usability testing and quality control processes. We support all of our customers and systems with an experienced, dedicated customer service staff.
CLIENTSChemSW serves major customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, food and environmental industries as well as colleges and universities.
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E-mail [email protected] office 2 White Lodge Close, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 3QY UKTel +44 (0)7712 787610Contact Dr Chris VanceOwnership Private CompanyLocations UKFounded 2009
OVERVIEWDr Chris Vance has more than 30 years experience in the chemical industry and worked for more than 20 years as the product safety/ regulatory/toxicology manager for the ICI Paints business and latterly AkzoNobel before establishing CJV Consulting Ltd (CJVCL). Areas of specific expertise include chemical product related legislation such as CLP, safety data sheet (SDS) compilation, REACH compliance and the hazard and risk assessment of raw materials and finished products for retail/consumer, trade, industrial and food contact businesses. CJVCL has particular knowledge and experience in dealing with regulatory compliance issues for chemical mixtures/preparations.
SERVICES PROVIDEDIndividual expert services provided include the following. Compilation and/or verification of supply labelling (eg CLP) and SDSs for substances and mixtures. Product specific compliance and advice on all aspects of CLP and REACH legislation including imports and articles. Global regulatory and hazard data searches, toxicological evaluations and reporting. Substance specific hazard and risk assessment.
CLIENTSClients come mainly from the chemical and coatings industries in the EU and USA. For confidentiality reasons clients cannot be named without their formal approval.
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Website www.complianceandrisks.comE-mail [email protected] office Unit 9, Eastgate Avenue, Eastgate Business Park, Little Island,
Cork, IrelandTel +353 (0)21 4351990Fax + 353 (0)21 4355186Contact Damien McGovernOwnership Private limited companyLocations Ireland, USA, UK, BelgiumFounded 2000
OVERVIEWCompliance & Risks provides innovative online tools for the delivery and management of global regulatory intelligence. Our daily alert system, customised to your specific topics and regions of responsibility, enables you to access accurate, timely and relevant regulatory information across a range of environmental subjects, in more than 100 countries. Our unique software, C2P, enables you to record your assessment and action plan for full compliance with regulations relevant to your business.
SERVICES PROVIDEDRegulatory tracking services, regulatory information management, management reporting, market access reports.
CLIENTSCompliance & Risks supports a large number of multinational and smaller companies in their compliance processes. Originally focused on the electronics sector, clients now span many sectors. Some of our larger clients include Cisco, GE, HP, IBM, Ikea, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Nike and Siemens.
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Website www.conusbat.comE-mail [email protected] offices Germany: Kruppstr 18, D-52072 Aachen Netherlands: Spinnewiel 18, NL-1251 DB Laren Tel/ Fax +49 241 518 57790 (internet); +49 241 81987 (Germany)
+31 35 5435911 (Netherlands); (Fax) +49 241 81928Contact Dr Annelie Struessmann, Technical and Regulatory DirectorOwnership Steven L Hanft, MA, President (private ownership)Locations Germany and the NetherlandsFounded 1995, Aachen, Germany
OVERVIEWCONUSBAT is a regulatory affairs service provider focusing on REACH and the EU frameworks for cosmetics, food/nutrition, consumer health care and household products. The service spectrum includes strategic planning, compliance analysis and implementation. Our clientele consists of worldwide Fortune 500s, SMEs, governmental agencies and academic institutions. While focusing internally on the EU frameworks, we cooperate with third parties worldwide in compliance approaches for our key industry sectors. Dr Annelie Struessmann is CONUSBAT’s Technical and Regulatory Director.
SERVICES PROVIDEDREACH: strategic consulting, compliance analysis, only representation, dossier preparation, SDS preparation, training (onsite/online)EU Cosmetic Regulation/Directive: strategic consulting, compliance analysis, safety assessment, notification, training (on-site/online)CLP: classification and labelling, notifications Product certificates: strategic consulting and application processingEU regulations for food and nutrition: compliance analysis, implementationInternational regulations for food, nutrition, cosmetics and toiletries, chemicals: strategic consulting, compliance analysis, implementationRegulatory and market knowledge workshops (on-site/online): EU, USA, Brazil
CLIENTSGlobal companies (Fortune 500s, SMEs), academic or training institutes, governmental agencies in cosmetics and toiletries, fine chemicals, food and nutrition, household and consumer health care products
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Website www.crowell.comE-mail [email protected] office Rue Joseph Stevens 7, Brussels, B-1000, BelgiumTel +32 2 282 4082Fax +32 2 230 6399Contact Laurent RuessmannOwnership Private companyLocations Washington DC, New York, California, Anchorage, London and
BrusselsFounded 1979
OVERVIEWCrowell & Moring is an international law firm with nearly 550 lawyers representing clients in litigation and arbitration, regulatory and transactional matters. The firm is internationally recognised for its representation of Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation, as well as its ongoing commitment to pro bono service and diversity.
SERVICES PROVIDEDCrowell & Moring provides legal services in relation to EU chemicals legislation including REACH, CLP and WEEE.
CLIENTSRepresentative clients include: AT&T, BAE Systems, BMW, Caterpillar, EI du Pont de Nemours, Eastman Kodak, Hitachi, Lockheed Martin, Siemens and United Technologies Ltd.
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Website www.dangerandsafety.itE-mail [email protected] office Via Bugatti, 53, 56022 Castelfranco di Sotto (Pisa), ItalyTel +390571367427Fax +390571382829Contact Paola UliviOwnership Private companyLocations ItalyFounded 2000
OVERVIEWWith more than 10 years of experience, Danger and Safety provides prompt and professional services within the fields of risk assessment, environment, health and in general for chemicals’ regulatory affairs (Reach-CLP-Dangerous goods transport). All the staff are highly qualified (chemists and biologists).
SERVICES PROVIDED O full regulatory support for REACH regulation (Sief and consortium management;
dossier development and submission; CSA and CSR) O CLP compliance management O SDS and e-SDS authoring for substances and mixtures O risk and hazard assessment for health in working place O specific training and workshops (generic and in-house)
CLIENTSWe serve a wide variety of clients, from very small to large enterprises, operating in many fields as industrial chemicals, fragrance sector, pigments and dyes.
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Website www.mach-chemguide.comE-mail [email protected] office Boernsener Str 16f, 21039 Hamburg-Boernsen, GermanyTel/ +49 40 729 10 933Fax +49 40 729 10 934Contact Dr Bettina MachOwnership Private Locations GermanyFounded 2011
OVERVIEWOur service activities are designed to optimally support you in fulfilling the complex requirements of REACH and CLP. We guide you to REACH and CLP compliance.We rely on more than ten years of experience in the implementation of REACH and CLP and over 20 years of experience in product safety in the chemical industry.
SERVICES PROVIDED O Work on-site, if you wish O Identify your obligations O Prepare late preregistrations O Prepare ECHA inquiries for non-phase-in substances O Prepare dossiers in IUCLID 5 and chemical safety reports O Prepare all kinds of notifications O Communicate with ECHA O Represent your interests in Siefs and consortia O Monitor toxicological studies O Classification and labelling and its notification O Advice on the use of substances in cosmetic products
CLIENTSDr Mach Chemical Compliance and Competence focuses on SMEs in the European chemical industry: manufacturers, importers, distributors and downstream users.
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Website www.ecotox.com.auE-mail [email protected] office Unit 27, 2 Chaplin Drive, Lane Cove 2066, AustraliaTel +61 2 9420 9481Fax +61 2 9420 9484Contact Dr Rick KrassoiOwnership Private limited companyLocations AustraliaFounded 2001
OVERVIEWEcotox Services International (ESI) is the sister company of Ecotox Services Australasia (ESA) formed in 2001. ESI was created specifically to provide contract ecotoxicity testing services for chemicals and products for international regulatory assessment purposes in compliance with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). These studies are used to satisfy international regulatory requirements for programmes such as the REACH programme.
SERVICES PROVIDEDEcotox Services International offers testing services in compliance with the OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). A wide range of acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests are available, run with aquatic and terrestrial organisms.
CLIENTSEcotox Services International works with companies that need to fulfil international requirements for chemicals registration such as industrial chemical manufacturer/importers and agrochemical companies. ESI also works with consultancies managing REACH dossiers.
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Website www.EggCentris.comE-mail [email protected] office Z1; Research park 310, 1731 Zellik, Joseph Wybranlaan 40, 1070
Anderlecht, BelgiumTel/ Fax +32 (0) 2/529 58 69/ +32 (0) 2/529 51 04Contact Rita CortvrindtOwnership Private companyLocations BelgiumFounded 2002
OVERVIEWEggCentris is a contract research laboratory with expertise in reproductive function and its toxicity. We have developed a unique battery of innovative and proprietary in vitro bioassays which mimic different target organs, allowing the investigation of effects on male and female fertility, embryo development, and endocrine disruption. These tests can be applied for screening, hazard characterisation, and mechanism of action elucidation of chemicals, biologicals, and materials.
SERVICES PROVIDEDEggCentris offers testing services (ISO 17025) and knowledge-based project research. Our multi-parametric bioassays, which mimic in vivo physiology, generate quantitative and qualitative datasets which allow the prediction of fertility issues, pre- and post-implantation embryo toxicity, and endocrine disruption at the functional level. These in vitro tools are ideal for determining toxic concentrations, screening, ranking, and comparing compounds for their toxic profile.
CLIENTSEggCentris targets companies concerned with safeguarding reproductive functions in general and with gamete and embryo quality in particular. Such companies may be drawn from the pharmaceutical, chemical, or cosmetic industries. In addition, we can help fertility centres and their suppliers as a quality assurance laboratory for their medical devices and labware used for the handling of gametes and embryos.
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Website www.ekotox.skE-mail [email protected] office Ekotoxikologicke centrum Bratislava sro (ETC), Tomasikova 10/F,
821 03 Bratislava, Slovak RepublicTel/ Fax +421 2 45943712/ +421 2 45945223Contact Ms Alena PilvanovaOwnership PrivateLocations Head office onlyFounded 1993
OVERVIEWETC is private owned and offers independent advice and counsel. It provides comprehensive consulting services with proven international experience, expertise and project management capabilities in the following areas: legislation and regulatory requirements, environmental and social impact assessment, environmental/health protection, occupational health and safety.
SERVICES PROVIDEDPrincipal fields of expertise are: environmental management and capacity building, chemicals assessment and management (REACH, CLP, biocides, detergents, POPs), risk assessment/management, training, conferences and seminars.Management of chemicals - REACH and CLP services including:
O management consulting for REACH – status reviews, business road mapping, programme management/business transformation, training and socioeconomic studies
O outsourcing services for REACH
CLIENTSEkotoxikologické centrum Bratislava has successfully carried out a wide range of projects, large and small, for UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies and donors, government agencies in Slovakia and private businesses from EU MSs, Russia, South Korea etc.
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Website www.exitss.euE-mail [email protected] office Sinaaistraat 31, 9250 Waasmunster, BelgiumTel +32 (0)475 658 030Contact Els SchittecatteOwnership Private companyLocations BelgiumFounded 2009
OVERVIEWExitss offers you solutions or an "exit" for the technical niche-resource you are looking for with regards to any European chemical legislation like REACH, RoHS 2, CLP.Our scope is to guide your business through this extensive REACH legislation focusing on your obligations as a "producer or supplier of articles". Exitss experts will also assist you in creation of a fully detailed database in order to obtain latest declarations from your supply base and assist you with the evaluation if risks are adequately under control within your production site.
SERVICES PROVIDEDConsultancy: REACH impact assessment – RoHS and RoHS2 – regulation interpretation – gap analyses – strategic planning – strategy developmentOutsourcing: Supply chain communication – integration within your daily business processes – development and implementation of processes and procedures for proof of compliance ESCAPE: Match supplier info with BOM – upstream communication grade BOM against regulations – compliance reports www.exitss.eu/escape
CLIENTSExitss supports SME and large corporations, European or global industries.
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Website www.finnreach.comE-mail [email protected] office Itainen Pitkakatu 4B, FIN-20520 Turku, FinlandTel/ Fax +358 2 4788 490 ; +358 40 747 3393/ +358 2 4788 120 (fax)Contact Jan NylundLocations FinlandFounded 2009
OVERVIEWFinnREACH provides chemical safety services to companies under REACH, the Biocides Products Directive and the Plant Protection Regulation. We offer top notch research and expert services to support our customers’ registration tasks. We help you with the whole process starting from data acquisition and data evaluation to preparation of the final registration documentation. We provide GLP-certified laboratory services, data and exposure assessments, dossier and document preparation, IUCLID5, Chesar and REACH-IT. We have specialised in services to assist customers comply with the CLP Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and preparations and to prepare appropriate and correct safety data sheets (SDS) and other documents required by law. Our SDS service also includes SDS translations to all EU and other languages.We offer qualified dangerous goods safety adviser services including consultation and preparation of all reports as required by the Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulation (Safety Adviser).
SERVICES PROVIDED O safety data sheet preparation and translation O REACH and biocide registration and consultancy O data search and assessment O human health and environment assessment O R&D-services – formulation and substance replacement O qualified dangerous goods safety adviser O laboratory and testing – in vivo, in vitro, phys-chem
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Website www.fobig.comE-mail [email protected] office Klarastraße 63, D-79106 Freiburg, GermanyTel +49 761 38608-12Fax +49 761 38608-20Contact Klaus SchneiderOwnership Private companyLocations Freiburg, GermanyFounded 1992
OVERVIEWFoBiG is a privately owned consultant institute specialising in toxicological risk assessment with two decades of experience in exposure assessment and risk characterisation. FoBiG’s REACH experience dates back to 2001 with participation in RIP projects, Cefic-sponsored SPORT project, the REACH baseline study and VCI projects on exposure-based waiving and the “practical guide” on exposure assessment and communication in the supply chain. FoBiG successfully prepared numerous registration dossiers for the first REACH registration deadline in 2010.
SERVICES PROVIDEDFoBiG provides full-scale scientific support to meet industry’s REACH obligations:
O IUCLID 5 files (including literature searches, data gap analysis, evaluation of reliability, application of read-across and category approaches and inquiry dossiers for new substances)
O classification and labelling according to CLP Regulation O chemical safety reports (including hazard assessment, derivation of DNELs,
DMELs and PNECs, exposure assessment and risk characterisation) O support for preparing applications for authorisations under REACH O support in Sief and consortium discussions and communications O downstream user inquiries and communication
Other activities relate to cosmetics ingredients, safety evaluations and regulatory support in the areas of food toxicology, environmental contaminants and occupational toxicology.
CLIENTSFoBiG supports medium-sized and large European chemical companies by preparing registration dossiers and works for industry associations, European institutions and governmental organisations in REACH-related methodological projects.
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Website www.globalmsds.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Galloway House, Clotton, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 0EG, UKTel/ Fax + 44 (0)1829 781180/ + 44 (0)1829 781180Contact Stephen MillettOwnership Limited companyLocations UK Founded 2000
OVERVIEWSafety data sheets for the EU must now comply with REACH Annex II and include classification according to CLP with separate deadlines for substances and mixtures. Many products require an extended SDS with exposure scenarios in a multi-lingual AnnexMany Asian countries require their own formats now for SDS with classification for GHS – the revised MSDS standards for North America are expected early in 2012. Safety data sheets need your attention now.
SERVICES PROVIDEDYour business needs multi-lingual SDS and ext-SDS for your products that:
O achieve regulatory deadlines O meet customer CLP expectations O address GHS requirements for exports outside EU
You can benefit from our years of experience and choose from: O GlobalMSDS Software with our phrase database (for ext-SDS & Annex) in 33 languages O GlobalMSDS Solutions - full literature and/or regulatory outsourcing service O low cost, flexible formatting and effective solutions that enhance your business
CLIENTSGlobalMSDS has a wide range of global customers for both software and services from SMEs to large independent chemical companies as well as trade group supporting their members.
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Website www.igcon.nlE-mail [email protected] office Booglaan 4, 5348JJ Oss, The NetherlandsTel +31 412854594/+1 9412660583Contact Ineke GubbelsOwnership Private companyLocations NetherlandsFounded 2011
OVERVIEWIneke Gubbels founded IGCON in February 2011. She will assist clients with services related to regulatory compliance. Extensive knowledge of EU regulations, combined with years of experience in toxicology and risk assessment, guarantee that you will receive high quality advice on REACH, biocides and food. This will facilitate your access to the market and will lead to sustainable business solutions. You do not need to gather knowledge on massive legislation like REACH or become a toxicologist yourself.
SERVICES PROVIDEDStrategic consultancy: regulatory impact on business case; independent trustee; consortium management. Technical consultancy: testing strategies; interpretation of (test) results; alternatives to testing; risk assessment. Toxicology: toxicological review; monitoring services; dossier preparation; alternatives to animal testing.REACH: Sief and consortium management; interpretation and strategic advice; robust study summaries; CSR.
CLIENTSClients come mainly from the chemical industry, governmental organisations and others. Identity of individual clients and the nature of the work performed will only be disclosed after formal approval by the client. Confidentiality is key to the services delivered.
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Website www.jongeriusconsult.comE-mail [email protected] office Begijnenhof 26, 6584 CW Molenhoek, The NetherlandsTel +31 615962071Contact Onno JongeriusOwnership Private companyLocations NetherlandsFounded 2009
OVERVIEWJongerius Consult BV offers strategic and practical support of high quality to the various stakeholders working towards an efficient and successful implementation of REACH, CLP and related EU chemicals legislation.We combine our thorough legislative knowledge, joy in strategic and practical consultancy, enthusiastic facilitation and training of group processes, affinity for IT and creative, innovative and process oriented thinking ("out of the box") up to working solutions, good results and satisfied partners and customers.
SERVICES PROVIDEDSparring partner for company (REACH) teams and partners, organising efficient REACH compliance strategy and practical solutions in companies. Providing specific training and workshops (generic and in-company).Providing powerful support tools, eg REACHsuite Advantage, a web based registration and Sief management tool that will ease your lead registration and non-lead registration management towards 2013 and 2018 tremendously. Check our website for more detailed services and references!
CLIENTSOur clients are those companies that want to deal efficiently with REACH and related legislation with focus on the added value for the organisation. We are pleased with our satisfied partners, customers and many satisfied participants on our REACH compliance training programme 2011. We’ll continue to focus on providing added value and making REACH work for industry.
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Website www.jrfonline.comE-mail [email protected] office NH-08, Near Daman Ganga River, Valvada, Valsad, Gujarat, IndiaTel/ Fax (+91) 260 654 0242, 329 1873/ (+91) 22 6646 6119 (Fax)Contact Dr Abhay DeshpandeOwnership Private companyLocations India, USA, UKFounded 1977
OVERVIEWJRF Global is a non-clinical contract research organisation, with a multinational presence in India, the USA and the UK. JRF Global offers cost effective safety data generation, in compliance with good laboratory practice (GLP) services in toxicology, ecotoxicology, chemistry, environmental fate, metabolism and regulatory affairs. Studies are conducted in accordance with global regulatory guidelines, which are well received by global regulatory authorities. JRF Global has professional experience exceeding three decades as well as multi-site expertise. This expertise gives JRF Global, a competitive edge over the other CROs to establish it as a highly revered multinational brand.
SERVICES PROVIDEDToxicology: acute, mutagenicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity, repeated dose toxicity including carcinogenicity, toxicity studies with dogs, endocrine disruptor screening tests (Tier-I), rodent ADME, etc. Ecotoxicology: aquatic, avian, acute toxicity to earthworms, acute toxicity to honeybees. Environmental fate and metabolism: metabolism in soil and plant, adsorption/desorption, photolysis and hydrolysis, C/N transformation, inherent and ready biodegradability. Chemistry: product characterisation, method development and validation studies, product stability and purity analysis, physico-chemical studies, residue trials and analysis of residues and metabolites
CLIENTSThe client list exceeds 800 companies, including leading multinationals from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, agrochemical, biocidal and chemical industries.
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Website www.linmarkconsulting.comE-mail [email protected] office Bernoullistrasse 20, CH-4056 Basel, SwitzerlandTel +41 79 500 9719Contact Dr Martin G RichardsOwnership Private companyLocations Switzerland, FranceFounded 2007
OVERVIEWLinmark Consulting is a consulting and service company engaged in regulatory affairs, advocacy and communications for the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries. Linmark Consulting is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, a major European centre for the life sciences and chemical industries, with good communications within Europe and wider. Its French subsidiary, Linmark Consulting Europe SARL, offers only representative services under REACH, for chemical importers into Europe.
SERVICES PROVIDEDParticular skills are in generating new business or protecting client businesses through using regulatory knowledge and practice, stakeholder analysis, problem-solving and communications with stakeholders. Offerings are based on more than 25 years' senior operational experience in management of regulatory affairs and product development functions in multi-national chemical, agricultural biotechnology and biopharma companies in UK, USA and Switzerland. Skills are relevant to substances of very high concern and SEA.
CLIENTSClient confidentiality is guaranteed. Recent contracts include working as non-exclusive sub-contractor to Cefic's ReachCentrum in the management of six REACH consortia, where 2010 registration deadlines were successfully met. Some consortia are also continuing to meet 2013 and 2018 deadlines. Linmark Consulting has successfully managed global and EU chemical advocacy programmes for industrial chemical and biocide clients. It also operates as third party representative for US clients in EU and Switzerland.
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Website www.lkc-ltd.comE-mail [email protected] office Postfach 167, Hauptstrasse, SwitzerlandTel/ Fax +41 61 906 8500/ +41 61 906 8509Contact David KaneOwnership Private companyLocations Switzerland and UKFounded 2001
OVERVIEWLKC Switzerland Ltd provides registration and development management services to the international chemical industry. We provide a full range of regulatory services to achieve the successful registration of our clients' products in the fields of plant protection, biocides, veterinary medicines and industrial chemicals.
SERVICES PROVIDEDDevelopment and regulatory strategies: we construct robust product development strategies based on a sound understanding of regulatory requirements and commercial imperatives. We identify critical data gaps and find cost effective solutions before they affect commercial opportunities.Project management: we manage complex registration programmes and manage task forces and registration consortia.Registration services: we specialise in environmental and human risk assessments. preparing complete dossiers for marketing authorisations, also in electronic format Business and marketing concepts: we research new marketing opportunities and identify the right licensing partner for specific products.GLP studies: we direct multi site GLP studies in the fields of residues and ecology, monitoring all types of GLP studies at contract laboratories.
CLIENTSLKC's clients are specialty chemical manufacturers who benefit from our technical support in sectors that include agrochemical, biocide, animal health and general chemicals.
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Website www.msds-europe.comE-mail [email protected] office 8 Eleonora str, Budapest, HungaryTel/ Fax +36703358480/ +36709082864Contact Szilvia FerenczyOwnership Privately ownedLocations Hungary, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, SpainFounded 2001
OVERVIEWMSDS Europe is Central Europe’s market leader company, specialising in the compilation and translation of safety data sheets. Our professional expertise made it possible to enter the markets of Western Europe and outside the EU. Our company does not use any software during the translation of safety data sheets.We consider the compilation of safety data sheets a professional activity, therefore the foundation of our quality policy is our commitment to collaborate only with highly qualified experts with up-to-date knowledge. Quality is ensured by our multilingual experts in the field of chemistry, toxicology, biology and law.
SERVICES PROVIDEDCompilation, supervision and translation of material safety data in more than 27 languages. Compilation of multilingual labels. Translation of exposure scenarios. Expert opinion on safety data sheets. Safety assessment of cosmetics. Compilation of CLP compliant safety data sheets. CLP notification to ECHA. A new, innovative online MSDS storage and sharing system is available on our website. This service is free of charge for you.Please visit our website for further details.
CLIENTSPlease visit our website and click on References.
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Website www.ecotoxchem.co.ukE-mail [email protected] Head office Saxon House, John Roberts Business Park, Pean Hill,
Nr Canterbury, Kent, CT5 3BJ, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)1227 470901/ +44 (0)1227 765117Contact Dr Peter FiskOwnership Limited company Locations UKFounded Originally founded in 1995. Founded as a limited company in 2006
OVERVIEWPeter Fisk Associates offers specialist services to industry and regulatory organisations in the fields of environmental chemistry, toxicology and risk assessment. We bring expertise and high-level experience to chemical consultancy, tailored to our clients’ needs. We collaborate closely with our clients to harness their insights into their own products.
SERVICES PROVIDEDPFA has the capability to undertake technical and commercial services in support of compliance with all aspects of the REACH and CLP requirements, as well as other chemical and related regulations. We have worked on technical dossiers for more than 100 substances in Phase 1 of REACH and have more than 15 years’ experience of chemical regulatory compliance. Working with partners, we provide a comprehensive REACH service covering all areas including SEA, and other areas of chemical regulation (including biocides and plant protection products). We have also successfully provided REACH-related secretariat services, including consortium management and Sief communications. Specific services include: REACH dossier development – all technical aspects, chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology, quantitative structure-activity relationships, exposure assessment and modelling, risk management measures, consortium management, supply chain analysis and authorisation support.
CLIENTSA wide variety of industrial clients including chemical manufacturers’ consortia from several sectors, downstream users of chemicals and national competent authorities.
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Website www.reachdelivery.comE-mail [email protected] office Hamilton House, 111 Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire,
HP1 1BB, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)1442 450460/ +44 (0)1442 450335Contact Malcolm CarrollOwnership Part of the Mpower1 group of companiesLocations Worldwide supportFounded 2009
OVERVIEWThe REACH Delivery service is used by manufacturers, importers, distributors and downstream users worldwide. It supports the sending, receiving, internal distribution and automated update of safety data sheets and associated documents for large and small companies alike. It meets the delivery requirements for REACH compliance (as well as similar legislation in the US and other countries) by guaranteeing delivery, monitoring and auditing the actual receipt by your customers or staff.
SERVICES PROVIDEDREACH Delivery will automate the sending and updating of your documents but your customers can still receive them by email, or they can also elect to use REACH Delivery to receive (and send) their documents. Either way you are able to monitor, track and report on the process, whilst retaining a delivery status on all documents sent to and received by your customers. The service is easy to use and is designed to dramatically reduce the time and cost of administration in maintaining compliance. Use of the standard service is free for you and your customers. You can upgrade to the professional service at any time where low, ‘pay as you use’, charges apply only to documents sent. Users of the service also benefit from REACH Delivery’s free support, on-line training and help with starting to use the service.
CLIENTSClients encompass the entire chemical industry supply chain worldwide.
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Website www.reach-gs.euE-mail [email protected] office Rond Point Schuman, 6 Box 5, B-1040 Brussels, BelgiumTel/ Fax +32 (2) 234 77 78/ +32 (2) 234 79 11Contact Mr Richard L RodenOwnership Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters’ Association
(IKMIB) 95% and Steel Exporters’ Association (CIB) 5%. Two divisions of Istanbul Minerals and Metal Exporter’s Association, a joint venture between Turkish private industry and the Ministry of Economy.
Locations Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium; Offices: Istanbul, Turkey and Helsinki, Finland. Locations ideal for European and Turkish chemical industry and proximity to the EU Commission and Cefic in Brussels and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki.
Founded 2008
OVERVIEWREACH Global Services SA (RGS) is a professional regulatory consulting company advising private and public sector clients in the chemicals and allied industries to comply with European Union and Turkish Republic chemicals legislation. RGS’s experienced staff, based in Europe and Turkey consults to a diverse array of chemical companies, international and Turkish operating across a range of industrial sectors.
SERVICES PROVIDEDREACH and related support services including only representation to non-EU manufacturers. EU Cosmetics Regulation compliance services for Turkish exporters to the EU. Turkish chemicals legislation compliance including by-law on chemicals inventory and control and Seveso II compliance. Regulatory compliance training.
CLIENTSRGS’s client portfolio range from multinational blue chip and leading Turkish chemical and allied industry companies to small and medium enterprises.
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Website www.rorltd.comE-mail [email protected] office Hippocampus House, Hulme Lane, UKTel +44 (0)1565 724241Fax +44 (0)1565 723500Contact Client ServicesOwnership Private limited companyLocations Europe, local agents: Asia, Middle EastFounded 2006
OVERVIEWReach Only Representative Ltd (ROR) was one of the first commercial Only Representatives established in Europe. UK based, assisting non-European chemical manufacturers, and EU manufacturers and importers to comply with their REACH obligations. ROR is recognised as one of the most competent specialist only representative companies in Europe with the ability to provide compliance services to all members of the supply chain.
SERVICES PROVIDEDOnly Representative services for non-EU manufacturers to export to the EU. Third party representative services for EU manufacturers, importers and internal Only Representatives so they comply with their obligations. Lead registration representation in consortia, within the Sief or on committees. Document preparation: IUCLID technical dossier, chemical safety report (CSR), safety data sheet (SDS) authoring, provision and distribution. Additionally we can offer auditing services to ensure your company remains compliant with REACH.
CLIENTSCountries of clients: China, India, USA, UK, Brazil, Qatar, Egypt, South Africa, South America and other regions.
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Website www.reach-rs.comE-mail [email protected] office PO Box 161, Middlewich, Cheshire, UKTel +44 (0)1565 724243Fax +44 (0)1565 723500Contact Service helpdeskOwnership Private limited companyLocations EuropeFounded 2008
OVERVIEWReach Registration Services Ltd (RRS) provides first class advice, scientific, technical and administrative support to Siefs and consortia. Our status as an independent party enables registrants to understand and overcome the complexity of EU competition law within the data sharing process. Our assistance allows all parties to ensure registration is completed on time with fair apportioning of costs. In addition to Sief services we can provide access to registration resources for individual clients.
SERVICES PROVIDEDRRS competences include: data management, IUCLID dossier preparation, SDS authoring, Sief and consortium management, Sief facilitation and management, corporate training in support of obligations in the supply chain. Other facilities include: supporting lead registrants with their testing proposal strategies as well as third party risk assessment and laboratory services. Trustee services are available upon request. AUDITING service provision to other Siefs and consortia to meet their members' requirements. Independent advice in the event of a data or administrative dispute in a Sief.
CLIENTSCountries of clients: European Union (UK, Germany, Spain) China, India, USA, Brazil, Middle East, South Africa, South America
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Website www.reachready.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)20 7901 1444/ +44 (0)87 1813 0304Contact Trent WeberOwnership Chemical Industries AssociationLocations London, UKFounded 2006
OVERVIEWREACHReady offers a dedicated one-stop shop for REACH and CLP services. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chemical Industries Association, our strong reputation and extensive experience of the chemical and downstream industries makes us the best choice for REACH and CLP services. Our thorough understanding and knowledge of the legislation stems from more than a decade of in-depth involvement in their development at every stage. We offer a flexible, value-for-money service for all your REACH and CLP compliance needs.
SERVICES PROVIDEDWe offer a specialist helpdesk staffed by technical experts who can provide a rapid response to your REACH and CLP questions. Our tailored consultancy service can be used to develop or review a strategic approach to compliance, or deliver practical help in tasks such as classification, IUCLID submissions or SIEF support. Our free Matchmaker service can match trusted suppliers of REACH and CLP services to your particular need. There is also a comprehensive training programme of public or in-house workshops to help you manage your own compliance.
CLIENTSWe have a global customer base with clients from all industries affected by the REACH and CLP Regulations. Our services are used by companies from individuals and SMEs to global corporations. Recent clients include: British Adhesives and Sealants Association (BASA), Eli Lilly & Co Ltd, FUJIFILM Imaging Colorants Limited, Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA), NEXT plc, The Body Shop International, WSP Environmental Limited.
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Website www.REACHsuite.comE-mail [email protected] office Ribble Court, 1 Mead Way, Padiham, Burnley, Lancs BB12 7NG, UKTel/ Fax +44 (0)1282687000/ +44 (0)1282687009Contact Malcolm PollardOwnership Private limited companyLocations UK, Netherlands, BelgiumFounded 2005
OVERVIEWBaytouch Ltd is the leading independent provider of REACH compliance IT solutions with significant consortia and prestigious blue chip companies as clients, as well as working with some of the leading REACH expertise service providers. REACHsuite’s Sief management and communications tools, incorporating collaborative document management and contract/token dissemination, proved highly effective for 2010 registrations with Siefs of all sizes. REACHsuite’s Advantage edition is the content-ready version for company lead Sief management and for non-lead monitoring, a powerful combination of REACHsuite’s sophisticated Sief interaction capabilities and Jongerius Consult’s expert content, rapidly becoming the de facto standard for organisations’ lead registration and non-lead monitoring challenges. OR, supply chain communications and substance and product portfolio stewardship management complete the integrated solutions portfolio.
SERVICES PROVIDEDIT solutions for: corporate lead registrant Sief management and communications; REACHsuite Advantage content-ready Sief management for lead/non-lead monitoring; consortium and corporate lead registrant substance management; OR and supply chain communications; substance and product portfolio stewardship management.
CLIENTSMajor consortia including Aluminium, Lower Olefins, ATC, Polyester Monomers, and others; corporate clients such as Kemira, Kimberly Clark, Shell Chemicals and many others through our partnerships with service providers including Caleb Management Services, Jongerius Consult, Penman Managed Services and WSP Environmental.
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Website www.reachwise.euE-mail [email protected] office 22 St Albans Avenue, London W4 5JP, UKTel +44 (0)20 87470873Contact Peter DoubenOwnership Private companyLocations United Kingdom, Netherlands, GermanyFounded 2007
OVERVIEWREACHWise provides tailor-made services overseen by Peter Douben, formerly Director REACH in Cefic and head of Environmental Protection in Unilever before founding REACHWise. We have extensive knowledge of REACH and its consequences for businesses. Our focus on REACH and CLP means our efforts are targeted. We change complex situations into manageable elements and processes and provide solutions.
SERVICES PROVIDEDImpact of REACH and CLP: in finding comprehensive solutions for companies, we advise them on the best way to approach their REACH and CLP “problem” and to remain compliant at all times.Sief support: we provide the whole spectrum of Sief and consortium management, from Sief formation, organisation and structure, data and cost sharing, preparation of dossiers including IUCLID and CSR, to submission of lead and joint registrations. We adopt a modular approach to support companies that prefer to carry out some tasks in-house. REACH support: for individual and groups of companies requiring more than Sief management support, our REACH support covers data evaluation and sharing, preparation of the technical dossier, use and exposure requirements, chemical safety assessment and report, and exposure scenarios.Supply chain communication: we enable Sief participants to set-up and manage communication with downstream customers in a fast and efficient way for supplier and customers.
CLIENTSSatisfied customers from the ceramics industry, fertilisers and related industries, fragrance sector, health care sector, home and personal care, lubricants manufacturers and suppliers, metals sector, minerals sector, pigments and colorants sector, speciality chemicals industry
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Website www.rsireg.comE-mail [email protected] office 116 Culley Court, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambs., PE2
6WA, UKTel/ Fax +44 1733 367 760/ +44 1733 367 761Contact Andy BurgessOwnership Private limited companyLocations UK, China, USAFounded 2010
OVERVIEWRegulatory Services International (RSI) is a multinational company delivering chemical regulatory support services through our own teams and strategic partners working for and with us in key strategic locations. Our goals are to provide our clients with pragmatic regulatory compliance solutions and to guide them through the continually evolving regulatory landscape. We have a highly experienced team with an in-depth practical knowledge of the services we offer delivered through locally based contacts in the EU, USA and China.
SERVICES PROVIDEDSpecialist Chinese chemical substance notification and regulatory support: new substances support in compliance status determination, notification strategy development and execution, notifications preparation, arranging in-country testing, submission/post submission support and rgistration agent. Existing substance support under Decree 591 Hazardous Chemicals legislation. Product regulatory compliance assessments: review of product portfolios, determination of compliance status, development and execution of compliance plans. Global new substance notifications: we have aligned with highly professional locally based partners in Asia, EU and US to deliver a global chemical registration service.
CLIENTSWe serve a wide range of clients from a broad range of industries, along with consultants, CROs and law firms involved with developing, marketing, and transporting chemical substances and formulated products.
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Website www.scivera.comE-mail [email protected] office SciVera LLC, PO Box 142, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USATel/ Fax +1 434 974 1301/ +1 678 693 6896Contact [email protected] PrivateLocations USAFounded 2008
OVERVIEWSciVera offers a range of products and services that enable cost-effective and reliable safety assessment of product chemical and material data. SciVera’s solutions support compliance with a number of regulations in Europe and North America as well as growing requirements from B2B customers for more robust chemical safety assessment of products.
SERVICES PROVIDEDSciVera is the only web-based software solution giving efficient and cost-effective processing of product and material data for toxicological risk assessment. SciVera’s customers upload bills of materials (BOM) or bill of substance (BOS) data to their SciVera Lens site through a secure internet connection. SciVera Lens automatically processes chemical safety assessments as well as exposure and risk assessments for each product. SciVera’s added level of chemical risk assessment supports compliance efforts on North American and EU regulations and market requirements such as California Prop 65, REACH CSA/CSR, EU Toy Safety Directive Conformity Assessment. SciVera Lens enables manufacturers to efficiently and securely gather BOM/BOS data from suppliers while protecting supplier proprietary information. Our data and toxicology experts support customers’ efforts to gather product data from suppliers and generate critical technical documentation from assessment results.
CLIENTSSciVera Lens has applicability to virtually all product categories where articles and formulations need chemical safety assessment for toxicological hazard and risk. Active engagements include manufacturers and suppliers in: aerospace, automotive, electronics, footwear/apparel, toys, and specialty chemicals.
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Website www.sitmaereachservices.comE-mail [email protected] office Timmermanslaan 2, 3601 GP Maarssen, The NetherlandsTel +31 346 562414Contact Paul VerspoorOwnership Private companyLocations The NetherlandsFounded 2001
OVERVIEWSitmae REACH Services BV is established to serve non-European manufacturers and formulators of chemicals as their only representative under REACH. We also provide REACH services and consultancy to EU importers, manufacturers and industrial users of chemicals. Sitmae is a compact company and boasts a team of highly capable consultants with an in-depth knowledge of REACH and all its hidden complications.
SERVICES PROVIDEDFull REACH service: only representative service, REACH registration and pre-registration, extended safety data sheets, exposure scenarios, ECHA notifications for REACH and CLP and authorisation requests. Certificates of REACH compliance: we distinguish between substances and mixtures and articles. For substances and mixtures we provide REACH certificates to your customers as your only representative or REACH service provider. For articles we provide a dedicated REACH certification service. REACH consultancy: we cover REACH compliance in companies, complex REACH registrations, legal advice and Industrial advocacy EU Cosmetics Regulation: the new regulation allows non-EU cosmetics producers to centralise their European cosmetics compliance and keep formulations confidential. Sitmae Cosmetic Services provides a full service including safety evaluations and notification
CLIENTSWe have a long list of satisfied customers. For a complete overview please visit our website.
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Website www.steptoe.comE-mail [email protected] office 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USATel +32 2 626 0500/ +1 202 429 3000Fax +32 2 626 0510/ +1 202 429 3902Contact Seth Goldberg/ Darren Abrahams/ Dr Anna GergelyOwnership Limited liability partnershipLocations Belgium, China, UK, USFounded 1945
OVERVIEWTo operate in these fast-evolving regulatory fields requires not only mastery of the law, but also the underlying science. Our integrated team of legal, regulatory and science professionals located in the EU, US and China, along with our network of contacts in other jurisdictions, provide the breadth of expertise and geographic reach to enable our clients to accomplish their commercial objectives. We have the experience to leverage the investments our clients have made, and knowledge of their products across a range of regulatory fields and jurisdictions.
SERVICES PROVIDEDOur practice has a particular focus on the full breadth of legal and commercial issues arising under the regimes on biocides (antimicrobials), plant protection products (agrochemicals), food contact materials, nanotechnologies, REACH (where we act as OR and TPR) and CLP.We have a strong body of experience in the following additional areas: agricultural and industrial biotechnology, chemicals (commodity and speciality), cosmetics, electronics, feed and seeds, flavours and fragrances, functional foods, medical devices and waste.
CLIENTSOur clients are national and multinational companies, in sectors including: automotive, chemicals, food, metals, mining, plastics, textiles and waste. We work with European and international trade associations, public institutions, agencies and bodies at the regional and national levels.
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Website www.stewardshipsolutions.co.ukE-mail [email protected] office Green Lowe Farm, Shawclough Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale,
Lancashire BB4 9SA, UKTel +44 (0)1706 220901Contact Dr Chris EacottOwnership Private companyLocations nr Manchester, UKFounded 2003
OVERVIEWStewardship Solutions Ltd is a small and respected chemicals management consultancy run by a chemical industry professional with over 30 years' experience. A focus of the company is EU chemicals regulatory compliance, with a special emphasis on REACH. We are also leaders in the implementation of chemical industry product stewardship programmes and management systems. Our strength is our ability to translate often complex regulatory and industry obligations into readily achievable compliance strategies and processes.
SERVICES PROVIDEDA comprehensive range of compliance services including: REACH only and third-party representative services; REACH registrations; CLP compliance; REACH authorisations and SVHC management; production of safety data sheets; and exposure scenarios. We advise clients on low-cost regulatory compliance strategies, run training courses, help implement efficient compliance processes and management systems, undertake supplier compliance audits, and offer IT solutions. We thrive on providing solutions to compliance challenges.
CLIENTSRanging from small enterprises to large multinational corporations our clients span the world, especially North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific region. Industry sectors supported include: chemical manufacturing and distribution; household, cleaning and personal care products; lubricants; pigments and dyestuffs; agricultural chemicals; biotechnology and pharmaceuticals; coatings and adhesives; textiles, consumer articles and consumer retailing. Client testimonials are available on request, and from our website.
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Website www.tenviro.euE-mail [email protected] office Bruksgatan 11, 36050 Lessebo, SwedenTel +46(0)47810254/ +31(0)306346202Contact Erwin TheelenOwnership Private companyLocations Sweden, also working in The NetherlandsFounded 1 January 2010
OVERVIEWEn: Tenviro is a freelance consultancy bureau with a background in the Dutch REACH and CLP helpdesk and industry. Tenviro specialises in chemicals legislation including REACH, CLP (GHS) and RoHS, Tenviro supports among others SME companies and consultancy firms.NL: Tenviro is een freelance adviesbureau met een achtergrond in de Nederlandse REACH en CLP helpdesk en industrie. Tenviro is gespecialiseerd in chemicaliënwetgeving waaronder REACH, CLP (GHS) en RoHS. Tenviro ondersteunt o.a. MKB bedrijven en adviesbureaus.SE: Tenviro är en svensk freelans byrå med en bakgrund i den Holländska REACH & CLP upplysningen och industri. Tenviro är specialiserad på kemikalielagstiftning såsom REACH, CLP (GHS) och RoHS. Tenviro arbetar för bla. SMF-företag & konsultbyråer
SERVICES PROVIDEDTenviro provides: tailored REACH, CLP and RoHS compliance training, compliance audits and supply chain communication; REACH registrations and CLP notifications; REACH and CLP compliant safety data sheets and labels.
CLIENTSTenviro works for governments, industry and trade organisations including: the Dutch REACH and CLP helpdesk; importers and manufacturers in the oil, olefin, electronics and paper industry; consultancy firms. Tenviro’s freelance fees are lower than the market average, suiting small and medium enterprises and other consultancy bureaus.
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Website www.thewercs.comE-mail [email protected] office The Wercs Ltd, 23 British American Blvd, Latham NY 12110, USATel +1 518 229 3489Fax +1 518 640 9299Contact Steffan KilmerOwnership PrivateFounded 1984
OVERVIEWThe Wercs provides software tools and services to help advance the health and safety of the environment in which we work and live. For more than 25 years, we have partnered with our clients to develop innovative solutions that go beyond global regulatory and sustainability compliance.
SERVICES PROVIDEDMSDS authoring software and servicesRetail complianceGreen chemistry and sustainability solutions
CLIENTSPetrochemicalPharmaceuticalLife sciencesAgro-chemRetailPaints and coatingsConsumer products
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Website www.toxfocus.comE-mail [email protected] office 65 Flint Rock Road, Stamford, CT 06903, USATel/ Fax +1 203 355 2819Contact Barbara Vogt, PhD, DABTOwnership Private companyLocations USAFounded 2008
OVERVIEWTox Focus, LLC is a specialty consulting practice providing the toxicologic and scientific content for REACH, the Cosmetics Directive, and other regulatory programmes and for global chemical management. Principal Barbara Vogt, PhD Toxicology, DABT, has more than 15 years experience in corporate and clinical toxicology. She has authored REACH registration dossiers and Sief communications for more than 12 projects for the 2010 REACH deadline, all of which were accepted without challenge by ECHA on the first submission attempt.
SERVICES PROVIDEDHigh-quality toxicology assessments and strategic planning for compliance with REACH requirements, including data gap filling, adaptations to data requirements, analogues, categories, and computer models (QMRF, QPRF), laboratory test monitoring, robust summary authoring, construction of IUCLID5 files with completeness reports, chemical safety reports, exposure scenarios, risk assessments and classification, labelling and packaging (CLP). A specialty is responding to evaluation and authorisation challenges, as is risk assessment for chemicals and consumer products, especially for the EU Cosmetic Directive.
CLIENTSCytec Industries Inc, The Redstone Group, Mayer Brown International LLP, Lucite International, Ineos Europe Ltd, The Cyanide Council, Evonik-DeGussa GmbH, Air Products and Chemicals Inc, Vertellus Specialties Inc, Arch Chemicals Inc, Shepherd Chemical Company, Gerber Scientific International, AW Chesterton Company, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Inc, FMI Chemical, Connecticut Business and Industry Association, United States Department of Commerce.
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Website www.toxcel.comE-mail [email protected] / [email protected] office PO Box 93, Ledbury, HR8 9JE, UKTel +44(0)1531 638999 (UK) / +1 703 754 0248 (USA)Contacts Christine McAlinden (UK) / Alan Katz (USA)Ownership Limited companyLocations UK, USAFounded 1999
OVERVIEWtoXcel’s European and North American offices work closely together to provide a coordinated regulatory resource for seamless development and execution of strategies designed for cost-effective regulatory approvals leading to domestic, regional, and global export market expansion.
SERVICES PROVIDEDtoXcel provides a full range of services to support obtaining marketing approvals by governmental agencies, with emphasis on regulatory strategy development and all aspects of preparing applications and dossiers. toXcel advises companies about compliance with REACH, the Biocidal Products Directive, the Cosmetics Directive, the Plant Protection Products Regulation, and other EU registration requirements. We can provide you with a full REACH registration service (including only representative function), or we can support your in-house activities as required. Our experts provide FIFRA, TSCA, and FDA services to our global clientele in our US office. toXcel has global experience in the performance of exposure and risk assessments, environmental assessment, safety and toxicological evaluations, and the design and management of GLP analytical chemistry, residue, efficacy, environmental fate, mammalian toxicity, metabolism/pharmacokinetics (ADME), and ecotoxicity studies.
CLIENTSOur leading consultants focus their collective professional talents on assisting chemical manufacturers, formulators, pharmaceutical companies, personal care/consumer product manufacturers and suppliers, trade associations, law firms, and the food industry.
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Website www.toxikon.beE-mail [email protected] office Toxikon Corporation 15, Wiggins Avenue, Bedford Massachusetts 01730, USATel +32 16400484Fax +32 16401304Contact Kevin BreeschOwnership Private companyLocations Belgium, USAFounded 1982
OVERVIEWToxikon is an international CRO with ISO 17025, GMP and GLP accreditations, with more than 30 years of experience. We contract and partner with the chemical industry to deliver exceptional toxicological safety evaluations in support of REACH. With the complete in vitro toxicology testing portfolio and in vivo capabilities to facilitate repeat dose toxicity, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity studies to support your registration. Analytical services are provided to screen products for substances of very high concern (listed by ECHA), for concentrations above 0.1% w/w.
SERVICES PROVIDEDAcute, subchronic and long term repeat dose toxicity studies.Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity.
CLIENTSConfidentiality agreements are in place with clients in following industries: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics and packaging.
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Website www.verdantlaw.comE-mail [email protected] office 1025 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036,
USATel +01 202 828 1233Contact Philip A Moffat, EsqOwnership Private – professional limited liability company (PLLC)Locations USA with an international network of affiliated providersFounded 2009
OVERVIEWVerdant Law, PLLC is a boutique environmental law firm located in Washington, DC. Although located in the United States capital, the firm has a global perspective, providing high-quality services to domestic and foreign clients on matters at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as those arising internationally. Verdant specialises in product risk management with an emphasis on sustainability, environmental, and related challenges. The firm's principal practice areas include green chemistry and chemicals management, right-to-know, and nanotechnology, among others.
SERVICES PROVIDEDThrough a combination of in-house expertise and a network of jurisdiction-specific experts, Verdant is well-positioned to assist companies manufacturing, importing, using, or marketing chemicals and other affected products in major markets around the globe. Verdant’s services include new product/chemical registrations; compliance advice, auditing, and enforcement defence; data rights negotiation; product defence; protection of confidential information; transactional due diligence; and consortium management.
CLIENTSVerdant provides services to clients in many different industries, but has particular expertise with respect to the following: coatings, consumer products, electronics, industrial chemicals, medical devices, personal care products and pharmaceuticals, among others.
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Website www.wca-environment.comE-mail [email protected] office Brunel House, Volunteer Way Faringdon, Oxon SN7 7YR, UKTel +44 (0)1367 246026Fax +44 (0)1367 246041Contact Dean LeverettOwnership Limited companyLocations England, Scotland, Spain, Italy
OVERVIEWWca-environment provides independent and objective advice on the sources, fate and effects of chemicals in the natural and industrial environments.Our staff of environmental scientists, ecotoxicologists, toxicologists and chemists provide quality assured advice and consultancy for clients in commercial and governmental organisations worldwide.
SERVICES PROVIDEDWe help our clients meet their obligations under regulations such as REACH, CLP/GHS, the Water Framework Directive, the Priority Substances Daughter Directive, the Landfill Directive, EMEA and give VICH guidance on environmental risk assessment of human and veterinary medicines, the Biocidal Products Directive, and the Plant Protection Products Directive. We also help them identify and deal with new or emerging chemical and technological issues that might threaten their business.
CLIENTSThe Environment Agency (England and Wales), States of Jersey Environmental Protection, Environment Canada, United Kingdom Water Industry Research, Cefic, European Environment Agency, ECMA, Nickel Institute, Syngenta, Defra, European Commission, ERGTC, European Copper Institute, the chemical industries
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Website www.reachwilmer.comE-mail [email protected] office Weidbrunnenstrasse 8a, 8135 Langnau am Albis, SwitzerlandTel +41-44-7134871Contact Dr Jan WilmerOwnership Managing DirectorFounded 7 February 2011
OVERVIEWWilmer Tox Consulting is a company which offers a wide range of services to the chemical industry. Based on many years of experience, it provides unique expertise to help companies with registration of substances for REACH, to comply with the EU legislation for classification and labelling (GHS/CLP) and to assist them with any other toxicology and risk assessment related issues.
SERVICES PROVIDEDToxicology and ecotoxicology consulting including full study monitoring. Full service to comply with REACH. Preparation of IUCLID 5 dossiers: collection of phys-chem, tox and ecotox data including assessment of quality of data and value for compensation purposes, data gap analysis and preparation of data waivers/testing proposals, application of read-across/QSAR tools, human health (ECETOC TRA ), consumer (ConsExpo) and environmental (EUSES) exposure and risk assessment, preparation of chemical safety assessments and reports using Chesar, review of technical documents developed by consortia or Siefs, evaluation of reach dossier – preparation of replies to ECHA feedback on registration dossiers – preparation of authorisation dossiers (technical part), liaison with EU competent authorities and ECHA, training courses for IUCLID and Chesar. Classification and labelling: including GHS/CLP. Dossier preparation for chemicals in contact with food: printing inks, plastics etc
CLIENTSWilmer Tox Consulting offers its service to clients in the chemical and agrochemical industry.
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ACTA 32 UK USA, China 25-50 25-50 g g e e g e a www.actagroup.com ACTA
Actio Corporation USA 25-50 10-25 m www.actio.net Actio Corporation
Aegis Regulatory Inc Canada 5-10 5-10 m www.aegisreg.com Aegis Regulatory Inc
AG-HERA 146 Spain 2-5 2-5 m e e www.ag-hera.com AG-HERA
Alberi EcoTech USA 1 1 i g g www.alberieco.com Alberi EcoTech
Alchemy Compliance Ltd UK 1 1 m g www.alchemycompliance.com Alchemy Compliance Ltd
Alemare Solutions 146 UK 2-5 1 g g g e a www.alemare.co.uk Alemare Solutions
ALTox 146 Denmark 2-5 2-5 g a i g a www.altox.dk ALTox
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ARCHE 40 Belgium 10-25 10-25 m e e www.arche-consulting.be ARCHE
Argentum Environment Sweden UK 100-500 25-50 g e g g e www.argentumenvironment.se Argentum Environment
ASCHEM Chemical Consulting Poland 1 1 i e g e www.aschem.waw.pl ASCHEM Chemical Consulting
ATOUT REACH 42 France 2-5 2-5 i g g www.atoutreach.fr ATOUT REACH
Austen Business Solutions Ltd UK 2-5 1 i i www.austenbusinesssolutions.co.uk Austen Business Solutions Ltd
AW-ChemAdvice 146 The Netherlands 1 1 m AW-ChemAdvice
B-Lands Consulting 44 France China 10-25 10-25 g g a e e e e www.reachteam.eu B-Lands Consulting
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. USA 100-500 10-25 m www.bdlaw.com Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
bibra toxicology advice & consulting 46 UK 10-25 10-25 m e e a a www.bibratoxadvice.co.uk bibra toxicology advice & consulting
Bioagri 48 Brazil France, China 1,000-2,000 100-500 g m e www.bioagri.com.br Bioagri
BioQuanta France Japan, Thailand, USA 25-50 10-25 m www.bioquanta.net BioQuanta
Blue Frog Scientific Limited UK 40665 40665 m g g www.bluefrogscientific.com Blue Frog Scientific Limited
Borenius & Kemppinen, Attorneys at law Ltd Finland 100-500 5-10 m www.borenius.com Borenius & Kemppinen, Attorneys at law Ltd
Brixham Environmental Laboratory 50 UK 50-100 50-100 g e e m www.brixham-lab.com Brixham Environmental Laboratory
Buckman USA 2,000-5,000 1,000-2,000 e g e g e e e www.buckman.com Buckman
Bureau Veritas 52 France Worldwide (140 countries)
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Burges Salmon LLP UK 500-1,000 2-5 m www.burges-salmon.com Burges Salmon LLP
Caleb Management Services 147 UK Germany, USA 10-25 5-10 m g e e www.calebgroup.net Caleb Management Services
Cambridge Environmental Assessments UK 100-500 10-25 m g e www.cea-res.co.uk Cambridge Environmental Assessments
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CEHTRA 56 France 25-50 25-50 m e e a a a a www.cehtra.com CEHTRA
Centro Reach 58 Italy 5-10 2-5 i e e e g a www.centroreach.it Centro Reach
CFCS 147 Germany Italy 2-5 5-10 m e e e a www.cfcs-consult.com CFCS
Charles River UK 5,000 plus 50-100 m www.criver.com Charles River
ChemADVISOR 60 USA Belgium 50-100 50-100 g e i e e www.chemadvisor.com ChemADVISOR
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AG-HERA 146 Spain 2-5 2-5 m e e www.ag-hera.com AG-HERA
Alberi EcoTech USA 1 1 i g g www.alberieco.com Alberi EcoTech
Alchemy Compliance Ltd UK 1 1 m g www.alchemycompliance.com Alchemy Compliance Ltd
Alemare Solutions 146 UK 2-5 1 g g g e a www.alemare.co.uk Alemare Solutions
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ARCHE 40 Belgium 10-25 10-25 m e e www.arche-consulting.be ARCHE
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B-Lands Consulting 44 France China 10-25 10-25 g g a e e e e www.reachteam.eu B-Lands Consulting
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Borenius & Kemppinen, Attorneys at law Ltd Finland 100-500 5-10 m www.borenius.com Borenius & Kemppinen, Attorneys at law Ltd
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ChemSW 147 USA 25-50 m www.chemsw.com ChemSW
Chilworth – a DEKRA Company 66 UK 80+ globally 5,000 plus 100-500 g e i e e www.chilworth.co.uk Chilworth – a DEKRA Company
Chris Braun Consultancy The Netherlands 1 1 m e www.cbconsult.nl Chris Braun Consultancy
CJV Consulting 148 UK 1 1 m e e e CJV Consulting
Clariant Italy 5,000 plus 100-500 i g g e www.clariant.com Clariant
Compliance & Risks 148 Ireland USA, UK, Belgium 25-50 25-50 e i i www.complianceandrisks.com Compliance & Risks
Compliance Services International 68 USA UK, France 25-50 10-25 m e e e e e www.complianceservices.com Compliance Services International
compliance2business Italy 1 1 g g e e g www.compliance2business.eu compliance2business
Consortia Management GmbH Germany 2-5 2-5 m www.consortia-management.de Consortia Management GmbH
CONUSBAT 148 The Netherlands Germany 5-10 2-5 m g e www.conusbat.com CONUSBAT
CoRC UK 5-10 2-5 m g www.thecdi.com CoRC
CRAD 70 Turkey Representatives in EU, UK, USA, Japan, Korea
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Crowell & Moring 148 USA UK, Belgium 1,000-2,000 25-50 m www.crowell.com Crowell & Moring
CS Regulatory Ltd 72 UK 5-10 5-10 m g e e www.csregulatory.com CS Regulatory Ltd
CURRENTA GmbH & Co.OHG Germany 100-500 25-50 g e e i a a www.analytik.currenta.de CURRENTA GmbH & Co.OHG
Danger and Safety srl 149 Italy 5-10 5-10 m e e e e www.dangerandsafety.it Danger and Safety srl
DanGoods Training & Consultancy UK 1 1 m g www.dangoods.co.uk DanGoods Training & Consultancy
Defense Logistics Agency US 1,000-2,000 10-25 g g g g www.dla.mil Defense Logistics Agency
Denehurst Chemical Safety Ltd UK 2-5 2-5 i e i www.denehurst.co.uk Denehurst Chemical Safety Ltd
DHI Denmark Worldwide offices 500-1,000 50-100 m a a e a a www.tox.dhigroup.com DHI
Dr Mach 149 Germany 1 1 m g e a www.mach-chemguide.com Dr Mach
Dr Philipp Langenbach GmbH Germany 1 1 i i www.dr-langenbach.de Dr Philipp Langenbach GmbH
DR. KNOELL CONSULT 74 Germany 100-500 100-500 m g e e www.knoellconsult.com DR. KNOELL CONSULT
EBRC Consulting 76 Germany 25-50 10-25 m e e e www.ebrc.de EBRC Consulting
ECETOC Belgium 5-10 5-10 m www.ecetoc.org ECETOC
Ecolab USA 5,000 plus 50-100 a m www.ecolab.com Ecolab
EcoMundo 78 France Belgium 25-50 25-50 i e e i a www.ecomundo.eu EcoMundo
ECOonline 80 Norway Sweden, Finland, Switzerland
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Ecotox Services International 149 Australia 5-10 5-10 m www.ecotox.com.au Ecotox Services International
EggCentris 149 Belgium 5-10 5-10 e m www.EggCentris.com EggCentris
EHS Strategies, Inc USA 1 1 m e ehsstrategies.com EHS Strategies, Inc
elc group 82 UK Czech Republic, India, Romania
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Emveo Belgium 1 1 i g e e a www.emveo.be Emveo
Enthone B.V. NL 2,000-5,000 10-25 www.cooksonelectronics.com Enthone B.V.
ENVIRON 84 UK 80+ offices worldwide 1,000-2,000 50-100 m e e www.environcorp.com ENVIRON
Environmental Science Limited UK 2-5 2-5 i i e www.esldatasheets.com Environmental Science Limited
ERM 86 UK Global support for clients
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ETC 150 Slovakia 10-25 5-10 m e e e www.ekotox.sk ETC
Euromines Belgium 5-10 2-5 www.euromines.be Euromines
Exitss 150 Belgium 10-25 2-5 g g e e e e a www.exitss.eu Exitss
Exponent International Limited 88 UK USA, Switzerland, China
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Fanwood Chemical, Inc USA Germany 2-5 2-5 m fanwoodchemical.com Fanwood Chemical, Inc
FinnREACH 150 Finland 2-5 2-5 g g g e www.finnreach.com FinnREACH
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ChemSW 147 USA 25-50 m www.chemsw.com ChemSW
Chilworth – a DEKRA Company 66 UK 80+ globally 5,000 plus 100-500 g e i e e www.chilworth.co.uk Chilworth – a DEKRA Company
Chris Braun Consultancy The Netherlands 1 1 m e www.cbconsult.nl Chris Braun Consultancy
CJV Consulting 148 UK 1 1 m e e e CJV Consulting
Clariant Italy 5,000 plus 100-500 i g g e www.clariant.com Clariant
Compliance & Risks 148 Ireland USA, UK, Belgium 25-50 25-50 e i i www.complianceandrisks.com Compliance & Risks
Compliance Services International 68 USA UK, France 25-50 10-25 m e e e e e www.complianceservices.com Compliance Services International
compliance2business Italy 1 1 g g e e g www.compliance2business.eu compliance2business
Consortia Management GmbH Germany 2-5 2-5 m www.consortia-management.de Consortia Management GmbH
CONUSBAT 148 The Netherlands Germany 5-10 2-5 m g e www.conusbat.com CONUSBAT
CoRC UK 5-10 2-5 m g www.thecdi.com CoRC
CRAD 70 Turkey Representatives in EU, UK, USA, Japan, Korea
10-25 5-10m e g e
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Crowell & Moring 148 USA UK, Belgium 1,000-2,000 25-50 m www.crowell.com Crowell & Moring
CS Regulatory Ltd 72 UK 5-10 5-10 m g e e www.csregulatory.com CS Regulatory Ltd
CURRENTA GmbH & Co.OHG Germany 100-500 25-50 g e e i a a www.analytik.currenta.de CURRENTA GmbH & Co.OHG
Danger and Safety srl 149 Italy 5-10 5-10 m e e e e www.dangerandsafety.it Danger and Safety srl
DanGoods Training & Consultancy UK 1 1 m g www.dangoods.co.uk DanGoods Training & Consultancy
Defense Logistics Agency US 1,000-2,000 10-25 g g g g www.dla.mil Defense Logistics Agency
Denehurst Chemical Safety Ltd UK 2-5 2-5 i e i www.denehurst.co.uk Denehurst Chemical Safety Ltd
DHI Denmark Worldwide offices 500-1,000 50-100 m a a e a a www.tox.dhigroup.com DHI
Dr Mach 149 Germany 1 1 m g e a www.mach-chemguide.com Dr Mach
Dr Philipp Langenbach GmbH Germany 1 1 i i www.dr-langenbach.de Dr Philipp Langenbach GmbH
DR. KNOELL CONSULT 74 Germany 100-500 100-500 m g e e www.knoellconsult.com DR. KNOELL CONSULT
EBRC Consulting 76 Germany 25-50 10-25 m e e e www.ebrc.de EBRC Consulting
ECETOC Belgium 5-10 5-10 m www.ecetoc.org ECETOC
Ecolab USA 5,000 plus 50-100 a m www.ecolab.com Ecolab
EcoMundo 78 France Belgium 25-50 25-50 i e e i a www.ecomundo.eu EcoMundo
ECOonline 80 Norway Sweden, Finland, Switzerland
50-100 5-10g m e
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Ecotox Services International 149 Australia 5-10 5-10 m www.ecotox.com.au Ecotox Services International
EggCentris 149 Belgium 5-10 5-10 e m www.EggCentris.com EggCentris
EHS Strategies, Inc USA 1 1 m e ehsstrategies.com EHS Strategies, Inc
elc group 82 UK Czech Republic, India, Romania
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Emveo Belgium 1 1 i g e e a www.emveo.be Emveo
Enthone B.V. NL 2,000-5,000 10-25 www.cooksonelectronics.com Enthone B.V.
ENVIRON 84 UK 80+ offices worldwide 1,000-2,000 50-100 m e e www.environcorp.com ENVIRON
Environmental Science Limited UK 2-5 2-5 i i e www.esldatasheets.com Environmental Science Limited
ERM 86 UK Global support for clients
2,000-5,000 50-100m g e
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ETC 150 Slovakia 10-25 5-10 m e e e www.ekotox.sk ETC
Euromines Belgium 5-10 2-5 www.euromines.be Euromines
Exitss 150 Belgium 10-25 2-5 g g e e e e a www.exitss.eu Exitss
Exponent International Limited 88 UK USA, Switzerland, China
500-1,000 25-50m g e a a
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Fanwood Chemical, Inc USA Germany 2-5 2-5 m fanwoodchemical.com Fanwood Chemical, Inc
FinnREACH 150 Finland 2-5 2-5 g g g e www.finnreach.com FinnREACH
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FoBiG 150 Germany 10-25 5-10 m e e e www.fobig.com FoBiG
Foresite Systems, Ltd. USA 25-50 5-10 e m www.foresitesystems.com Foresite Systems, Ltd.
Gain Claude France 1 m Gain Claude
Gentrochema BV The Netherlands 2-5 1 i i e e www.gentrochema.nl Gentrochema BV
GHS-expert Ltd Hungary 5-10 2-5 i g g www.GHSexpert.com GHS-expert Ltd
Gillies Associates Limited England 2-5 2-5 m e g www.gilliesassociates.co.uk Gillies Associates Limited
Global MSDS 151 UK Malaysia 2-5 2-5 i i www.globalmsds.co.uk Global MSDS
Golder Associates Italy Offices in over 20 countries
5,000 plus 50-100 m g www.golder.com Golder Associates
GreenSoft Technology, Inc USA Taiwan, Japan, China, Spain
50-100 50-100 i i www.greensofttech.com GreenSoft Technology, Inc
H2 Compliance 90 Ireland USA 10-25 10-25 i i e a www.h2compliance.com H2 Compliance
Hangzhou RUIO Technology Co. Ltd China 50-100 50-100 e m e e e e www.reach24h.com Hangzhou RUIO Technology Co. Ltd
Harlan Laboratories 92 USA 2,000-5,000 500-1,000 g m www.harlan.com Harlan Laboratories
HAZMAT Ltd Israel UK 25-50 10-25 m g e e www.hazmat.co.il HAZMAT Ltd
herbert smith llp UK 2,000-5,000 2-5 m www.herbertsmith.com herbert smith llp
HFL Risk Services Ltd UK 10-25 10-25 m e e www.hflrisk.com HFL Risk Services Ltd
IBACON GmbH Germany 100-500 100-500 m www.ibacon.com IBACON GmbH
ICF International 94 USA Belgium, Brazil, China, Russia, India
2,000-5,000 50-100 m www.icfi.com ICF International
IGCON 151 The Netherlands 1 1 m g e e www.igcon.nl IGCON
IHS (including Atrion) USA 2,000-5,000e e m e e
www.ihs.com/environmental-health-safety-sustainability
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Institute of Occupational Medicine UK 100-500 25-50 i g g www.iom-world.org Institute of Occupational Medicine
International Cosmetics & Chemical Services Ltd
96 USA UK 5-10 5-10m e e g
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Intertek 98 UK 110+ countries 5,000 plus 1,000-2,000 e a i a g www.intertek.com Intertek
IPO O/Pszczyna Poland 50-100 50-100 m www.ipo-pszczyna.pl IPO O/Pszczyna
Japan Chemical Safety Institute Japan 1 1 e e e e m e Japan Chemical Safety Institute
Jean Warshaw, Esq. USA 2-5 2-5 m www.earthlink.net Jean Warshaw, Esq.
Jongerius Consult 151 The Netherlands 1 1 i e e g g www.jongeriusconsult.com Jongerius Consult
JRF Global 151 India USA, UK 100-500 100-500 e m www.jrfonline.com JRF Global
JSC International 100 UK 10-25 10-25 m g e e www.jsci.co.uk JSC International
KFT Chemieservice 102 Germany 10-25 10-25 i e e a a a e www.kft.de KFT Chemieservice
Konica Minolta Business Expert, Inc Japan 2,000-5,000 10-25 g g m www.konicaminolta.com Konica Minolta Business Expert, Inc
LAUS 104 Germany 10-25 10-25 e e m www.laus.de LAUS
LG CNS Republic of Korea 5,000 plus 50-100 e e a a g i a a www.lgcns.com LG CNS
LGC UK 1,000-2,000 50-100 m e www.lgc.co.uk LGC
Linmark Consulting 152 Germany 10-25 5-10 m e e e www.fobig.com Linmark Consulting
LKC Switzerland Ltd 152 Switzerland UK 10-25 10-25 m e e e www.LKC-ltd.com LKC Switzerland Ltd
LSR Associates 106 UK USA, Japan 25-50 10-25 m g a a a a www.lsr-associates.com LSR Associates
Mark Selby UK 2-5 2-5 m i www.denehurst.co.uk Mark Selby
Mercer 108 USA Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Americas
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Miami Chemical USA 10-25 5-10 e m www.miamichemical.com Miami Chemical
Micromeritics Analytical Services USA 10-25 1 m www.particletesting.com Micromeritics Analytical Services
MSDS Europe 152 Hungary France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain
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NOTOX 110 The Netherlands USA 1,000-2,000 100-500 e a m www.notox.nl NOTOX
Paul Illing Consultancy Services Ltd UK 1 1 m e www.sherwood37.demon.co.uk Paul Illing Consultancy Services Ltd
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Gain Claude France 1 m Gain Claude
Gentrochema BV The Netherlands 2-5 1 i i e e www.gentrochema.nl Gentrochema BV
GHS-expert Ltd Hungary 5-10 2-5 i g g www.GHSexpert.com GHS-expert Ltd
Gillies Associates Limited England 2-5 2-5 m e g www.gilliesassociates.co.uk Gillies Associates Limited
Global MSDS 151 UK Malaysia 2-5 2-5 i i www.globalmsds.co.uk Global MSDS
Golder Associates Italy Offices in over 20 countries
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GreenSoft Technology, Inc USA Taiwan, Japan, China, Spain
50-100 50-100 i i www.greensofttech.com GreenSoft Technology, Inc
H2 Compliance 90 Ireland USA 10-25 10-25 i i e a www.h2compliance.com H2 Compliance
Hangzhou RUIO Technology Co. Ltd China 50-100 50-100 e m e e e e www.reach24h.com Hangzhou RUIO Technology Co. Ltd
Harlan Laboratories 92 USA 2,000-5,000 500-1,000 g m www.harlan.com Harlan Laboratories
HAZMAT Ltd Israel UK 25-50 10-25 m g e e www.hazmat.co.il HAZMAT Ltd
herbert smith llp UK 2,000-5,000 2-5 m www.herbertsmith.com herbert smith llp
HFL Risk Services Ltd UK 10-25 10-25 m e e www.hflrisk.com HFL Risk Services Ltd
IBACON GmbH Germany 100-500 100-500 m www.ibacon.com IBACON GmbH
ICF International 94 USA Belgium, Brazil, China, Russia, India
2,000-5,000 50-100 m www.icfi.com ICF International
IGCON 151 The Netherlands 1 1 m g e e www.igcon.nl IGCON
IHS (including Atrion) USA 2,000-5,000e e m e e
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Institute of Occupational Medicine UK 100-500 25-50 i g g www.iom-world.org Institute of Occupational Medicine
International Cosmetics & Chemical Services Ltd
96 USA UK 5-10 5-10m e e g
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Intertek 98 UK 110+ countries 5,000 plus 1,000-2,000 e a i a g www.intertek.com Intertek
IPO O/Pszczyna Poland 50-100 50-100 m www.ipo-pszczyna.pl IPO O/Pszczyna
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Jean Warshaw, Esq. USA 2-5 2-5 m www.earthlink.net Jean Warshaw, Esq.
Jongerius Consult 151 The Netherlands 1 1 i e e g g www.jongeriusconsult.com Jongerius Consult
JRF Global 151 India USA, UK 100-500 100-500 e m www.jrfonline.com JRF Global
JSC International 100 UK 10-25 10-25 m g e e www.jsci.co.uk JSC International
KFT Chemieservice 102 Germany 10-25 10-25 i e e a a a e www.kft.de KFT Chemieservice
Konica Minolta Business Expert, Inc Japan 2,000-5,000 10-25 g g m www.konicaminolta.com Konica Minolta Business Expert, Inc
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LG CNS Republic of Korea 5,000 plus 50-100 e e a a g i a a www.lgcns.com LG CNS
LGC UK 1,000-2,000 50-100 m e www.lgc.co.uk LGC
Linmark Consulting 152 Germany 10-25 5-10 m e e e www.fobig.com Linmark Consulting
LKC Switzerland Ltd 152 Switzerland UK 10-25 10-25 m e e e www.LKC-ltd.com LKC Switzerland Ltd
LSR Associates 106 UK USA, Japan 25-50 10-25 m g a a a a www.lsr-associates.com LSR Associates
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NOTOX 110 The Netherlands USA 1,000-2,000 100-500 e a m www.notox.nl NOTOX
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Polgar ACRO 112 Hungary Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
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Pöyry Finland Oy Finland 2,000-5,000 10-25 m e e www.poyry.com Pöyry Finland Oy
Prosacon GmbH Germany 5-10 5-10 i i e e e www.prosacon.eu Prosacon GmbH
PwC 114 The Netherlands global presence 2,000-5,000 25-50 i i g www.pwc.nl/nl/reach PwC
REACh ChemAdvice GmbH 116 Germany USA, India 5-10 5-10 m e g e a www.reach-chemadvice.com REACh ChemAdvice
REACH Delivery 153 UK USA, Japan 25-50 e m e www.reachdelivery.com REACH Delivery
REACH Global Services 153 Belgium Turkey 5-10 5-10 m e www.reach-gs.eu REACH Global Services
REACH mastery 118 Italy 2-5 2-5 m e a a a a www.reachmastery.com REACH mastery
REACH Monitor Spain 10-25 2-5 m e e www.reachmonitor.org REACH Monitor
Reach Only Representative Ltd 153 UK Local agents: Asia, Middle East
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Reach Registration Services 153 UK 10-25 2-5 g g e e e e e a www.reach-rs.com Reach Registration Services
REACH24H Consulting Group Ireland China, Canada 50-100 50-100 g g e e e e e a www.reach24h.com REACH24H Consulting Group
ReachCentrum 120 Belgium 10-25 10-25 g g g g www.reachcentrum.eu ReachCentrum
REACHLaw 122 Finland Belgium, India, Turkey
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REACHReady 154 UK 5-10 2-5 i e e a a a g www.reachready.co.uk REACHReady
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Ricerca Biosciences, LLC USA 500-1,000 500-1,000 e e m www.ricerca.com Ricerca Biosciences, LLC
RimaOne Germany 25-50 25-50 m www.rimaone.com RimaOne
Risk & Policy Analysts 124 UK 10-25 10-25 m e www.rpaltd.co.uk Risk & Policy Analysts
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SATRA Technology Centre UK a e a a m www.satra.co.uk SATRA Technology Centre
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Science & Environnement 130 Switzerland France 5-10 5-10 m e e e e www.sci-env.ch Science & Environnement
SciVera 155 USA 5-10 5-10 g m e e www.scivera.com SciVera
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Polgar ACRO 112 Hungary Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine
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Pöyry Finland Oy Finland 2,000-5,000 10-25 m e e www.poyry.com Pöyry Finland Oy
Prosacon GmbH Germany 5-10 5-10 i i e e e www.prosacon.eu Prosacon GmbH
PwC 114 The Netherlands global presence 2,000-5,000 25-50 i i g www.pwc.nl/nl/reach PwC
REACh ChemAdvice GmbH 116 Germany USA, India 5-10 5-10 m e g e a www.reach-chemadvice.com REACh ChemAdvice
REACH Delivery 153 UK USA, Japan 25-50 e m e www.reachdelivery.com REACH Delivery
REACH Global Services 153 Belgium Turkey 5-10 5-10 m e www.reach-gs.eu REACH Global Services
REACH mastery 118 Italy 2-5 2-5 m e a a a a www.reachmastery.com REACH mastery
REACH Monitor Spain 10-25 2-5 m e e www.reachmonitor.org REACH Monitor
Reach Only Representative Ltd 153 UK Local agents: Asia, Middle East
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Reach Registration Services 153 UK 10-25 2-5 g g e e e e e a www.reach-rs.com Reach Registration Services
REACH24H Consulting Group Ireland China, Canada 50-100 50-100 g g e e e e e a www.reach24h.com REACH24H Consulting Group
ReachCentrum 120 Belgium 10-25 10-25 g g g g www.reachcentrum.eu ReachCentrum
REACHLaw 122 Finland Belgium, India, Turkey
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REACHReady 154 UK 5-10 2-5 i e e a a a g www.reachready.co.uk REACHReady
ReachSpektrum, s.r.o. Czech Republic 2-5 2-5 i e e e e g www.reachspektrum.eu ReachSpektrum, s.r.o.
REACHsuite 154 UK The Netherlands, Belgium
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REACHWise 154 UK The Netherlands, Germany
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Regulatory Services International 154 UK China, USA 10-25 10-25 g i e e www.rsireg.com Regulatory Services International
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Ricerca Biosciences, LLC USA 500-1,000 500-1,000 e e m www.ricerca.com Ricerca Biosciences, LLC
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Spetsinterproject Oy Finland Russia 5-10 5-10 g m e www.spetsinterproject.com Spetsinterproject Oy
Spinnaker Coating, LLC USA 2-5 2-5 a m e a e a a www.spinps.com Spinnaker Coating, LLC
SSS (Europe) AB 134 Sweden India, Hong Kong 25-50 10-25 i e e e g www.reach-onlyrep.eu SSS (Europe) AB
Stefanie Merenyi Germany 1 1 m www.merenyi.de Stefanie Merenyi
Steptoe & Johnson LLP 155 USA Belgium, China, UK 1,000-2,000 25-50 e e e m e www.steptoe.com Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Stewardship Solutions 155 UK 5-10 5-10 g g e e e e www.stewardshipsolutions.co.uk Stewardship Solutions
Sumika Chemical Analysis Service Ltd (SCAS) Belgium Japan, China, Singapore
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Sustchem Engineering Ltd Greece EU 5-10 5-10 i g e e www.sustchem.gr Sustchem Engineering Ltd
Tenviro 156 Sweden The Netherlands 1 1 g g g g g www.tenviro.eu Tenviro
Tetra Tech USA Canada, Japan 5,000 plus 50-100 m e e g www.tetratech.com/ Tetra Tech
The Sapphire Group US 5-10 5-10 m e e e www.thesapphiregroup.com The Sapphire Group
The Wercs 156 USA France, Belgium, Japan, Germany
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TNO Triskelion 136 The Netherlands 2,000-5,000 100-500 g e e i e e www.triskelion.nl TNO Triskelion
Tox Focus, LLC 156 USA 2-5 2-5 m e e e e www.toxfocus.com Tox Focus, LLC
toXcel International Ltd 156 UK USA 10-25 10-25 i i e e a a www.toxcel.com toXcel International Ltd
Toxikon 157 USA Belgium 100-500 5-10 e m www.toxikon.be Toxikon
ToxMinds 138 Belgium Germany 10-25 10-25 m e g e www.toxminds.com ToxMinds
Trasys Belgium 500-1,000 25-50 g m e www.trasys.be Trasys
TSGE UK Ireland, Germany, Spain, Slovenia, North America
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TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong 5,000 plus 100-500 i e e e e e www.chn.tuv.com TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd.
TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH Germany Japan, Singapore, India, China, Taiwan
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Universit Bordeaux Segalen France 500-1,000 100-500 e e e g e e e e www.u-bordeaux2.fr Universit Bordeaux Segalen
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Weeset Advisors USA 1 1 m www.weesetadvisors.com Weeset Advisors
Wildlife International Ltd 140 USA The Netherlands 100-500 50-100 e m a a www.wildlifeinternational.com Wildlife International
Wilmer Tox Consulting 157 Switzerland 1 1 m e www.reachwilmer.com Wilmer Tox Consulting
WRc plc UK 100-500 10-25 m e e e e www.wrcplc.co.uk WRc plc
WTConsulting 142 Switzerland 5-10 5-10 m e e e www.wtconsulting.ch WTConsulting
Zanos Limited UK 2-5 1 e e m www.zanos.co.uk Zanos Limited
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Sitmae REACH Services BV 155 The Netherlands 2-5 2-5 i g g e a www.sitmaereachservices.com Sitmae REACH Services BV
Smithers Viscient 132 USA UK 100-500 25-50 g e e m a e www.smithersviscient.com Smithers Viscient
Spetsinterproject Oy Finland Russia 5-10 5-10 g m e www.spetsinterproject.com Spetsinterproject Oy
Spinnaker Coating, LLC USA 2-5 2-5 a m e a e a a www.spinps.com Spinnaker Coating, LLC
SSS (Europe) AB 134 Sweden India, Hong Kong 25-50 10-25 i e e e g www.reach-onlyrep.eu SSS (Europe) AB
Stefanie Merenyi Germany 1 1 m www.merenyi.de Stefanie Merenyi
Steptoe & Johnson LLP 155 USA Belgium, China, UK 1,000-2,000 25-50 e e e m e www.steptoe.com Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Stewardship Solutions 155 UK 5-10 5-10 g g e e e e www.stewardshipsolutions.co.uk Stewardship Solutions
Sumika Chemical Analysis Service Ltd (SCAS) Belgium Japan, China, Singapore
1,000-2,000 25-50 e m a a www.scas-eu.be Sumika Chemical Analysis Service Ltd (SCAS)
Sustchem Engineering Ltd Greece EU 5-10 5-10 i g e e www.sustchem.gr Sustchem Engineering Ltd
Tenviro 156 Sweden The Netherlands 1 1 g g g g g www.tenviro.eu Tenviro
Tetra Tech USA Canada, Japan 5,000 plus 50-100 m e e g www.tetratech.com/ Tetra Tech
The Sapphire Group US 5-10 5-10 m e e e www.thesapphiregroup.com The Sapphire Group
The Wercs 156 USA France, Belgium, Japan, Germany
50-100 50-100i i
www.thewercs.com The Wercs
TNO Triskelion 136 The Netherlands 2,000-5,000 100-500 g e e i e e www.triskelion.nl TNO Triskelion
Tox Focus, LLC 156 USA 2-5 2-5 m e e e e www.toxfocus.com Tox Focus, LLC
toXcel International Ltd 156 UK USA 10-25 10-25 i i e e a a www.toxcel.com toXcel International Ltd
Toxikon 157 USA Belgium 100-500 5-10 e m www.toxikon.be Toxikon
ToxMinds 138 Belgium Germany 10-25 10-25 m e g e www.toxminds.com ToxMinds
Trasys Belgium 500-1,000 25-50 g m e www.trasys.be Trasys
TSGE UK Ireland, Germany, Spain, Slovenia, North America
50-100 50-100 m e e www.TSGEurope.com TSGE
TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong 5,000 plus 100-500 i e e e e e www.chn.tuv.com TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd.
TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH Germany Japan, Singapore, India, China, Taiwan
5,000 plus 25-50 i i e e www.tuev-sued.de TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH
TUV SUD Japan Japan 100-500 2-5 e m e a a www.tuv-sud.jp TUV SUD Japan
Universit Bordeaux Segalen France 500-1,000 100-500 e e e g e e e e www.u-bordeaux2.fr Universit Bordeaux Segalen
Verdant Law, PLLC 157 USA International network of affiliated providers
2-5 2-5g e e m e
www.verdantlaw.com Verdant Law, PLLC
Von Roll REACH GmbH Germany 2-5 2-5 m e e www.vonroll.com Von Roll REACH GmbH
wca environment 157 UK Spain, Italy 25-50 25-50 m e a www.wca-environment.com wca environment
Weeset Advisors USA 1 1 m www.weesetadvisors.com Weeset Advisors
Wildlife International Ltd 140 USA The Netherlands 100-500 50-100 e m a a www.wildlifeinternational.com Wildlife International
Wilmer Tox Consulting 157 Switzerland 1 1 m e www.reachwilmer.com Wilmer Tox Consulting
WRc plc UK 100-500 10-25 m e e e e www.wrcplc.co.uk WRc plc
WTConsulting 142 Switzerland 5-10 5-10 m e e e www.wtconsulting.ch WTConsulting
Zanos Limited UK 2-5 1 e e m www.zanos.co.uk Zanos Limited
Key: Icons above represent the percent breakdown of services provided by each firm as follows: m >60% i 40-60% g 20-40% e 5-20% a <5%
Key: Icons above represents the extent to which the company provides the service as follows: Core service Service that isoccasionallyprovided Service provided by partners and third parties
Notes
REACHLaw – the best partner in global compliance.”
David Chatfield, VP, EHS&S, Dorf Ketal
www.reachlaw.fihelsinki • brussels • new delhi • istanbul
Making global compliance your business benefit
REACHLaw – the best partner in global compliance.”
David Chatfield, VP, EHS&S, Dorf Ketal
www.reachlaw.fihelsinki • brussels • new delhi • istanbul
Making global compliance your business benefit
Global Service Providers Guide 2012 – A guide to chemicals m
anagement and control services
