Industrial chemicals

We can assist you in overcoming the legal barriers for marketing of chemical products globally. We have a strong international network and many contact points with chemical authorities with whom we have collaborated on registrations and authorisations.

In Korea we offer K-REACH services supported by a recognized Korean partner, Prof. Dr. Sanghun Kim, formerly of KIST Europe. Via our office in China we can support you as Only Representative (OR) and with notification services.

Our specialists include toxicologists, eco-toxicologists and risk assessors at an international level of expertise. This ensures services of the highest quality targeted to your specific needs.

We offer our knowledge on an ad hoc basis or as a continuous surveillance service.

We have conducted many lead registrations under REACH up to the phase-in deadlines in 2010, 2013 and 2018 and have comprehensive knowledge of the regulatory and toxicological justification this requires.

To help you reduce the testing cost for registration, we specialise in using non-test methods to justify science-based observations, among these:

• read-across to similar substances
• QSAR methods to support data gap filling
• weight of evidence approach

We apply these methods backed by solid toxicological evidence and information from literature and test reports.

On behalf of Rockwool International, we managed a consortium for the high tonnage registration of Man-Made Vitreous Fibers (MMVF) and E-Glass. The work included preparation of a consortium agreement, chairing of meetings, a trustee function, and the secretariat functions of the consortium.

Together with KIST Europe, we worked closely to develop test strategies and execute tests programs for the PARAD Consortium for registration of acrylate substances under REACH.

The consortium includes the Korean company Miwon which is one of the market leaders.

On behalf of the Nickel Institute and the Nickel Consortia we prepared over 100 exposure scenarios for all identified uses for nickel and nickel compounds. This was a key input to the Chemicals Safety Reports and part of the REACH registration.

In addition, we identified and evaluated alternatives to nickel plating in industries such as cars, aeroplanes and electronics, as well as its use in the catalysts sector.

Together with our partners RPA Ltd., EPPA and Fobig we prepared applications for substance authorisation under the REACH Authorisation List. The services include detailed mapping, collection of data and evaluation of technical and economic data and comprised:

• Chemical Safety Reports or update of existing CSR
• analysis of alternatives (partly through partner)
• socioeconomic analysis (through partner)

Key issues for successful applications included thorough identification and evaluation of technical alternatives to the current uses. It was critical to address and discuss any existing alternatives, including rival companies, even if these did not seem to deliver the same function and benefits.

In the chemical safety reports we addressed and quantified all possible exposures in the life cycle of the applied use including all downstream uses. The exposure covered workers, the environment and humans exposed via the environment. It was imperative that the risk assessments were quantitative, unless the substance was a non-threshold substance, and that the exposure assessments were supported by measured data from both the work environment and the environment.