We have recently been approached by the European Council of the Chemical Industry (Cefic at http://www.cefic.org/) located in Brussels, Belgium.
A new EU legislation named REACH, is being implemented for manufacturers, importers and supply chain actors. One of the key objectives of REACH is the safe use of substances throughout the supply chain.
As a result of this legislation, an joint initiative including Industry Associations (Cefic, FECC, and DUCC), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA, which is equivalent to the USA Environmental Protection Agency, and several IT solution providers, has been started to develop a standard (XML) for exchange of the necessary related data throughout the Supply Chain.
They are asking OAGi if we would consider adopting the standard, including it in our portfolio, and take over governance of it.
We will be meeting with them over the next several months to discuss this further.
Stay tuned for updates. In the meantime, we are open to comments and feedback.
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The growing awareness of futuring in today’s chemical industry is not focused on new breakthrough innovations and ground - breaking applications but on concerns about the future of the industry.
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