Lancaster University will soon be offering a unique masters level course covering all aspects of REACH in 3 structured modules delivered by world leading regulatory, scientific and technical experts.

The course has been developed by Lancaster University's Centre for Chemicals Management, part of Europe's largest Environmental Research Centre.

This course will provide delegates with all the necessary capabilities to achieve REACH compliance.

For more information, click here.

The REACH Centre and Hammonds LLP are to speak at a REACH conference in held in Japan this February. The conference will be hosted by JEMAI, the Japanese Environmental Management Association for Industry.

The speakers will include Andrew Fasey from The REACH Centre, who will be speaking about SIEFs and SVHCs, and Nicola Clark from Hammonds LLP, who will be discussing REACH and competition law. The conferences will be held on 26th February in Tokyo and 27th February in Osaka.

More information :: 26th February, Tokyo [PDF] :: 27th February, Osaka [PDF]

Please note all information is in Japanese

The six month pre-registration period ended at 2400GMT on 1st December 2008.

More than 2 million pre-registrations have been recieved by the ECHA, covering more than 100000 substances. The ECHA will publish the final list of pre-registered substances on their website by 1st January 2009.

ECHA's Executive Director Geert Dancet said: "Pre-registration was an enormous success for ECHA. We managed to upgrade the REACH-IT system continuously throughout the six month period despite the exponential growth in the number of preregistrations during the final weeks before the deadline. Having virtually all preregistrations submitted in REACH-IT will permit a timely publication of the List of Preregistered Substances and a swift start of data sharing."

The next REACH obligation for companies that have pre-registered is to begin working in SIEFs to share their data, in order that the substances can be registered by their registration deadlines (2010, 2013 or 2018).

The REACH Centre recently held a 5 day training programme introducing the foundations of REACH to representatives of the Estonian chemical industry.

Subjects covered during the course included an overview of REACH legislation and practical training on IUCLID. Further workshops on operating within SIEFs were delivered by Hammonds LLP, a leading commercial law firm with offices throughout the UK, Europe and in Asia. One day was dedicated to helping companies with their individual REACH issues and developing appropriate action plans. Experts from The REACH Centre and Lancaster Environment Centre were on hand to answer any questions the delegates had. To ensure continued support after the training The REACH Centre has provided companies with access to a secure web based support forum. Individuals can have specific questions answered and have ready access to REACH updates posted to the forum.

Hallar Meybaum, of Enterprise Estonia, said "The REACH Centre delivered an excellent and comprehensive programme to support industry in Estonia. The event provided us with a solid foundation that will underpin our future REACH activities. Many specific and complex areas of the legislation were also addressed and we now have access to the 'Estonian REACH Forum' which enables us further develop our knowledge base in Estonia."

Delegates from Enterprise Estonia with staff from The REACH Centre.

The REACH Centre can offer bespoke training programmes tailored to your organisations need. To find out more, please contact us.

Ming Gao at Chemspec

Representatives from The REACH Centre attended the Chemspec exhibition in Munich, Germany on 19th June 2008.

Ming Gao, Only Representative Manager, presented in Mandarin to Chinese companies who were attending the exhibition.

You can see highlights from Ming's presentation below.

The work of The REACH Centre was highlighted in a recent news article from Lancaster University.

Read more.

The excellent support provided by The REACH Centre to North West Regional Industry was highlighted at the recent Chemicals Northwest annual Gala Dinner event.

More information from the event can be found here.
 

REACH, a new EU regulatory framework for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, is a major piece of legislation underpinning the way chemicals are manufactured, used and managed within industry. The REACH Regulation is substantial and complex and will prove to be demanding for companies to effectively interpret, adopt suitable management processes, and develop & manage information about the substances they use and produce.


Following extensive consultation with industry and key stakeholders, Lancaster University is pleased to announce the launch of 'The REACH Centre'. Under a commercial platform, 'The REACH Centre' is an initiative that will offer companies total support in the management and delivery of the many and varied requirements placed on them by REACH. Lancaster Environment Centre has a considerable international pedigree in environmental chemicals management. The initiative launch introduced the structure, expertise and services that are being provided by the 'REACH Centre'.


The Reach Centre initiative launch was held on the 28th June 2007 at Lancaster University and attended by a range of chemical industry stakeholders.


Professor Paul Wellings, the University Vice Chancellor, opened the event which continued with a number presentations from the REACH Centre and Lancaster University. The meeting was closed by Gary Titley, MEP, with a presentation on REACH and its context.

Jonathan Lutwyche, CEO of The REACH Centre, has talked about the issues surrounding the forthcoming REACH legislation and how The REACH Centre can help address industry issues.