REACH

"Practical Guidance on Implementing REACH & GHS”


The 2009 Atrion Product Compliance Road Shows Tour focused not only on Atrion's solutions but today’s best implementation practices by industry. Additionally, the Road Shows also explored important components of the ‘REACH IT puzzle’, irrespective of the ERP system used:

 

  • Supply Chain Communication
  • Substance Inventory Management
  • Exposure Scenario (ES) for finished products
  • CLP and other GHS implementations around the world

Past Events (locations & dates)

London, UK – 18 March 2009
Baltimore, MD US – 6-7 April 2009
Dusseldorf, DE – 22 April 2009
Houston, TX US - 2 June 2009
Frankfurt, DE – 15 Sept 2009

Who Attended?

EH&S, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain Managers and IT professionals directly involved with Regulatory/Product compliance.

Why They Attended?

  • Gained a valuable overview of a complete range of dynamic Managed Regulatory Content, software applications, and services, which can help automate and streamline product compliance – all succinctly packaged into a one afternoon session.
  • Each of the Road Shows included specific geographic and industry specific requirements on REACH and GHS presented by local industry experts. Attendees learned from their implementation experience and gained access to practical information from both Atrion customers and internal regulatory experts.
  • Sessions were provided free of charge in both the USA and Europe and were only half-day afternoon events. The locations varied throughout the year, allowing attendees to participate in the road show event nearest to them.
  • The events were set up as informal, interactive 'round-tables' Participation was free.

Roadshow Agenda

Over the past 2 years many discussions have centered around the REACH IT infrastructure and the so-called "Big Picture" that companies could implement in order to cope with the full blend of regulatory and supply chain driven business requirements emerging from REACH. However, the big players dominated these CEFIC working groups and task forces. In this seminar Atrion will focus on the needs of mid-market formulating companies in the chemical process industry such as; paint, coatings and inks, adhesives, and soap & detergents.

 

Despite the fact that the UN’s Globally Harmonized System (GHS) was designed to provide harmonization and thus ‘ease the compliance burden’, chemical manufacturers around the world are grappling with its application in their own unique political and business environments in order to keep a competitive advantage. In this seminar series, Atrion will review a "flexible approach" for managing internal activities related to GHS including: understanding the new regulation, assessing obligations and revising the classification of each product.

Feedback

Participants of Atrion’s Product Compliance Roadshow tour enjoyed the advantages of a intuitive half-day agenda carefully crafted in order to, focus on local regulatory compliance objectives compiled by industry. Hosted around the world, these seminars brought together EHS and IT experts in both the process and discrete manufacturing industries.

 

Since these Road Shows were such a success, Atrion intends to continue to offer these forums in 2010, and would therefore like to invite future attendees to provide us with their feedback on topics as well as suggested dates and locations.

 

Submit your suggestion by using the on-line form below so that we can align our roadshows to your needs.