ComplianceXL signs a contract with the world’s largest specialized electronics manufacturer
Chicago, IL; July 20, 2020 – ComplianceXL will support a specialized electronics manufacturer in providing end-to-end conflict mineral compliance services. The engagement is to source, validate, document, and report CMRT from over 1000 suppliers worldwide. The client is a specialized electronics manufacturer with offices in multiple plants in the US, Israel, and other places. The […]
REACH SVHC Candidate list updated
European Chemical Agency, ECHA has updated the candidate list of substance of very high concern for authorisation, in accordance with Article 59(10) of REACH regulation Annex XIV. On 25th June 2020, below 4 new chemicals added to SVHC list, making it from 205 to 209. 1-vinylimidazoleCAS: 1072-63-5Reason: Toxic for reproduction as per Article 57 (c).Found […]
All you need to know about Conflict Minerals
We regularly use various products most possibly containing so-called conflict minerals—rare natural resources such as tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold (3TG), the mining and trade of which results in financial conflicts and human abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the adjoining countries. What is covered in this blog to help manufacturers and […]
IMDS Compliance in Automotive Supply Chain & Recommendation 019
The International Material Data System (IMDS) is an online platform used by the automotive companies in order to manage their data on materials and substances of automobile parts.The IMDS Steering Committee has published several recommendations to define materials for creating Material Data Sheets (MDS) whereas in each recommendation, the guidelines for MDSs in different material […]
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)- Restrictions and deadline
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of synthetic chemicals widely used in the society. PFOA is one of those families present in PFAS. Since they contain Carbon chain of different lengths and the Hydrogen atoms are completely or partly substituted by Fluorine atoms, they form a very stable bond and are not degradable […]
Are you Compliant with Eurasia REACH?
Technical Regulation of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on Safety of Chemical Products No 41 (TR EAEU 041/2017), was adopted on March 3, 2017 and will come into force on June 1, 2021. It applies to five Eurasian union countries (EAEU): Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. After the TR EAEU 041/2017 takes effect, importers and […]
CMRT & CRT Update
New Version of Conflict Mineral Reporting Template CMRT v 6.01 and Cobalt Reporting Template CRT v 2.11 is released by RMI. CMRT v 6.01 (Conflict Mineral Reporting Template) RMI has released the new version of CMRT on 19th May 2020, which will replace the current version of CMRT v 5.12. The CMRT v 6.01 must […]
Why all Electrical and electronic equipment/product (EEE) manufactures & supplies need to comply with RoHS?
The RoHS aims to protect human health and environment. It encourages the design of the electrical products to be environment friendly and safe in regards to recycling and recovery. The chemicals and materials restricted under RoHS directive are hazardous to the environment and pollute landfills. They are dangerous in terms of occupational exposure during manufacturing […]
The need for maintaining SDS and its challenges
All manufacturers, importers, suppliers, or employer are required to check the accuracy of a Safety Data Sheet based on the actual circumstances and update it as needed. A Safety Data Sheet is required to be reviewed at least every 3 years. The record’s of SDS updates such as content, date, version and revision date shall […]
Difference between SDS and eSDS
SDS is known as Safety Data Sheet: The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals is internationally accepted and contains a standard specification for safety data sheets and SDS follows a 16 section format. SDS contains information such as the properties of each chemical; the physical, health and environmental hazards, safety precautions and […]