Since 2004 Infineum has had a cross-business REACH team monitoring the development of the regulation and preparing each business sector of the company for life under REACH.  The team has included all aspects of the business including Supply Planning, Technology, Marketing, Sales, Procurement and HSE.  

Projects have been run to identify the substances which the Infineum legal entities are required to pre-register and register, including both substances which are put onto the market in Infineum products and intermediates and side-streams.  Within this exercise, work was undertaken to identify substances of high concern which may come into the scope of Authorisation.

Procurement has recently contacted all of Infineum’s suppliers in Europe and those who import into Europe for Infineum, to ascertain their plans for REACH.  The aim of this exercise has been to ensure that there will be supply continuity after the pre-registration window has closed and that we can continue to provide our products to Infineum customers without disruption.Over 99% of the questionnaires sent out to our suppliers have now been returned and no 'surprises' have been identified in the responses, indicating that no materials supplied to Infineum will be removed from the market at pre-registration.

Infineum is also actively participating in trade association REACH implementation activities with the relevant industry bodies, as well as regulatory authorities and associations such as CEFIC.

Sources of Information

European Chemicals Agency Homepage

Full and Final REACH Text [PDF]

European Chemicals Bureau

IUCLID 5

REACH Navigator Homepage – Guidance on obligations

REACH Centrum – A REACH initiative started by CEFIC

How to contact the Infineum REACH team

Infineum has set up a dedicated mailbox for customer and supplier enquiries on REACH.  To pose a question to the Infineum REACH team please e-mail REACH@Infineum.com