SIAM attended from February 11 to 14 in Fort Worth (Texas)) to the Chemical America fair through its company in the United States SIAM LLC.

Last 1st February was conducted an online seminar for members of the "Consorcio Nacional de Industriales del Caucho" (Spanish Rubber Association) about “Connected Regulations in the Rubber sector: ADR, Hazardous Waste and Seveso III”.

Since 1st December the 10th Adaptation to Technical and scientific Progress (ATP) is in force and applicable to the Regulation nº1272/2008 (CLP). This new adaptation modifies the harmonised classification of 13 substances and introduces 24 new substances into the Annex VI of the Regulation nº1272/2008 (CLP).

The Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) has been upgraded to 197 substances. The ECHA (European Chemical Agency) included last 15th January 6 new substances; 5 of them due to the carcinogenic, toxic to reproduction, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) properties of the substances. The sixth substance has been identified as an endocrine-disrupting by the European Commission and consequently added to the list.

SIAM and EPSON scheduled again three sessions about NOM-018-STPS-2015 in México.

During last September, the team formed by two reference companies in its field, SIAM and EPSON, held three days of dissemination on this occasion in Mexico about the NOM-018-STPS-2015.

The sessions held in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, with the participation and satisfaction of the attendees, managed in a practical way the compliance with NOM-018-STPS.