SIAM attended from 11 to 14 February in Nuremberg (Germany) to the European Coatigns Show, the leading coatings show.

On March 13, the Business Federation of the Spanish Chemical Industry (FEIQUE) in collaboration with ICEX Spain Export and Investment, organised the event: "BREXIT and the implications of supply and use of chemical products". It was led by national and European authorities from the environmental health department, as well as several experts from the chemical industry field.

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.