MANUFACTURING are in alignment with what its customers are doing , those sought after productive and successful relationships are formed .
The impact of REACH These strong connections will prove vital in the wake of regulatory changes . REACH – Registration , Evaluation , Authorisation , and Restriction of Chemicals – is a set of regulations in the EU which are set to have a heavy impact on Houghton ’ s services .
“ REACH has somehow gone under the radar for some companies ,” Chung-Fat explains . “ It ’ s been out there for 10 years in the industry , and the major players have all been ready for it for many years , but a lot of smallto-medium chemicals companies have completely underestimated the impact on the market . Some major automotive manufacturers have even told us that they are afraid some of their components may disappear in the next year , because a smaller supplier may not have considered that a chemical that goes into a critical car part is going to disappear .”
Houghton successfully anticipated the gravity of this issue , and already has a team dedicated purely to
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