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As a global Service provider to the Chemical industry, we are offering a full-service portfolio to ensure your company is REACH-ready!
Chemical Testing (SVHCs and Restricted substances within others)
Wide offer of Chemical testing across industries
Chemical testing for identification and quantification of any SVHC and/or restricted substances in the article or in the chemical mixture.
The test programme differs per material (e.g. plastic, glass, wood, metal, etc.), based on which restricted substance and/or SVHC are known to potentially be a part of a given basic material. Similar materials can be grouped together as a single testing sample.
This test can determine whether the threshold of 0.1 % per SVHC is respected in the article, which can help you to identify if you have to fulfil certain legal obligations according to REACH and Waste Framework Directive (SCIP notification). In the same way, the test will ensure whether the articles contain any substance subject to restriction under REACH and therefore if you fulfil the conditions of the restriction.
Besides SVHC and Annex XVII Restricted substances (according to REACH Regulation), many other chemical substances are used to produce our products, such as plastics, paints, cleaning products, textiles, and footwear, etc. Nowadays, approximately 1,500 different chemicals present in everyday consumer products are known to be toxic, either to humans or to the environment.
We support you on your journey towards safe and effective products, by providing you with solutions to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements at each step of the product's life cycle, from the raw materials all the way down to the finished goods.
Our highly qualified team goes the extra mile in the development of customised test protocols guaranteeing reliability, reproducibility, and traceability of results (ISO 17025).
Our laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including:
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (TF-IR)
- Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)
- Spectrophotometry UV/VIS
- ICP-OES, ICP-MS
- Chromatography: GC/FID, GC/FPD, GC/NPD, GC/MS, HS-GC/MS, ATD-GC/FI, HPLC provided with various detectors such as UV/VIS, DAD, Fluorescence, Electrochemical, Amperometric, MS/MS
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Chemical Assessment
STEP 1
Evaluation (assessment) of the presence of SVHC and restricted substances in products under REACH
Assessment based on information provided by your supplier: BOM- Bill of materials; BOS- Bill of substances; communication of the presence of any SVHC and/or restricted substances, etc.
Besides the above, and in cases where a supplier does not provide information or the information provided is not complete or reliable, the likelihood that the product contains SVHC and/or restricted substances should also be assessed in the context of the materials used, manufacturing procedures applied, and suppliers involved, etc.
The outcome of this assessment/evaluation will result in the identification of potential risk materials, due to the likely presence of restricted/hazardous substances in each of the materials listed in the product’s BOM.
If supplier has provided sufficient and reliable information in the BOM and BOS (including % of substances used in each material), this assessment could provide information on whether the threshold of 0.1 % per SVHC has been adhered to in the article, which can help you to identify if you have to fulfil certain legal obligations according to REACH and Waste Framework Directive (SCIP notification). In the same way, it would provide information on whether the articles contain any substance subject to restriction under REACH and therefore whether you fulfil the conditions of the restriction.
STEP 2
Cost-efficient testing approach
Besides the assessment results obtained in Step 1, we recommend undergoing a cost-efficient testing approach. This means that, instead of testing all the different materials in your article to check for all possible restricted/hazardous substances (i.e. full analytical testing approach), we would perform a targeted testing programme focused only on those materials (and for those specific substances) identified in Step 1 as potential risk materials, due to the likely presence of some specific restricted/hazardous substances.
This test can determine whether the threshold of 0.1 % per SVHC has been adhered to in the article, which can help you to identify if you have to fulfil certain legal obligations according to REACH and Waste Framework Directive (SCIP notification). In the same way, the test will ensure whether the articles contain any substance subject to restriction under REACH and therefore whether you fulfil the conditions of the restriction.
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