4 Eco-Milestones: Keeping Up with New EU Environmental Regulations in 2024!
A series of important environmental regulations that cover everything from water quality to carbon emissions and biodiversity preservation are on their way of implementation. The European Union is proactively taking steps towards these regulations that are most likely to be implemented in 2024. This makes businesses operating from within or exporting to the EU market […]
PPAP’s Influence on Industry Standards Compliance: A Comprehensive Overview
The Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) plays a pivotal role in ensuring quality control and product safety across diverse industries. Its significance lies in providing a systematic and standardized approach for the approval of new or modified parts before their integration into the manufacturing process. Firstly, PPAP enhances communication and collaboration between suppliers and manufacturers […]
Critical Raw Materials Act: Recent Developments you Should Not Miss
In March 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation on critical raw materials. With the European Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU aims to ensure the secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials throughout the region, reducing its dependence on imported raw materials. In the proposed regulation, 16 “Strategic Raw Materials” (SRMs) and 34 […]
Reporting on Chemical Safety and REACH Compliance with IUCLID
The International Uniform Chemical Information Database (IUCLID) has recently updated its information requirements for registering chemicals in accordance with the REACH Regulation to ensure they comply with the regulation. As a result of the streamlined formats and absoluteness check rules included in REACH, companies can easily report their compliance with REACH requirements. This helps to […]
Social Compliance in Supply Chain Management: What You Need to Know
The management of social compliance is an integral part of supply chain management. To ensure that all parties involved in the production and delivery of goods adhere to ethical, societal, and environmental standards. A company’s reputation is more likely to be positive if it prioritizes social compliance in its supply chain management practices. Furthermore, they […]
How important the IMDS OEM’s Acceptance Criteria is?
IMDS rules and recommendations are the key factors for IMDS reporting. Each supplier should know about these key elements before the IMDS submission to their customers or OEMs. Apart from the IMDS guidelines, it is mandatory for the supplier to have some knowledge on OEM-based acceptance criteria to submit the IMDS report. This IMDS OEM’s […]
New York joins in the club of PFAS substance’s ban in Apparels and Clothing
What is PFAS? PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of manufactured chemicals that have been widely used in a variety of industrial and consumer products that leads to cause health problems such as cancer, liver damage, and developmental issues. As a result, US (United States) Environmental Protection act (EPA) has taken the […]
Annex II of the ELV directive relaxes rules for automotive system development
Automotive hardware design is a lucrative area for mechanical engineering professionals – but fraught with environmental compliance management issues. As well as GADSL and the international material data system, there’s also the ELV (end of life vehicle) directive. Like the RoHS and WEEE compliance schemes, ELV restricts the use of four toxic metals – lead, […]