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  • Facts and Figures 2020.pdf

    Uploaded 09 Sep 2020

    The European Adhesive and Sealant Industry Facts & Figures 2020

    The global market for adhesives and sealants reached a value of 50 billion euros in 2020, with Europe holding a share of almost 35%. Our specialty chemical sector, which represents about 2% of the total European chemical industry's turnover, contributes more than 17 billion euros to the EU economy and employs more than 45,000 people.

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  • FEICA position on the review of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR).pdf

    Uploaded 31 Aug 2020

    FEICA position on the review of the Construction Products Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011

    Whilst awaiting results from a possible review of the CPR, the European Commission has to ensure the continuous working of the standardisation process to safeguard the smooth functioning of the European single market. Please see FEICA' s position in this paper.

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  • FEICA CONNECT 41 | August 2020.pdf

    Uploaded 19 Aug 2020

    FEICA CONNECT is the quarterly newsletter for FEICA members and stakeholders of the adhesive and sealant industry. This is Issue 41 of FEICA CONNECT.

     

    IN THIS ISSUE:

    - Dr Elisa Arikan is the winner of AIA 2020

    - High online attendance for FEICA's Webinar on a risk assessment for cyclic esters

    - Save the date for FEICA 2021

    - Packaging adhesives and Food Contact news

    - Take the FEICA Model EPD survey

    - A safe future for polyurethane products

    - FEICA publishes position on the EU's Renovation wave

    - New analytical methods for the enforcement of the REACH Annex XVII restrictions

    - FEICA comments on the Wood/PFA report regarding Polymers Requiring Registration

    - FEICA to publish its position on the review of the CPR

    - AIA 2020: Meet some of the other entrants

    - ASC announces date for the WAC 2021

    - A new colleague at FEICA

     

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  • FEICA comments on the Wood/PFA report regarding Polymers Requiring Registration.pdf

    Uploaded 13 Aug 2020

    FEICA’s comments on the Wood/PFA report regarding Polymers Requiring Registration

    Adhesives and sealants are an essential component of innovative products, enabling many sustainable solutions. FEICA supports the efforts of the European Commission to develop a comprehensive regulatory framework for the registration of polymers under the REACH Regulation that will help to protect human health and the environment, without losing the competitiveness and innovativeness of the European industry.

    Registration of polymers should be foreseen only when a risk to human health and the environment has been proven. FEICA therefore suggests the development of risk-based mechanisms to assess exposure of both human beings and the environment.

    Criteria to define polymers requiring registration should be clear, scientifically sound and globally harmonised. Exemptions and reduced registration requirements, in applicable cases, should be considered by the legislator. FEICA and its members have shared their comments to the Wood/PFA with the European Commission.

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  • FEICA publishes Position Paper on biodegradability and compostability of packaging adhesives.pdf

    Uploaded 12 Aug 2020

    Position Paper on biodegradability and compostability of packaging adhesives

    One of the focus areas of the 2015 EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy is plastics. Following the growing awareness of the packaging supply chain, the types of plastic packaging marketed as ‘biodegradable’ or ‘(home) compostable’ has increased significantly and adhesives producing companies receive more and more customer requests regarding the biodegradability and compostability of their products.

    The adhesives industry is committed to positively contributing to the transition towards a circular economy and is making considerable efforts to work with its supply chain to better understand and mitigate the possible impact of adhesives on recycling of plastics packaging. 

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  • FEICA’s input to the European Commission plan to initiate a Renovation Wave.pdf

    Uploaded 10 Jul 2020

    FEICA’s input to the European Commission plan to initiate a Renovation Wave

    This paper highlights the key role our industry plays in delivering materials, products and technologies which ensure important aspects of circularity and sustainable development in the construction value chain. The “European Green Deal”, which aims to shape the EU economy for a sustainable future, was launched in December 2019 and gives due consideration to climate, green energy and industry-supported circularity. One particular focus of the European Green Deal is on the building sector and the planned Renovation Wave.

    #construction #energysavings


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  • FEICA publishes Summary Report of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives.pdf

    Uploaded 30 Jun 2020

    FEICA publishes Summary Report of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives

    Press release: FEICA has published a Summary Report of a FEICA risk assessment carried out on cyclic esters potentially present in polyester adhesives intended to be used in food contact materials. The FEICA document aims to provide the necessary information to help downstream users carry out their own risk assessments. The summary report published by FEICA intends to outline the main findings of the risk assessment and explain that human exposure to cyclic esters from polyester pre-polymers in food packaging adhesives is not relevant from a toxicological point of view.

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  • DUCC response to the Roadmap on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.pdf

    Uploaded 22 Jun 2020

    DUCC response to the European Commission's Roadmap on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS)

    FEICA Regulatory Affairs Manager Dimitris Soutzoukis, as Vice-Chair of DUCC, shared the attached comments with the European Commission.

    DUCC appreciates the European Commission efforts to build the CSS initiative based on the deliverables of the chemicals industry to secure and protect human health and the environment, by contributing to the European Green Deal. Further, DUCC calls for a CSS initiative that provides realistic objectives and acknowledges the industry efforts to achieve a safe, sustainable, innovative and competitive chemicals industry in Europe.

    DUCC represents more than 9.000 companies in Europe (mostly SMEs) that use chemicals to formulate mixtures (as finished or intermediary products) for professional and industrial users, as well as for consumers. More on DUCC is available on the FEICA public website.

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  • FEICA/EURADH announce winner of the 2020 Adhesion Innovation Award.pdf

    Uploaded 17 Jun 2020

    FEICA/EURADH announce winner of the 2020 Adhesion Innovation Award

    Press Release: The second FEICA/EURADH Adhesion Innovation Award was won by Ms Elisa Arikan (Dipl.-Ing.) for her paper on ‘Structural adhesive bonding of polymers - Surface characteristics and adhesion mechanism’.

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  • Summary Report of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives.pdf

    Uploaded 17 Jun 2020

    Summary Report of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives

    This is the Summary Report of the FEICA risk assessment of cyclic esters in polyester adhesives. Please note that a longer summary, which can be used for more detailed discussions with knowledgeable stakeholders, will soon be available for FEICA members. This Extended Summary Report is also available. 

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