REACH is EU´s new chemical legislation which came into force on June 1st 2007. It stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. One of the consequences of REACH is that new chemical substances as well as chemicals already existing on the market have to be pre-registered/registered, risk-evaluated and approved.

The new regulation includes principles for both substitution and limitations; hazardous substances shall, if alternatives exist, be replaced by less dangerous and the REACH-processes are designed to ensure a safe use of chemicals. The industry is responsible for providing the best available technical and scientific data about chemicals on its production program. This information is registered by the European Chemicals Agency – ECHA, which is located in Helsinki.

CWMT has a close co-operation with our supplier and together we actively work within REACH. We follow the REACH processes in which one important measure is that the Safety Data Sheets shall provide all information required by the regulation.

According to the REACH legislation, CWMT is a sub-supplier and as such CWMT is not responsible for the pre-registration and registration of the chemical substances that we provide. Our supplier Duromar Inc, Pembroke, MA 02359 has this responsibility.

All coatings that CWMT provides, High Performance Linings, Repair and Maintenance Products are pre-registered and approved according to REACH.