European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC)

To protect and to serve

ASSOCIATION Last month’s issue included a review of Fecc’s 2013 Business Plan, outlining the tasks faced by its numerous working committees. Here director general Uta Jensen-Korte explains what that means in practice for the Association and its members – and the chemical industry at large

Dr Uta Jensen-Korte

No revision - for now

REACH The European Commission has released its Review of REACH report, stating that it does not intend to revise the Regulation at present, although it admits that there a number of areas that require improvement. Industry groups are happy with the outcome

Janez Potočnik

No hiding place

ASSOCIATION The year ahead looks set to be a busy time for Europe’s chemical distributors. Fecc’s 2013 Business Plan outlines the many tasks faced by its numerous working committees

Coloured liquids in lab containers

Lyngsaae lands Fecc gong

Marianne Lyngsaae of Brenntag Nordic, and a member of Brenntag Europe's REACH Core Team, has been presented with the European Association of Chemical Distributors' (Fecc) 2012 Fecc Award at the Association's recent Membership Meeting in Brussels.

The right medicine

CONFERENCE REPORT Chemical distributors may well end up handling a wide range of products, including pharmaceuticals. That often brings them in scope of specialist legislation, and Europe’s regulators have been very busy of late lining up new tripwires.

FECC 2012 crowd listening to talk

Packed with stats and facts

CONFERENCE REPORT Built on seven hills, the charming Portuguese capital of Lisbon played host to the Fecc Annual Congress when it convened at the Tivoli Lisboa Hotel this past May 22-23

FECC 2012 delegates

All you can eat

ASSOCIATION As the voice of the European chemical distribution industry, Fecc has plenty of matters to attend to, whether in terms of promoting REACH compliance or dealing with the changing sands of international trade

Warehousing the Brenntag way

Distributors flock to RC

The European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc) has published its Responsible Care Report 2011, revealing that the level of Responsible Care (RC) compliance has now risen from approximately 40 per cent of member national associations to around 55 per cent.

Never a dull moment

ASSOCIATION Economic volatility, increasing globalisation and mushrooming regulations are just some of the challenges with which European chemical distributors have to contend.

Dr Uta Jensen-Korte

Fecc scheme to help with pharma certification

Fecc has launched EXCiPACT, a new voluntary international certification scheme designed and developed to assure cGMP and cGDP standards are being used in the manufacture and supply of pharmaceutical excipients.

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