ECHA

Dragonfly Energy Announces Breakthrough in Lithium Battery Production: Eliminating Harmful “Forever Chemicals”

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 5月 9, 2024
Public, PFAS, Lithium, EPA, Cell, European Chemicals Agency, Partnership, Electrolyte, Carbon, European, Environment, ECHA, NMP, Recycling, Electric battery

Using their proprietary dry electrode battery manufacturing process, Dragonfly Energy has successfully produced lithium battery cells with PFAS-free electrodes.

Key Points: 
  • Using their proprietary dry electrode battery manufacturing process, Dragonfly Energy has successfully produced lithium battery cells with PFAS-free electrodes.
  • (Nasdaq: DFLI) (“Dragonfly Energy” or the “Company”), an industry leader in green energy storage, has made a significant breakthrough in battery manufacturing with the successful production of PFAS-free electrodes in lithium battery cells.
  • "At Dragonfly Energy, we are deeply committed to the dual imperatives of environmental sustainability and technological advancement," said Denis Phares, Chief Executive Officer of Dragonfly Energy.
  • Dragonfly Energy believes this strategic approach positions them as a leader in the evolving battery production landscape, well-equipped to address the growing demand for clean energy solutions worldwide.

Leclanché SA ready for PFAS restrictions in Europe thanks to its water-based cell production

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 10月 26, 2023
Si, Water, NB, Health, Steam, European Commission, NMP, ECHA, Carbon, REACH, Civil service commission, Environment, PFAS, NMC, Traction, Recycling, NCA, NMCA, Safety, Cancer, European Chemicals Agency, Electrode, Cosmetics, Electric battery

Battery industry will be impacted as PFAS are a widely used element in the electrode production process.

Key Points: 
  • Battery industry will be impacted as PFAS are a widely used element in the electrode production process.
  • Thanks to the unique water-based binder process used in its cell production, Leclanché is one of the unique European battery manufacturers with well-proven and scalable PFAS-free alternatives for Li-Ion batteries.
  • Currently Leclanché has validated and manufactured PFAS-free electrodes in production and has the technology to manufactured PFAS free cells with some minor process step adaptations.
  • “Leclanché has proven over the last years that the cell technology can meet the PFAS restrictions in Europe,” emphasises Pierre Blanc, CEO of Leclanché.

Bio-Process Systems Alliance Responds to European Chemicals Agency's Proposed Universal Ban on PFAS

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 9月 28, 2023
Bio Process Systems Alliance, Vaccine, PVDF, European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials, American Chemistry Council, BPSA, Organization, PFAS, Economy, ECHA, Polymer, United States of Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development controversy, Multimedia, Mechanical, Development, Patient, PTFE, Risk, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, REACH, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, Health, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Environment, Society, Pharmaceutical industry, Fine chemical

PFAS are used extensively across multiple industries, including bioprocessing, due to their unique functional properties and low reactivity.

Key Points: 
  • PFAS are used extensively across multiple industries, including bioprocessing, due to their unique functional properties and low reactivity.
  • This restriction proposes a universal ban over time on the use of all fluoropolymers in all applications, without distinguishing between fluoropolymers and other PFAS substances.
  • "Let's find solutions that better balance the environmental and health concerns with the needs of patients, consumers and the bioprocessing industry."
  • We urge ECHA to reconsider its proposed restriction based on the available scientific data and risk assessments regarding PFAS substances, including fluoropolymers, used in bioprocessing.

Nanoramic® Laboratories and E-Lyte Innovations Announce Strategic R&D Partnership

Retrieved on: 
水曜日, 7月 26, 2023
PVDF, Partnership, EV, Powder, PFAS, Core, ECHA, EVS, EPA, European Chemicals Agency, Dust, Growth, Safety, Electric battery, Cosmetics

BOSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoramic Laboratories "Nanoramic" and E-Lyte Innovations GmbH "E-Lyte" have entered into a strategic R&D partnership to develop breakthrough battery technologies, based on Nanoramic's Neocarbonix® at the Core electrode technology and E-Lyte's high-performance electrolytes.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoramic Laboratories "Nanoramic" and E-Lyte Innovations GmbH "E-Lyte" have entered into a strategic R&D partnership to develop breakthrough battery technologies, based on Nanoramic's Neocarbonix® at the Core electrode technology and E-Lyte's high-performance electrolytes.
  • The partnership focuses, among other things, on the development of an advanced PFAS-free alternative for electric vehicle batteries that is ready for commercialization.
  • Nanoramic already offers a solution to potential upcoming restrictions in the battery industry through its PFAS-free Neocarbonix electrode technology.
  • E-Lyte is developing a customized electrolyte to optimize the performance of Neocarbonix in innovative cell systems.

Nanoramic® Laboratories and E-Lyte Innovations Announce Strategic R&D Partnership

Retrieved on: 
水曜日, 7月 26, 2023
PVDF, Partnership, EV, Powder, PFAS, Core, ECHA, EVS, EPA, European Chemicals Agency, Dust, Growth, Safety, Electric battery, Cosmetics

BOSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoramic Laboratories "Nanoramic" and E-Lyte Innovations GmbH "E-Lyte" have entered into a strategic R&D partnership to develop breakthrough battery technologies, based on Nanoramic's Neocarbonix® at the Core electrode technology and E-Lyte's high-performance electrolytes.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoramic Laboratories "Nanoramic" and E-Lyte Innovations GmbH "E-Lyte" have entered into a strategic R&D partnership to develop breakthrough battery technologies, based on Nanoramic's Neocarbonix® at the Core electrode technology and E-Lyte's high-performance electrolytes.
  • The partnership focuses, among other things, on the development of an advanced PFAS-free alternative for electric vehicle batteries that is ready for commercialization.
  • Nanoramic already offers a solution to potential upcoming restrictions in the battery industry through its PFAS-free Neocarbonix electrode technology.
  • E-Lyte is developing a customized electrolyte to optimize the performance of Neocarbonix in innovative cell systems.

Hexion’s Versatic™ Acid 10: A Safer-to-Use Alternative to 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 5月 11, 2023
Automotive Manufacturing, Building Systems, Manufacturing, Construction & Property, Chemicals, Plastics, Hexion, Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Ester, European Chemicals Agency, GHS, Detergent, Organic compound, ECHA, VOC, Cosmetics, Classification, Lubricant, H350, Solvent, Reproductive toxicity, Risk assessment, H340, Salt, Dicarboxylic acid, PVC, Paint

Impending regulatory changes announced by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will favorably position Hexion's Versatic Acid 10 as a safer-to-use1 replacement for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA).

Key Points: 
  • Impending regulatory changes announced by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will favorably position Hexion's Versatic Acid 10 as a safer-to-use1 replacement for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA).
  • Versatic Acid 10, and other Versatics derivatives, are excellent building blocks that enable the production of high-performance emulsions, high solids and waterborne resins.
  • They also have the more sustainable attribute of enabling the production of paints and coatings with lower volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions than before.
  • The industry’s move toward alternative products, such as Versatic Acid 10, follows the reclassification of 2-EHA and most of its salts as Reprotoxic Category 1B by the Risk Assessment Committee of ECHA beginning in November 2023.

Highlights - Vote on 2021 Discharge: European Commission, EDF, Agencies - Committee on Budgetary Control

Retrieved on: 
土曜日, 3月 18, 2023
ENISA, EEA, EDF, Agency, EUROJUST, European Labour Authority, Civil service commission, European Public Prosecutor's Office, EIOPA, Commission, EPP, EUROPOL, EMCDDA, ECHA, EBA, CEPOL, Global Europe, Rapporteur, CDT, FRA, European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control, Parliament, ERA, Committee, EMA, EUSPA, EIT, EMSA, ETF, ECDC, EFSA, ELA, Recovery, EFCA, BEREC, ACER, European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, ESMA, EASA, Eu-LISA, European Commission, Language industry, Renewable energy, EU, EASO

Vote on 2021 Discharge: European Commission, EDF, Agencies

Key Points: 
  • Vote on 2021 Discharge: European Commission, EDF, Agencies
    17-03-2023 - 12:32
    On 22 March 2023, the Members of the Committee for Budgetary Control will vote on the draft reports and amendments concerning the 2021 Discharge to the European Commission, European Development Fund (EDF), and Agencies.
  • The vote is the second batch for the 2021 discharge, after votes on the discharge for the Parliament, other Institutions and the Joint Undertakings on 28 February 2023.
  • The discharge procedure has proven to be a powerful tool to oversee the spending of EU money.
  • Novelties this year are the first discharge for the European Public Prosecutors Office and the European Labour Authority and the inclusion of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the Commission discharge.

Highlights - Discharge 2021 - Consideration of Draft Reports - Committee on Budgetary Control

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 2月 2, 2023
CDT, ELA, European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control, EPP, EBA, EUSPA, EMCDDA, EMA, EIOPA, EEA, Commission, ESMA, EFSA, Council, Royal commission, EFCA, CEPOL, EUROPOL, Committee, Parliament, BEREC, ENISA, FRA, European Development Fund, ECHA, EIT, EMSA, ERA, EDF, Rapporteur, EASA, ECDC, ETF, Eu-LISA, Strategic autonomy, ACER, EUROJUST, European Commission, Animal, Language industry, Renewable energy, EASO, EU

Discharge 2021: Consideration of Draft Reports

Key Points: 
  • Discharge 2021: Consideration of Draft Reports
    02-02-2023 - 11:48
    On 9 February 2023, the Committee on Budgetary Control will consider the draft discharge reports for the European Commission, the European Development Fund, and EU Agencies.
  • The draft reports will be presented by their respective Rapporteurs, presenting what they consider to be the main points for the 2021 discharge cycle.
  • In the draft reports presented in this meeting, the CONT Committee scrutinises how the Commission and EU Agencies are implementing the EU budget and prepares the Parliament's discharge decisions.
  • Parliament considers the reports prepared by the Budgetary Control Committee, taking into account the Council's recommendations, and decides to grant, postpone or refuse a discharge.

EQS-News: Pyrum launches pilot project with BMW Group to recycle tyres in Saarland, Germany

Retrieved on: 
日曜日, 12月 18, 2022
Recycling, Pyrolysis, BASF, European Chemicals Agency, BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, ELT, Fraunhofer Society, Carbon, BMW, Schwalbe, REACH, Incineration, ISCC, Dillingen (Saar) station, Innovation, CO2, Dillingen, Saarland, Certification, Orangi Pilot Project, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, ECHA, Continental, Fine chemical, Semicassis pyrum

Pyrum launches pilot project with BMW Group to recycle tyres in Saarland, Germany

Key Points: 
  • Pyrum launches pilot project with BMW Group to recycle tyres in Saarland, Germany
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • Pyrum launches pilot project with BMW Group to recycle tyres in Saarland, Germany
    Dillingen / Saar, 15 December 2022 - Pyrum Innovations AG ("Pyrum"), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELT) based on its patented pyrolysis technology, has further expanded its cooperation network.
  • In a pilot project with the BMW Group, Pyrum has recently began recycling the used tyres of the BMW Group branch in Saarland.
  • Thomas Grupp, Head of Customer Support Market Germany at BMW Group: "The responsible use of resources plays a central role for the BMW Group.

Global Workplace Safety Market Report 2022-2027: Increasing Need for Stricter Workplace Safety Regulations and Substantial Shift Within Industries Towards a More Holistic Approach to Employee Health - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Retrieved on: 
木曜日, 12月 1, 2022
Security, Hardware, Data Management, Technology, Software, Pillar, Region, Organization, IBM, Component, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, ECHA, Injury, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, European Commission, Work, Compound annual growth rate, Personal protective equipment, Laboratory, Health, Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Incident, Safety, Wolters, European Pillar of Social Rights, PPE, USD, Royal commission, Honeywell, Workforce, Hardware, Accident, AWS, Personal, Column, Hexagon AB, European Foundation, Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994, European Chemicals Agency, HSI, Risk management, Medical device, Software, EU

Some of the factors driving the market growth include growing workplace accidents, strict industrial health and safety regulations, and the proliferation of the software-as-a-service model.

Key Points: 
  • Some of the factors driving the market growth include growing workplace accidents, strict industrial health and safety regulations, and the proliferation of the software-as-a-service model.
  • Organizations need to ensure the safety of workers and assets by reducing accidents; identifying and mitigating safety risks; and complying with occupational health and safety laws.
  • Workplace safety management solutions help organizations in improving the safety culture and protecting the workforce.
  • In Europe, Hexagon AB, Bosch, and Wolters Kluwer are the leading vendors in the workplace safety market.