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News
Federal overseers review toxic chemicals
The federal government's new plan for the management of chemicals in Canada, announced on December 8, will result in a number of changes. Since 1994, new chemicals have been subject to the New Substances Notification (NSN) regulations. Data goes to Environment Canada and Health Canada so these co-administrators of the NSN can decide whether there are concerns. However, there was a legacy list of 23,000 chemicals, known as the Domestic Substances List (DSL), in commerce prior to the NSN regulations, which were not subject to formal screening.
In the fall, Environment Canada and Health Canada completed its review of the substances on the DSL that examined their persistence in the environment, tendency for bioaccumulation, inherent toxicity, and potential for exposure to the population. A number of follow-up actions resulted from that.
There were 60 substances for which the government announced plans to prohibit their manufacture or import into Canada. These include a family of polybrominated diphenylether flame retardants (PBDE), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts and its precursors used in non-stick coatings and repellants, pentrachlorobenzenes, tetrachlorobenzenes and 2-methoxyethanol.
There were another 200 substances of high priority for assessment. The intent is to challenge industry to prove their use does not compromise human health or the environment. These challenges will be done in batches of 15 – 30 chemicals every three months, with the first batch coming this month. In cases where no input is received, or where Environment Canada and/or Health Canada deems the information non-convincing, these substances will be slated for listing on Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environment Protection Act (CEPA 99). From there, they could progress to prohibition or risk management plans.
Another 148 substances identified as high priority are not currently in commerce in Canada , and with a further 150 substances, government will ensure exposures do not increase by applying limits on future use. Another 1200 substances of lower concern, including some used in plastics processing, met some categorisation criteria, and will be subject to a rapid screening risk assessment to determine additional study. It is expected that most pose no risk.
One substance, hexachlorobutadiene, will become the first to be placed on the Virtual Elimination list, meaning the intent of the government is to reduce releases to levels below the measurable limit, taking into account social, economic, technical and risk considerations. Also, 2-butoxyethanol, used in cleaning and paint products, will have restrictions placed on its use. An allied initiative will likely remove 1105 substances from the DSL because they did not meet the necessary conditions for placement on the list in the first place, in the view of government.
www.chemicalsubstances.gc.ca
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Husky makes move into coated medical disposables
Husky Injection Molding Systems (Bolton, Ont.) has joined with Nano Scale Surface Systems Inc. (Alameda, Cal.) to introduce systems for the production of plastic medical disposables with an internal barrier coating of silicon dioxide. The process produces parts with glass-like properties, providing a barrier against gas transfer and preventing chemical reaction between fluids and the plastics. The parts produced on the Husky systems can replace many medical disposables currently manufactured with glass, including test tubes and blood vials, eliminating the risk of breakage and injury.
The market for medical disposables is estimated differently by different data collection services. It is worth close to US$170-billion globally, according to Datamonitor. Freedonia, meanwhile, estimates the US market alone to be worth more than $60-billion, and growing at 5.6 per cent per year.
Examples of parts produced with the silicon dioxide coating will be displayed at the Husky booth at Plastec West in Anaheim, Cal., from February 13 through 15.
www.husky.ca
www.ns3inc.com
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US packaging machinery grows in 2006
From January to November of last year, US exports of packaging machinery increased seven per cent compared to the same period of 2005. Sales totalled US$783-million. Imports of packaging machinery increased six per cent. The data is based on estimates reported by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).
According to PMMI's 12th Annual Shipments and Outlook Study, released in September 2006, growth in US packaging machinery shipments can be attributed to end-users expanding production lines to accommodate new product introductions and package designs. In effect, end-users continued to replace older packaging machines with new models featuring state-of-the-art technology and promising rapid return on investment.
"PMMI is optimistic that the industry will continue to experience solid growth in 2007 based on the consistent rise of 2006 census numbers and positive sales cycle projections," says Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO of PMMI. "In addition, we experienced record breaking attendance at Pack Expo International in October 2006."
www.pmmi.org
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Changes
SWM & Associates (Toronto) has named Terry Schwenk as an associate servicing the midwest region of the US. Schwenk has over 33 years experience in the plastics industry, with more then 22 years experience in hot runner technology. As an associate of SWM, he will work directly with mouldmakers, processors and OEMs to identify technology partners.
www.swm-associates.com
Rich Shaffer has been appointed director of engineering for Conair (Pittsburgh). He now oversees all engineering projects, initiatives and processes. In addition, he will help to steer Conair's product development process. Shaffer joined Conair in 1994. He started as a product engineer in the dryer product line, and over the last 12 years, has worked in automation and extrusion as well as other departments.
www.conair.net
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Events February 15: Regular meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Ontario section, on The Beer Bubble – the use of PET packaging for beer. With David Andison, vice-president, business strategies, Amcor PET Packaging. At the Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel. (Contact: Ron Fisk, 416-740-5300, ext. 3252 or ron.fisk@univarcanada.com).
February 20: Regular meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Quebec section, on New Developments in Food Packaging. At the Food Research & Development Centre, St-Hyacinthe, Que. (Contact: Martin Bureau at 450-641-5179 or Martin.Bureau@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca).
February 27: Plastic Film Manufacturers Association of Canada, 2007 technical seminar. At Paramount Conference Event Venue, Vaughan, Ont. (Contact: Marilyne Berman at 905-678-0774, or mberman@cpia.ca)
March 7: CPIA Composites Technical Seminar and Mini-Show, at the Paramount Conference & Event Venue, Woodbridge, Ont. Note: a wrong date for this event was published previously. (Contact: Duncan Cross at 902-464-2742 or dcross@cpia.ca). March 29-30: Society of Plastics Engineers, Quebec section, Topcon on Injection Moulding: Designing for Processors and Processing for Designers. At the Industrial Materials Institute, Boucherville, Que. (Contact: Martin Bureau at 450-641-5179 or Martin.Bureau@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca).
April 2-4: International Symposium on Polymeric Materials for Regenerative Medicine. At Industrial Materials Institute, Boucherville, Que. (Contact: Martin Bureau at 450-641-5179 or Martin.Bureau@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca)
April 19: Society of Plastics Engineers, Ontario section: Injection Moulding Minitec, at the Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel. (Contact: Pam Robb at 905-671-1511 ext. 206 or probb@brenntag.ca).
May 1-3: Plast-Ex 2007, Canada's triennial plastics trade show. At the International Centre, Toronto. (Contact: Sally Damstra at 905-678-7748 or sdamstra@cpia.ca).
May 7-11: Brasilplast 2007, at Anhembi Park Exhibition Hall, São Paulo, Brazil. (Contact: Alcantara Machada company at 5511-3030-9463 or almax@almax.com.br.)
May 21-24: Chinaplas, at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China. (Contact: Hong Kong 852-2811-8857 or chinaplas@adsale.com.hk).
May 22: CPIA's Canadian Natural Composites Council annual general meeting, at the Hall of Ideas EFG, Madison, Wis., during the 9th International Conference on Wood & Natural Fiber-Plastics Composites (contact: Marilyne Berman, 905-678-7405 Ext. 278, or mberman@cpia.ca)
October 24-31: K 2007, Germany's international plastics super-show, at Duesseldorf Trade Fairgrounds. (Contact: Stefan Egge at 416-598-1524 or messeduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca)
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