A message from the CMS Forum Director

Welcome to the Winter 2007/2008 issue of the CMS Insider.

Thank you to all who participated in the 11th Annual CMS Workshop in October.  We had record participation this year with representatives from a variety of sectors: aerospace, air transport, automotive, pharmaceutical, government, utilities, and schools. The Workshop was extended to two full days of breakouts and discussions.  Please check our website where the presentations are now posted.  We have already set the date for next year’s Workshop, and hope you will join us at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District on November 12-14, 2008.

As government agencies continue implementation of environmentally preferable purchasing programs, cities, counties, states and schools are expanding the scope to include purchasing less toxic materials. CSP worked with the City of Dallas to develop policies and criteria for selecting and purchasing less toxic chemicals. Find out more by reading our white paper in “Viewpoints from the Field.”

We would like to welcome our newest members to the CMS Forum: Coolant Control, Quaker Chemical, Lockheed Martin, and Ithaca College.  We look forward to the continued growth of the Forum in 2008. Thank you for your support and best wishes in the New Year!

Warmest regards,
Jill Kauffman Johnson
CMS Forum Director



Greener Chemical Purchasing: the Next Frontier
by Jeff Cole, Chemical Strategies Partnership

In the last twenty years, over eighty cities, states, public agencies and universities have joined the federal government and numerous corporations in establishing “green procurement” or “environmentally preferable purchasing” (EPP) policies.  Chemical products have been relative latecomers to EPP programs, but they are seeing increasing demand.  On behalf of the City of Dallas, the Chemical Strategies Partnership (CSP) developed a range of options for incorporating chemical products into the City’s EPP program.  This White Paper summarizes our findings and outlines purchasing criteria and processes for less toxic materials that may be used by other organizations. Download the article.



12th Annual CMS Workshop: November 12-14, 2008 – Save the Date!
Join us for our 12th Annual Chemical Management Services Workshop on November 12-14, 2008 at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District. Registration will be available in late spring. For periodic updates, visit our website.

11th Annual CMS Workshop Presentations Available Online
We’d like to extend a huge thanks to all those who participated in the 11th Annual CMS Workshop. A number of presentations from the workshop are now available on our website.

New CMS Case Study: Cummins, Inc. - Jamestown Engine Plant
In 1997, Cummins contracted with Castrol/BP to provide responsibility for ordering, delivery, and management of all indirect chemicals for its Jamestown Engine Plant. The program has realized dramatic cost savings, as well as other benefits including increased efficiency and decreased waste volumes. For more detail on program benefits, overcoming barriers, keys to success, and the future of the program, read the case study.

Houghton International to Merge with Affiliate of AEA Investors LLC
Houghton International Inc., a global manufacturer and supplier of industrial fluids and chemical management services, has entered into an agreement to merge with a newly formed affiliate of AEA Investors LLC (AEA). The merger agreement is expected to close before the end of the year.  As Houghton is privately held, the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more...

Haas TCM acquires MC Technologies extending its healthcare Environmental Information Management Systems and Chemical Management Services offering
In November 2007, Haas TCM acquired MC Technologies LLC, a Tucson, Arizona based cutting-edge leader in environmental information management systems. This acquisition will broaden Haas TCM’s offerings for Environmental Information Management Systems and introduce Chemical Management Services to the healthcare industry.  MC Technologies delivers systems and programs designed to protect patients, employees, and communities from hazardous chemicals. Read more...

Rinchem Expands Warehouse Space on the East Coast and Oregon; Achieves ISO 9001 Certification for Two Additional Facilities
Rinchem Company, Inc., a global provider of chemical and gas management solutions, has expanded its warehouse space by 110,000 square feet with the purchase of a warehouse facility on nineteen acres in Flemington, New Jersey.  Read more...

Rinchem Company, Inc. has made a strategic acquisition of G & A Warehouses, located in the Philadelphia area. This acquisition strengthens Rinchem’s diverse services in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology logistics industries.
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Rinchem Company, Inc., announced today the opening of a new 50,000 square foot, customized warehouse to support increased business in the Portland, Oregon area. The new facility is equipped to handle a diverse range of temperature and segregation requirements associated with the safe storage and handling of high purity, pre-packaged, regulated and non-regulated chemicals and gases. Read more...

Rinchem Company, Inc., announced that it has achieved ISO 9001 certification at two of its newest facilities located in Santa Fe Springs and Long Beach, California. Read more...

ATMI Selects Rinchem as Lead Logistics Provider to Streamline Its North America Distribution Network
Rinchem has been selected by ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATMI) as a lead logistics provider for ATMI’s North America distribution network. As a lead logistics provider, Rinchem will manage all North American logistics-related supplier contracts on behalf of ATMI and coordinate logistics-related activity amongst those suppliers. Rinchem will also evaluate all logistics related costs, modes of transport, capacity utilization levels, supplier coordination and customer service performance levels to identify strategies for improvement. Read more...

New Members: Quaker Chemical Corporation, Coolant Control, Inc., Lockheed Martin, and Ithaca College
The CMS Forum recently welcomed Quaker Chemical Corporation, Coolant Control, Inc., Lockheed Martin, and Ithaca College as its newest members. We look forward to their participation in the Forum.

Quaker Chemical Corporation -- Quaker is a leading global provider of chemical management services to a wide range of industries promoting environmental as well as chemical resources stewardship. Their products, technical solutions, and chemical management services enhance customers’ processes, improve their product quality, and lower their costs.

Coolant Control, Inc. -- Since 1975 Coolant Control, a registered MBE, has been in the business of managing in-use fluids. Their old culture of success was measured on how much money they made off of each customer. Their new culture of success is measured on how much they can give their customer. They now help customers build wealth together as partners.

Lockheed Martin -- Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Ithaca College -- Ithaca College, founded in 1892, is a private, coeducational college offering undergraduate and graduate programs in business, communications, health sciences and human performance, humanities and sciences, music, and interdisciplinary studies.  Ithaca College's commitment to sustainability resonates in the School of Business, where the "triple bottom line" -- people, planet, and prosperity -- is being woven into the fabric of the curriculum.

The EU’s REACH Regulation and Chemical Management Service Provider
Bill Tarantino, Morrison & Foerster
The European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) regulation has been looming over companies that manufacture, import or use chemicals for nearly three years.  Now, with its final enactment in July 2007, the massively complicated REACH regulation has finally arrived. Despite the uncertainty about its implementation, companies that will be subject to REACH should begin to prepare for the first phase, “pre-registration,” which takes place from June to December 2008. Companies will likely look to their CMS providers to assist them in determining whether their current chemical portfolio is appropriately registered for the business’s current or proposed use. To learn about REACH impacts, how to prepare, and how a CMS provider can help, read more...

Green Chemistry: Industry Accelerates New Product Rollout
Chemical Week
Green chemistry, also known as sustainable chemistry, is assuming an increasingly important position in R&D centers across the global chemical industry. Chemical industry experts say that the introduction of environmentally friendly solvent technologies is a strong growth area of green chemistry. Drivers include tightening environmental regulations that aim to curb the production and use of potentially harmful substances, and growing consumer demand for products that are energy saving and derived from renewable raw materials, executives say. Read more...

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The SOX-RFID Connection
Supply Chain Management Review
Companies expect to gain many benefits from implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Perhaps the one cited most often is lower supply chain costs, which result from the improved inventory visibility that the technology affords. But there’s another, often overlooked advantage that supply chain managers should know about: RFID technology can help them fulfill the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) if implemented and integrated properly. Read the article...

New DHS regulations for security at chemical storage facilities
Nancy Mathews, Certified Emergency Manager, Haley & Aldrich
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is focusing on the security of facilities storing chemicals which could either be stolen or used on site by terrorists as weapons to inflict mass casualties and destruction of critical assets. Since the signing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act of 2007, DHS has the authority and funding to regulate security at facilities storing chemicals considered to be high risk. On November 20, 2007, Appendix A: Chemicals of Interest (COI) was published in the Federal Register, identifying the specific chemicals and storage thresholds for these chemicals. To learn about the implications of this rule and who is responsible for compliance, read the summary paper.

Global Regulation: The Burden Intensifies
Chemical Week
The chemical industry has long been trailed by a tangle of diverse regulations, and those have become more complex as firms expand their businesses and geographic reach. The list of international and national chemical industry regulatory requirements is long and has grown in the past year. Read more...

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U.S., Canada and Mexico Take Lead to Manage Industrial Chemicals
Environmental Protection Agency
The United States, Canada and Mexico are strengthening their efforts to ensure the safe manufacture and use of industrial chemicals by developing a regional partnership for assessing and managing potential risks. This regional partnership is the result of discussions between President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America Leaders' Summit.  The United States has committed to completing risk characterizations and taking action, as needed, on more than 9,000 chemicals produced above 25,000 pounds per year by 2012. Read the press announcement....

Chemical Regulation: Comparison of U.S. and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals
US Government Accountability Office
GAO was asked to review the approaches used under TSCA and REACH for (1) requiring chemical companies to develop information on chemicals’ effects, (2) controlling risks from chemicals, and (3) making information on chemicals available to the public. To review these issues, GAO analyzed applicable U.S. and EU laws and regulations and interviewed U.S. and EU officials, industry representatives, and environmental advocacy organizations. Their findings are included in their Report to Congressional Requesters.

A BSR Issue Brief on the New European Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation
Business for Social Responsibility
This paper provides an overview of the REACH process, the necessary steps toward effective REACH implementation, opportunities associated with implementation for both manufacturers and downstream users, and challenges that lie ahead for the global chemicals industry and any industry that uses or processes chemicals. Download the paper...

Founding Member
Haas TCM

Members
Coolant Control, Inc. New!
Ithaca College New!
Lockheed Martin New!
Quaker Chemical Corp. New!

Airgas, Inc.
Avchem
The Boeing Company
Castrol Industrial North
America
Chemico Systems
Chrysler Corporation
Dana Corporation
Delta Air Lines
Dolphin Software
EPCglobal
Fisher Scientific
General Motors Corporation
Henkel Chemical Management
Houghton International
Illinois State University
Illinois Waste Management
and Research Center
PPG Industries
Raytheon Company
Rinchem Company, Inc.
Rockwell Collins
SAIC
Seagate Technology
Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers
Solution Recovery
Services
United Technologies Corp.



2008 Event Highlights
CMS Forum members and the Chemical Strategies Partnership speak at or participate in many conferences each year. A list of 2008 conferences of note include:

Joint EFCOG/DOE Chemical Safety and Lifecycle Management Workshop
March 4-6, 2008
Washington, DC

LogiCon 2008
Sustainability Sumit
March 25, 2008
Las Vegas, NV

Aviation Week: MRO Conference
April 15-17, 2008
Fort Lauderdale, FL

2008 Joint Services Environmental Management Training Conference & Exposition
May 5-8, 2008
Denver, CO

12th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference
June 24-26, 2008
Washington, DC

Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) 2008
July 26-30, 2008
Saint Louis, MO

12th Annual CMS Workshop
November 12-14, 2008
San Francisco, CA