A message from the CMS Forum Director

Welcome to the Winter 2007 issue of the CMS Insider!

We would like to thank all who participated in the 10th Annual CMS Workshop in October, the most well-attended CMS Workshop to date. The Workshop featured insightful presentations on key topics in CMS and fostered a unique learning experience for all those who attended.  We had participation from a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, air transport, automotive, pharmaceutical, biotech, forest products, government, utilities, and schools.  With such great enthusiasm for the San Francisco location the past two years, we have already set the date and place for our next Workshop. We hope you will all join us next year in San Francisco’s Japantown at the Miyako Hotel on October 23-25, 2007.

Learn about our newest pilot project - CSP and the US EPA are working to promote the CMS model at school districts nationwide, and to test the CMS model in a tribal community.  CSP is currently recruiting an interested urban school district and tribal community to participate in the pilot project.

This issue’s Viewpoints from the Field features an article on CMS in Sweden and Europe. The article gives an overview of existing advantages and barriers for CMS providers and customers in the European context and highlights important lessons regarding the role of CMS in shaping these markets.

We look forward to the continued growth of the Forum in 2007. Thank you for your support and best wishes in the New Year!

Warmest Regards,
Jill Kauffman Johnson
CMS Forum Director



Chemical Management Services in Sweden and Europe:
Lessons for the Future
by Oksana Mont, Pranshu Singhal, and Zinaida Fadeeva

This article provides an overview of the existing advantages and barriers for CMS providers and customers in the European context, identifies conflicts of interest between them, and highlights important lessons regarding the role of CMS in shaping these markets. It reports on findings from interviews with European chemical producers and other stakeholders of chemical management services and is directed toward industry professionals interested in chemical management services. It concludes that economic and environmental advantages of CMS are not automatically guaranteed and lists factors that are critical for developing a win-win CMS model for both providers and customers. Finally, ways of fostering CMS dissemination in Europe are suggested. Download the article.



11th Annual CMS Workshop – save the date!
Join us for our 11th Annual Chemical Management Services Workshop on October 23-25, 2007 at the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco’s Japantown.  By request of the participants this year, the 2007 workshop will be extended to two full days of breakout sessions, general sessions, and networking opportunities. For information on past workshops, please visit the website.

10th Annual CMS Workshop presentations online
We want to extend a big thanks to all those who participated in the 10th Annual CMS Workshop.  Presentations from the workshop are now available online.

CSP Receives EPA Grant to Test CMS in a School District and Tribal Community
CSP has received a Resource Conservation Challenge grant to expand its work with K-12 schools and test CMS with a tribal community.  CSP is currently in the process of recruiting an interested urban school district and tribal community to participate in the pilot project.  For more information, please view the flyer or contact Jeff Cole.

Case Study: Water Use Reduction at an Auto Assembly Plant
Misunderstanding the true cost of utilizing raw materials such as water can frequently result in poor management choices regarding how the raw materials are used. A 2004 assessment performed by the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center on a major automotive assembly plant revealed that the company perceived its water costs to be 36 times less than the true cost of using the water when the value of process chemicals, energy, water purification measures, and wastewater treatment were included. Within one year of the assessment, numerous conservation measures had been implemented such that water usage was reduced by nearly one third, resulting in cost savings of over two million dollars per year. Read the case study.



Boeing joins the CMS Forum
Boeing is the world's leading producer of commercial aircraft and aerospace products with 2005 revenues of $54.8 billion, and employs more than 150,000 people working in 67 nations and 47 U.S. states.  We are looking forward to their participation in the CMS Forum. View CMS Forum Members.

Haas TCM establishes an office in Turkey
Haas TCM has established an office in Ankara, Turkey to promote and execute chemical management services.  Haas TCM has formed a partnership with Target Group (www.target.com.tr), who will provide local resources.  Target Group is a long-established manufacturer’s representative and service provider to foreign companies doing business with the Turkish Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense industries.  Haas TCM will focus on these business sectors as well as automotive, appliance, food and beverage, and heavy manufacturing, all of which are large market sectors in Turkey.  As part of the partnership Haas TCM and Target Group are developing chemical warehouse facilities in Ankara and Istanbul.

PPG Total Service Solutions awarded Delta contract
The Total Service Solutions unit of PPG Aerospace has been awarded a three-year contract by Delta Air Lines to provide chemical management services at Delta's Atlanta maintenance base and line stations. Under terms of the contract, PPG Total Service Solutions will provide material purchasing and vendor management as well as on-site logistics services, including point-of-use stocking and inventory management and shelf-life management. The custom-designed program encompasses product support at Delta's 169 global locations with more than 1,450 chemical products. Read the press release.

EPCglobal to host RFID/Chemical Industry Summit in Brussels
EPCglobal will kick off the first International Chemical Industry Summit in Brussels, Belgium on January 18-19, 2007. Speakers include representatives from Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, Elemica, Lockheed-Martin, GlobeRanger, Savi, and EPCglobal US. Topics covered will include implementing an RFID tracking system on 55 gallon steel drums, improving maintenance and repair process, active and passive tag applications, creating business value, and Action Group formation. For more information including the agenda and registration, click here.



REACH is Adopted
Steffen Erler, Chemical Risk Consultant
On December 13, 2006, the European Parliament gave a crucial vote that secures the entry into force of REACH. The regulation will enter directly into law across all EU Member States on June 1, 2007.  Known as the “Compromise Package” the final version of REACH is the result of three years of EU legislative negotiation. Click here for information on preparing to comply.

Green (safer) Chemistry – Governor’s Directive
Ecology Center
Michigan public health and environmental leaders applauded a precedent-setting initiative signed by Governor Granholm that will make the state a national leader in the fast-growing field of green chemistry. Granholm's Green Chemistry Executive Directive promotes safe technologies and innovations aimed at lowering health risks and preventing harmful chemical pollution at the source. The Executive Directive will help the s tate devise strategies to promote green chemistry and engineering education, development, and the production of bio-materials, chemicals, and catalysts that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Read more.

Dr. Paul Anastas, Green Chemistry advocate wins $250,000 Heinz Award
Dr. Paul Anastas, chemist and founder and director of the Green Chemistry Institute, was one of six recipients of the 12th Annual Heinz Awards.  Known as the “father of green chemistry”, Dr. Paul Anastas has helped advance pollution prevention through cleaner, cheaper and smarter chemistry. In order to help build momentum for his vision, Dr. Anastas convinced the Clinton Administration in 1996 to sponsor the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, which has since become the only presidential-level award in the chemical sciences. It has inspired hundreds of companies to embrace his “Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry,” outlined in his book (co-authored with Dr. John Warner), Green Chemistry, Theory and Practice.  Click here for more information.

New Online Cleaning Database to Help Manufacturers Switch to Safer Chemistries
Toxic Use Reduction Institute
The Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a new surface cleaning online database called CleanerSolutions. The free, interactive web-based tool helps manufacturers find safer cleaning alternatives that perform as well as hazardous chemicals--without increasing risks. The system helps companies understand how to choose alternatives so that overall risks to workers and the environment are reduced. Access the free database or learn more.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Launches Innovative Program to Inspire Use of Preferred Substances in Chemical Intensive Products
Wal-Mart Press Release
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced in October its plans to inspire innovation in chemicals used in various product selections. The company will begin implementing its "Preferred Chemical Principles" to establish a clear set of preferred chemical characteristics for product ingredients. The purpose is to drive the development of more sustainable products for mother, child and the environment. View the press release.
Read more in Chemical Week.

Partners in Cost Management
Purchasing
Consolidating MRO goods and services purchases with a few select suppliers brings saving in the form of price discounts. But even more important in the long term is the establishment of close collaboration between purchasing and MRO suppliers. Together buyers and suppliers can reduce costs by streamlining processes, increase revenue through enabling less downtime and higher productivity, and improve performance through on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. According to Purchasing’s 2006 MRO/Indirect Strategic Sourcing Benchmark Study, collaboration with suppliers has been identified as one of the four key practices that differentiate the best performers from the rest. Read more.

California Lawmakers Pass Biomonitoring Bill
Chemical Week
California’s legislature has passed a bill that would create a voluntary, statewide biomonitoring program to measure toxic substances in a sampling of residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducts a nationwide survey of 148 chemicals every two years. The California proposal would help the state track “hot spots” as well as ethnic, economic, and geographical trends of exposure to toxic chemicals. Read more.

EU Industry Details Next Steps for Developing Sustainable Technology
Chemical Week
Europe’s chemical and biotechnology industries have proposed a 20-year research program for strengthening innovation in the field of sustainable chemistry under the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) initiative. The proposed research focuses on eight areas of innovation: bio-based economy, energy, healthcare, information and communication technologies, nanotechnology, sustainable quality of life, sustainable product and process design, and transport. SusChem recently published an Implementation Action Plan (IAP), which outlines the next steps necessary to realize future priorities for European research efforts.
Read the Executive Summary.
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Founding Member
Haas TCM

Members
The Boeing Company New!

AVChem
Castrol Industrial North
America
Chemico Systems
Chemical Safety Corporation
DaimlerChrysler 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
Seagate Technology
Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers
Solution Recovery
Services
SAIC
United Technologies Corp.
Waste Management



2007 Event Highlights
CMS Forum members and the Chemical Strategies Partnership speak at or participate in many conferences each year. A list of these for 2007 includes:

EPCglobal International Chemical Industry Summit
January 18-19, 2007
Brussels, Belgium

17th Annual Cleaner, Sustainable Industrial Materials & Process Workshop
February 20-23, 2007
Monterey, CA

Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) 2007
July 21-25, 2007
Boston, MA

11th Annual CMS Workshop
October 23-25, 2007
San Francisco, CA