Thursday, June 30, 2011

Changes within the ITW Plexus Business

ITW Plexus has recently undergone some changes within its structure, which includes;

Kevin Lacey’s promotion to the new position of ITW Plexus Business Manager. Kevin has worked with ITW Plexus for the past 10 years and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience of the adhesives industry to the position. Commenting on his appointment as Business Manager, Kevin said ‘I am delighted to have the opportunity to build and develop the business to the next level throughout Europe and ROW. I am excited about the opportunities we have and feel fully equipped to meet the challenges we will face growing the business with a strong and dedicated team’.

In addition to the change in management, ITW Plexus has appointed two new members: Michael Reynolds who has joined the company as a Business Development Manager. Mick will be responsible for both the Solid Surfacing and Sta-Put businesses. Also, Zafer Apaydin has recently joined ITW Plexus team as the new Sales Manager looking after the Turkish market.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

REACH Update

ITW Plexus is pleased to announce that all substances found in its adhesives have now been successfully pre-registered under the REACH legislation.

Performance Polymers Europe (PPE) has also completed a number of substance registrations in 2010 ahead of the first REACH registration deadline and is now focused on 2013 and 2018 registration deadline substances. The PPE REACH Coordinator is thoroughly following all new developments on REACH and will evaluate the impact on ITW Plexus adhesives. PPE is committed to complying with the REACH Regulation to provide greater responsibility to industry and to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances used in all member company products.

PPE has also completed the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) notifications for close to 1000 substances both for itself and on behalf of EU based customers importing product directly from the US. These CLP notifications have been completed for ITW Plexus and submission reports are available to customers upon request. PPE are monitoring the use and import of all new substances and CLP notifications are being submitted on an ongoing basis.

For more information visit http://www.itwppe.eu/index.php?/ppe/internal/sustainability/, alternatively you can contact Jason Brogan, REACH Co-coordinator on for more information.