LIFE FitforREACH-2 implementers are taking care to address national authorities as important stakeholders for the project to provide an input, act as multipliers, support the project activities and help to disseminate results via their channels.
The "Chemicals Risk Management Handbook for Article Producers" has now been completed and is ready for use by small and medium-sized enterprises across the article-manufacturing sector. The handbook offers practical, step-by-step guidance for companies looking to set up a new - or strengthen an existing - Chemicals Risk Management System.
Kinetics Nail Systems, a a Latvian partner company in the LIFE FFFR project, specializes in the production of nail coatings, offering a wide range of nail polishes, UV-curing nail coatings also known as gel polishes, gels and skin care cosmetics. The purpose of the company's participation in the project is to create even safer nail coatings with improved product properties.
UAB 'ELGAMA-ELEKTRONIKA', a Lithuanian partner company in LIFE FFR-2 project specializing in the development and production of smart electricity meters, has improved several elements in the chemicals risk management system and implemented resource efficiency cases since the beginning of the project.
Balticfloc is a Latvian partner company in LIFE FFR-2 producing ecological insulation materials from wastepaper, recycled cellulose fibres and textile fibres. In the frame of the project, the company aims to identify safer alternatives to currently used flame retardants, test them in the ready product and introduce them in the production.
AS Paldiski Tsingipada (Zincpot), a partner company of the Life FitforREACH-2 project, is one of the largest providers of hot dip galvanizing (or batch galvanizing) services in the Baltic States and Scandinavia. The goal of participating in the project is to improve the quality of the coating process, thus reducing a share of non-conditional products and increasing the related process efficiency, which would be measures in decreased consumption of chemicals and energy, as well as a reduction of the related costs and generation of waste.
UAB “Art Glacio” is a proactive Lithuanian ice-cream producer engaged in the FFR-2 project as a partner company.
The Latvian furniture producer company KVIST Ltd. participates in the LIFE Fit for REACH-2 project as a project partner with the aim to improve their environmental performance regarding chemicals and switch to safer chemical alternatives in their production.