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Logistics Indices of Performance (IoP) 2018 News

14 May 2019

NO YEAR-ON-YEAR RISE IN TRANSPORT INCIDENTS The CBA’s annual report on the performance measure for its road haulage, warehouse, and tank farm members – the Logistics Index – reveals four transport incidents in 2018 – the same as the preceding year. None of these road traffic accidents involved a release of chemicals. In 2018, CBA logistics member companies made nearly one and a quarter million journeys to deliver more than four million tonnes of chemicals.

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Distributor Indices of Performance (IoP) 2018 News

14 May 2019

CBA’s latest report on the safety, health, security and environmental performance of its distributor member companies reveals a year-on-year decline in the Lost Time Accident Rate and the number of accidents. In 2018, CBA members companies completed more than one and a quarter million separate journeys to distribute over four million tonnes of chemicals.

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CBA AWARD WINNERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

25 April 2019

The Chemical Business Association (CBA) presented its industry Awards at its Annual Lunch on 17 April before an audience of a thousand members and guests at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. CBA’s annual Awards recognise excellence by member companies in relation to the operation of its Responsible Care programme, an industry-wide initiative promoting year-on-year improvements in health, safety, security and environmental management and on member companies’ interaction with their local communities.

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POSITIVE TRENDS SHOW SHORT-TERM BREXIT STOCK BUILDING

8 April 2019

The latest Supply Chain Trends Survey from the Chemical Business Association (CBA) reveals further evidence of stock building ahead of the UK’s exit from the European Union. These trends appear to be short-term as order books and sales are forecast to enter negative territory in three months time.

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Sigma-Aldrich Co. Ltd joins CBA

1 April 2019

Sigma-Aldrich Co. Ltd joins CBA

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Petrico Ltd joins CBA

25 March 2019

Petrico Ltd joins CBA

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CBA SELLS ITS REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SUBSIDIARY TO C.S.B. GmbH

6 March 2019

CBA SELLS ITS REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SUBSIDIARY TO C.S.B. GmbH The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has sold its specialist regulatory compliance company – Regulatory Facilitation Company Limited (ReFaC) – to C.S.B. GmbH (CSB), Krefeld, Germany, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction completed on Monday 4 March 2019.

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CBA UK REACH SURVEY

18 February 2019

A survey of the UK’s chemical supply chain by the Chemical Business Association (CBA) reveals that three-quarters of companies do not own the testing data for registrations they currently hold under the European Union’s REACH legislation (EU REACH).

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SHARP DECLINE IN ORDER BOOKS AND SALES; MARGINS TURN NEGATIVE

19 November 2018

The latest Supply Chain Trends Survey from the Chemical Business Association (CBA) reveals a sharp decline in both order books and sales with current and future sales margins turning negative. Employment levels remain in positive territory though at a lower level than the last survey. The CBA’s latest on-line Trends Survey was conducted during the two weeks, 5-16 November 2018, and is based on responses from 56 member companies.

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