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Special Report

Safety Data Sheets and CLP/GHS label authoring

software: A must-invest IT tool

afety, regulatory compliance and for Indian chemical companies to pay
safe handling of chemicals are serious heed to the point of handling NIRAV BANKER
Sthree hot topics that constantly chemicals safely regardless of whether Head of Business
challenge the global chemicals industry companies are into manufacturing, (UK, Asia, GCC, USMCA), SIAM
environs and India is no different! trading, distribution, warehousing, ex- S.L., Spain
In fact, the way Indian chemical com- porting, importing, etc. In fact, the last Email: n.banker@siam-it.com
panies are poised for exports as well as draft is also set to include provisions https://www.siam-it.com
domestic growth in the coming years, imposing penalties for non-compliance.
the day is not far when these topics Yet another requirement for Indian
will become much more relevant and There is clearly an acute need for and India-based companies aspiring to
critically important even for the smallest chemical companies to understand the get various global quality ratings, compli-
of scale including Indian MSME’s! correct regulatory, classifi cation, symbols, ance certifi cations, accreditations, etc. is
pictograms, others. It is not enough for to have proper IT systems in place related
Over the last few years, India companies to simply make SDSs ‘in- to safety, regulatory and safe handling of
has been developing a comprehensive house’ – without employing proper IT chemicals, regardless of being in the hazar-
strategy and draft for chemical regula- tools or knowledge resources and by dous or non-hazardous product space or
tions with an attempt to align them with simply copy-pasting data from the internet, both. One excellent option for companies
other countries wherein said drafts in- competitors, suppliers or others, as all of would be to use a fully automated, plug-
corporate elements from other regula- these could be misleading! Furthermore, n-play regulatory software from a certi-
tory frameworks including the likes of India apparently intends to adopt newer fi ed company with long standing history
EU REACH, UK REACH, K-REACH, revisions into their hazard communica- and experience in the fi eld.
China REACH, Turkey KKDIK and tion practices wherein Indian companies
others related to standards notifi cations, will need to review all hazard communi- About SIAM S.L.
registration, and evaluation measures, cation elements to ensure alignment with SIAM S.L., Spain are original
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It is a highly automated, very easy-to-
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192 Chemical Weekly April 22, 2025

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