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KIST Europe Provides Support for Korean Chemical Exporters (September 18, 2014)
- Date : 2015-01-08
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KIST Europe, a branch of KIST located in Saarbruecken, Germany, has established a technology center to provide research support for chemical exporters to EU markets and to handle relevant environmental regulations.
On September 18, KIST Europe announced that it had signed an agreement with Samsung Fine Chemicals to jointly open a research technology center on the KIST Europe campus. One of the main reasons for opening this center is to keep up with the many complex changes in environmental regulations.
The EU has decided to expand the scope of regulations on the classification, labeling and packaging of mixture materials starting June 1, 2015. The Korean chemical industry needs to pay close attention to the changes in these environmental regulations. As a preemptive move prior to the regulatory change, KIST Europe and Samsung Fine Chemicals plan to support the development of eco-friendly mixture products using an ITbased integrated platform. Both parties agreed to take steps to improve product safety in the mid- to long-term by incorporating a mixture toxicity test when exporting cellulose products.
Samsung Fine
Chemicals will benefit from the joint research, as it will receive more
detailed information about the new regulations for mixture materials from KIST
Europe and will apply this information in pricing considerations, hence
increasing market competitiveness. Moreover, it is expected that the joint
research will be beneficial in creating more eco-friendly products.