Andreas Amling is new Euro Chlor Chairman

19-Sep-2012 - The Management Committee of Euro Chlor, the Federation of the European chlorine producing companies, has elected Andreas Amling, Senior Vice President of Bayer MaterialScience, as its new Chairman for a two-year period. Andreas Amling succeeds Michael Träger, CEO of the company VESTOLIT. Mr ...

Michael Träger (VESTOLIT) re-elected as Euro Chlor Chairman

04-Oct-2011 - At its Annual General Meeting, the Management Committee of Euro Chlor, representing the European Chlor-Alkali industry, re-elected Michael Träger, Managing Director and COO of VESTOLIT GmbH &Co KG, as Chairman for a new one year term. This re-election is the logical consequence of a change in the ...

Chlorinated Solvents Sector releases Progress Report on Sustainability Programme

29-Jul-2011 - The European Chlorinated Solvent Association (ECSA) has published a progress report on the ECSA Sustainability Programme 2007-2011. It presents impressive results that will be of interest to all stakeholders.ECSA started its sustainability programme in 2007 with the ambitious aim to cover the ...

Chlorinated Solvents Market 2010 in better shape after turbulent 2009

Methylene Chloride sales increased; Perchloroethylene sales stable

13-Jul-2011 - Sales of the chlorinated solvents Dichloromethane and Perchloroethylene totalled in 157,000 tonnes last year, an average increase of 9% compared with the previous year (144,000 tonnes). 2010 sales figures topped as well sales figures of 2008 at the eve of the economic crisis (154,000 ...

Revised Guidance on Storage and Handling of Chlorinated Solvents available

16-Jun-2011 - The European Chlorinated Solvent Association (ECSA) has released the 4th edition of the Guidance on Storage and Handling of Chlorinated Solvents. It is intended to help distributors and users of chlorinated solvents to handle those products safely and with care. Special attention has been given ...

Revised Safety & Quality Assessment System for Distributors of Chlorinated Solvents

05-May-2011 - Thanks to an updated Safety & Quality Assessment questionnaire, the European Chlorinated Solvent Association ECSA aims to enhance the overall safety and quality level in the chlorinated solvents distribution chain. This action is part of the sustainability programme ECSA has been carrying out for ...

What are the health consequences of long-term mercury exposure?

24-Mar-2011 - Euro Chlor has finalised a scientific publication on the health effects of long-term, low to moderate exposure to metallic mercury. Currently in Europe less than one third of chlorine production is still based on mercury technology, with a view to phase this out completely by 2020. During this ...

Chlorinated solvents sector recognised for support to sustainable textile care

15-Feb-2011 - The professional textile care industry has recognised the European Chlorinated Solvent Association (ECSA) and its partners through its Excellence Award 2010 for their awareness programme of sustainable professional textile care. The E-DryClean Project is the first European online package ...

What you should know about dioxins

12-Jan-2011 - In view of the dimensions of the dioxin food chain contamination in Germany,Euro Chlor has edited an Information Sheet on dioxins. This one-pager is factual and develops some basic but important facts on this group of substances. It is important to note that: incomplete combustion is a ...

Michael Träger (VESTOLIT) new Euro Chlor Chairman

23-Sep-2010 - At its recent Annual General Meeting, the Management Committee of Euro Chlor, representing the European Chlor-Alkali industry, elected a new Chairman. Michael Träger, Managing Director and COO of VESTOLIT GmbH &Co KG, took over this function from Filipe Constant (Solvay) for a one year ...