CIA: Want to know how much REACH will cost you?

Wednesday, 14, Feb 2007 12:00

REACHReady has today announced that it’s REACHReckoner tool is now available online at www.reachready.co.uk. REACHReckoner gives an indication of how much it might cost a manufacturer, importer or downstream user of chemicals to make each of their substances REACH compliant.

“We are really pleased that once again we are helping our customers to stay ahead of the game”, said REACHReady’s Commercial Director Tim Jessel. “This web-based version of REACHReckoner is an amazing achievement – the culmination of over a year’s work by some of the finest minds in the REACH arena”.

Subscribers have been able to take advantage of REACHReady’s unique capability to provide a per-chemical cost indication for some time now through its Helpdesk. The online version of REACHReckoner will greatly increase the speed they can get their results and it is only available to REACHReady Gold customers.

Notes to editors

1. REACHReady is a subsidiary business of the Chemical Industries Association, set up to help companies deal with the REACH regulation. www.cia.org.uk

2. REACHReady has 2 levels of subscription.

3.The Silver Service is free, and everyone who signs up will have access to a password protected part of the website containing regularly updated information, receive alerts on upcoming legislative deadlines and information and updates on services available.

4.The Gold Service, in addition to the Silver Service features, includes access to REACHScope, REACHReckoner, REACHMatchmaker and a helpdesk that will be available from 9am –5pm (UK time) Monday to Friday. CIA members can sign up to this service as part of their current subscription fee. Non-members can access the service for just £200 + UK VAT per year.