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MANUFACTURING INNOVATION 2022

In such a highly competitive industry, – Directive 2002/95/EC ( Restriction products helps to ensure a cleaner,
it isn’t uncommon for some businesses of Hazardous Substances | ROHS) greener future both for India’s own
to cut corners on regulatory bodies and Substances of Very High Concern environmental initiatives, and the world
so that production and sales don’t (SVHC) further reinforce the tide of as a whole – As the turn of the decade
need to be compromised or slowed increasing regulation. Since then, other brings further evidence for the need of
by additional bureaucracy. However, industrialized nations have been taking these positives changes in the industry.
the ever-looming threat of industry- similar steps towards formalizing
induced climate change is further regulatory practices for global markets
reinforcing the need for the observation within the metalworking industry and
and identification of potentially beyond.
hazardous substances. A key example Hangsterfers Laboratories seeks For more information
of this would be the European Union’s to set a global example for the Hangsterfer’s Laboratories, Inc. USA
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization Metalworking Industry by staying a National Distributors
and restriction of CHemicals (REACH), step ahead of regulatory bureaucracy Sanjay Tools & Adhesives
which has been enforced on imports – minimizing toxicity and hazardous X20, MIDC Ambad, Nashik 422010, INDIA
to the EU since 2007. REACH itself byproducts within the manufacturing Suhas Belapurkar : +91 9892516810
is only one component of the multi- and distribution process by all means Email: sbelapurkar@sanjaytoolsnsk.com
faceted burocracy surrounding available. Helping to standardize the use Mr. Mandar Gokarn : +91 9822028518
importation in the past few decades of minimally hazardous metalworking Email: mandar@sanjaytoolsnsk.com

Sorting product at Hangsterfer’s
production floor.

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