The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today dismissed an appeal from the European Commission and France against its 2022 ruling on Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). The 2022 ruling from the ECJ sided with the case brought by the Titanium Dioxide Manufacturers’ Association (TDMA) – with BCF, CEPE and the American Coatings Association acting as interveners […]
The BCF Coatings Care programme was established to monitor and drive improvement in the health and welfare of employees, the safe operation of processes, and sustainable practices across the coatings sector. Running since 1996, it is a voluntary programme which benchmarks BCF members’ environmental performance against 45 KPIs, allowing performance changes to be measured over […]
On Monday, PDA Chief Executive, Neil Ogilvie attended the British Coatings Federation’s Essential Coatings reception and launch of their new report at the House of Commons. New BCF report highlights essential coatings contribution to economy The British Coatings Federation (BCF) today urges Government to produce an integrated industrial strategy that embraces the ‘enabler’ industries that […]
A newly published ‘policy direction’ by Defra for UK REACH has been received with cautious optimism by the British Coatings Federation. The new proposals seem to respond to some of the concerns previously expressed by the British Coatings Federation on behalf of the coatings sector and others in the chemicals industry supply chain. These concerns […]