BASA Bulletin 110: November 2025
Stay updated with the latest insights, industry news, and updates from the Adhesives & Sealants Association for the UK & Ireland (BASA).
In this issue:
- BASA Open Industry Forum – A full roundup of regulatory, sustainability and compliance insights from Coventry, covering CE/UKCA marking, packaging EPR, flexible plastics, UK REACH, PFAS, Poisons Act requirements and more.
- Energy Cost Changes 2026 – What businesses need to know about major increases to TNUoS residual charges and steps to manage exposure.
- User Risk Assessments – Clear guidance on why manufacturers cannot produce user‑specific risk assessments and where responsibility legally sits.
- Compliance Updates – UK REACH deadlines extended to 2029–31; new IATA DGR rules; DGSA audit template; Switzerland and Belgium poison centre changes; Latvia SDS updates.
- Environmental Improvement Plan – Government roadmap to 2043 with focus on chemicals, pesticides, waste and regulatory reform.
- Working Group Highlights – Progress on sealant and adhesive standards, packaging recyclability challenges, CLP/REACH alignment issues, EPR impacts, and sustainability legislation.
- Sustainability Snapshot – The role of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in future adhesive raw materials and lower‑carbon product development.
- Dangerous Exposure Case – HSE investigation into fatal DCM incident and lessons for safe use of hazardous adhesives.
- BASA Archive Feature – A look back at Bulletins from 1985–87, charting early regulatory change, technical development and BASA’s growing identity.
- Member News –
- Hodgson Sealants boosts production with a new cartridge filling line
- Grolman Group partners with Venator on ultramarine and manganese violet pigments
- Organik Kimya achieves EcoVadis Gold Rating
- Power Adhesives expands biodegradable Tecbond range
- Safic‑Alcan and Scott Bader extend partnership to the UK & Ireland
- Events & Member Benefits – Weekly drop‑in clinics, REACHReady discount, Members Handbook release, and dates for Sports Day, Surfex, ChemUK and the 2026 Showcase.