Downstream Uses

It was not necessary to include information about our customers’ downstream use as part of our pre-registration process. However, it is an important element of full registration.

Cefic, together with the Downstream Users of Chemicals Co-ordination Group (DUCC) and the European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC), has prepared a statement on use and exposure communication. This statement is for companies to inform their suppliers/customers about the industry's approach to communication on use and exposure information as well as to spread the word that premature and unstructured communication on uses should be avoided.

View the statement

Before the Chemical Safety Assessment can be started, all uses should be known. The 'alignment on use' process has been designed to communicate the uses of any given substance in an efficient way. In this approach, manufacturers and importers start developing information on uses in cooperation with selected customers and with Downstream Users associations. This should result in a list that includes most of the uses. The list is then made available by each supplier to all his downstream users. In case a downstream user does not find his use on the list, he has the possibility to inform his supplier via a standard form. Subsequently, the manufacturers and importers will inform the Downstream Users which uses will be supported.

The ‘alignment’ process should happen in the early stages of the registration process. For substances with a registration deadline of 30 November 2010 the alignment on uses was done during 2009. For substances with later registration deadlines the same approach will apply at a later stage.

In association with Downstream User associations and other registrants Air Products has developed a comprehensive list of uses for our products using the process described above. These uses are available via the links below for each relevant product line.

Industrial and Specialty Gases

Please choose a product from the list below.

List Contents (PDFs)

Please use our Industrial and Specialty Gases Uses feedback form (PDF) to communicate any additional uses to our REACH team.

Electronic Materials
Download PDF (265 K)

Performance Materials:
Epoxy Additives
Download PDF (298 K)

Polyurethane Chemicals
Download PDF (325 K)

Surfactants & Specialty Additives
Download PDF (292 K)

Functional Additives
Download PDF (275 K)

Personal Care 
Download PDF (265 K)

Please submit our Uses feedback form to communicate any additional uses to our REACH team.

Other questions can be directed to our REACH team at REACH@airproducts.com.