1. Nilfisk-Advance – at a glance
5,200 employees worldwide
Sales entities in 45 countries
Dealers in more than 70 countries
Production facilities in 8 countries
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2. Strategy on chemicals in products
Compliance
Prohibition
Knowledge
Alignment
Compliance
Compliance: Nilfisk-Advance products comply with health & environmental product legislation globally
Alignment: Requirements are applicable for all Nilfisk-Advance products regardless of origin and sales destination
Prohibition: General ban of “hazardous”/restricted chemicals
Knowledge: Knowledge of upcoming restricted chemicals
Prohibition
Alignment
Knowledge
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3. How do we work with chemicals
Restricted chemicals
Communication upstream
Supplier management
Database
Compliance documentation
Communication downstream
Product compliance
Surveillance
Legislation globally
Customer requirements
Risk profile
Which chemicals in which materials
Knowledge
SIN list
Risk profile
High priority parts/suppliers
Audits
How do suppliers manage requirements
Compliance projects
Information for suppliers
Spot testing
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4. Communication upstream
NACS 2020
Nilfisk-Advance’s corporate standard on restricted and declarable substances
Contains legal requirements (REACH, RoHS, Canadian legislation etc.) as well as non-legal requirements to ensure buffer and to avoid “hazardous” chemicals.
Compliance documentation
Signed NACS 2020
Supplier declaration
Test report
MSDS (few cases)
Identification of specific chemicals (e.g. plasticizers) 1 2 3 4 5
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5. Communication downstream
REACH information obligation (SVHC > 0.1%)
Information on product datasheets
Some customers have requested this information in a specific way (e.g. complete a specific document)
Customers requests
Signing of their internal declarations on REACH etc.
Surveys (each time candidate list is updated)
Databases
Nilfisk-Advance offers general REACH, RoHS declarations.
Major/OEM customers
Signing of customer norm – often includes non-legal requirements:
prohibition of SVHC
compliance with GADSL (automotive industry)
Procedures on how Nilfisk-Advance manages restricted chemicals
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6. Challenges Products Complex products (150-1000 subcomponents)
Many suppliers & sales destinations
“Just” assembly manufacturer – tier 3/4/5 to raw material supplier => long way to full disclosure, “chemical knowledge”, MSDS etc.
Legislation
No common framework (EU, USA, Asia)
National requirements difficult to implement (e.g. DK ban of 4 phthalates); difficult as a small player to put pressure on suppliers
Information flow
No common list of requirements for “article” manufacturers (e.g. GADSL*)
No common database or flow of information (e.g. IMDS**)
* GADSL = Global automotive declarable substance list;
** IMDS = International Material Data System;
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