CBA – BCLP – FEC ON PFAS AT IHS CHICAGO
It was great to meet many FEC members at the Inspired Home Show 2024 (March 17 to 19) and a good opportunity to strengthen FEC´s collaboration with the US Cookware & Bakeware Alliance (CBA).PFAS is a hot topic, and the cookware industry is often seen as an important...
AMBIENTE 2024 (January 26-30)
On January 26 Ambiente 2024 opened its doors to exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. It was impressive to see so many FEC members showcasing their unique products and innovations at Messe Frankfurt GmbH. We hope all our members had a successful show and...
Food Contact Conference in Milano
A few days before Christmas the Italian world of food contact met on December 19th and 20th in Milano. The event -organized by the Italian Packaging Institute- started on the first day with presentations from laboratories, universities and industry on analytical...
FEC General Assembly 2023 in Strasbourg
On November 24th FEC´s General Assembly took place in Strasbourg where our new president Olivier Brault was elected for the next two years. Furthermore, Gernot Strehl from Zwilling as well as Sandro Tarozzo from Guardini were confirmed as new members of the FEC...
FEC Business Days 2023 in Strasbourg
We are very pleased about the high interest in the FEC Business Days we held from 22nd to 24th of November in Strasbourg. More than 60 FEC members and guests followed important topics on our industry and were inspired by insights into retail, artificial intelligence,...
OP-ED BY FEC PRESIDENT TOBIAS GERFIN ON THE IMPACT OF A PTFE BAN
By Tobias Gerfin, president, FEC October 8, 2023 11:00 pm CET As part of the EU’s landmark Green Deal package, the 2020 Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability called for an ambitious concept: achieving a toxic-free environment by 2030. A central pillar of this...
UPDATE ON PFAS REGULATIONS IN THE US
248 attendees followed the third webinar on PFAS organized by the International Housewares Association (IHA) on July 26. Fran Groesbeck, Managing Director of the Cookware and Bakeware Alliance (CBA), Tom Lee, attorney at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP), and...
FEC WEBINARS
Beginning of June, FEC carried out 3 webinars (in English, German and Italian) to support our member companies and national member associations with the submission of the response to ECHA´s consultation on the PFAS restriction proposal.More than 40 participants...
CBA AND FEC – A STRONG PARTNERSHIP
Tobias Gerfin, the President of FEC, met at the IHS show in Chicago Doug Reigle, President of CBA (Cookware & Bakeware Alliance) and Fran Groesbeck, Managing Director of CBA. Over the last years, a close collaboration and mutual support was established between the...