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3E Company Ramps-Up REACH Practice to Help Industry Prepare for
New Global Chemical Regulations

Customers leverage Company's REACH expertise for enhanced compliance with global regulations

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced the creation of a new REACH practice to help its customers prepare for Europe's Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) regulatory framework for chemical substances, which goes into effect on June 1, 2007. 3E Company is responding to strong client and market demand for high quality data and professional services to facilitate fulfillment of new and urgent regulatory requirements for REACH. The company made the announcement at the 2007 GlobalChem Conference in Baltimore, MD.

As part of its REACH practice, 3E Company has incorporated REACH requirements and data into its existing suite of award-winning compliance and information management services and solutions, including Ariel EH&S Decision Support products, 3E Online – MSDS Management solutions and Ariel MSDS Authoring and Professional Services. These enhanced solutions will enable customers to identify and manage increasingly complex and constantly changing global chemical regulatory obligations and allow them to stay ahead of the competitive curve. As the world of chemical regulatory compliance becomes increasingly complicated, 3E Company remains committed to providing its customers with global services and solutions that address the entire chemical lifecycle.

3E Company offers customers support in multiple functions as they prepare for REACH:
  • MSDS Obtainment: Obtainment of raw material Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), obtainment of full mixture compositions, and identification of possible REACH related authorization and restriction requirements.
  • MSDS Authoring: MSDS preparation, including updating MSDSs according to REACH.
  • Inventory: Customers using 3E Company's award-winning 3E Online-MSDS solution will be able to establish an inventory with required REACH data, including role (Manufacturer/Importer or Downstream User), tonnage and classification. 3E Online customers will also be able to make their MSDSs available in the workplace.
  • Identification: Customers using Ariel WebInsight will also receive assistance with relevant substance identification.
  • Training: Through its comprehensive training offering, 3E Company is able to assist customers in the identification of REACH responsibilities and the development of a strategy to address the regulation.
"3E Company is the pioneer and leader in global compliance management. As businesses continue to prepare for REACH to take effect, 3E Company is ready with a comprehensive REACH product and service suite that addresses the new requirements and helps facilitate global compliance," said Robert S. Christie, CEO and president, 3E Company. "We remain firmly committed to providing our customers with the highest quality, most comprehensive compliance solutions to ease the burdens associated with managing chemical regulatory obligations."

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.

3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards in Online and MSDS Services from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Bethesda, MD, Kingsport, TN, and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.