Industrial manufacturing
Foresight tracks the rules that reach your processes, from plating to cutting fluids, and runs the projects that follow.
ProjectsGlobal legislation register
- Gareth Lloyd
- Nadia Rahimi
- Piotr Zielinski
| Law | Where | Status | Next date |
|---|---|---|---|
 EU | Changed | 16 December 2026 MCCP ban | |
| EU | In force | November 2026 SEAC opinion | |
| EU | In force | 1 January 2029 Lower limit | |
 GB | In force | 16 December 2026 Draft MCCP ban | |
 US | Changed | 21 June 2027 First monitoring | |
| US | Changed | 20 November 2026 Employer updates |
EU POPs Regulation
ChangedMCCPs banned from 16 December 2026
- Stage
- Adopted 11 September, now in scrutiny
- Fluids
- Extreme-pressure additive, to 31 December 2036
- Spares
- Farm and construction machinery, to 2041
REACH authorisation
In forcePlating runs under authorisation
- Listed
- Chromium trioxide, Annex XIV entry 16
- Next
- SEAC opinion, 17 to 19 November 2026
- Proposed
- 1 or 5 µg/m³ for electroplating
Chemical Agents Directive
In forceLower limit from 1 January 2029
- Limit
- 10 µg NCO/m³ over 8 hours
- Then
- 6 µg NCO/m³ over 8 hours
- Deadline
- Transposition by 9 April 2026
GB POPs Regulation
In forceDraft bans MCCPs from 16 December 2026
- Stage
- Draft laid before Parliament
- Limits
- 0.45% in articles, 3% in fluids
- Fluids
- Extreme-pressure additive, to 31 December 2036
PCE rule under TSCA
ChangedExposure limit from 20 September 2027
- Monitoring
- Initial monitoring by 21 June 2027
- Limit
- 0.14 ppm over an 8-hour day
- Skin
- Dermal protection already applies
Hazard Communication Standard
ChangedEmployer updates by 20 November 2026
- Substances
- Update labels, programme and training
- Mixtures
- The same updates by 19 May 2028
- Moved
- Every compliance date, by four months
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Rules reach every step, from suppliers to service
One rule at each step of a typical industrial manufacturing organisation, and what it means for you.
Suppliers
PTFE and FKM seals you buy would fall under the proposed EU PFAS restriction, though their exemption is still unsettled.
Your sites
Since January 2025, EU carcinogens law has capped the nickel compounds your plating workers breathe in at 0.05 mg/m³.
Your products
Lead is on the EU Candidate List, so you must tell buyers when your brass valve parts hold over 0.1%.
Your markets
From November 2026, TSCA rules bar selling articles containing PIP (3:1) in the US, with longer phase-outs for machinery parts.
Spares and service
Older machines may hide asbestos gaskets, and the EU Asbestos at Work Directive caps your engineers’ exposure at 0.01 fibres/cm³.
Projects for industrial manufacturing
Each is scoped to your plants, processes and markets, and Foresight checks every result against its source.
Understand your exposure
All 7 projects- Global legislation registerThe chemical laws that apply to your products and processes in each market, what each requires and what comes next.
- Portfolio impact assessmentWhich product lines, plants and markets a change such as the chromium(VI) restriction reaches.
- PFAS portfolio reviewWhich of your O-rings, seals and process fluids count as PFAS under each definition where you sell.
- Substitution screeningAlternatives to hard chrome, PCE degreasing or MCCPs in cutting fluids, checked for their own hazards and restrictions.
Keep watch
All 3 projects- Regulatory horizon scanningNew rules on your processes, fluids and products, scored for your plants and markets, most important first.
- Consultation trackingOpen consultations on restrictions that touch your metals, fluids and coatings, with the date each one closes.
- Scientific literature monitoringNew studies on the metals and process chemicals you use, scored against the endpoints you track.
Meet an obligation
All 9 projectsKeep documents current
All 4 projectsProtect your people
All 2 projectsDescribe the work. Foresight runs it and checks it.
Every project runs the same way, whatever the regulation. Here Foresight answers a customer’s substance questionnaire from your own records, and asks your suppliers for the rest.
Illustration of one project. The request reads: Answer this customer’s substance questionnaire from our records, and ask suppliers for what’s missing. Foresight reads the customer’s 86 questions and replies: I’ll answer what I can from your formulations, ask suppliers for the rest, and check each answer against its source. It plans the work: Read the questionnaire, Match each question to your records, Ask suppliers for the rest, Draft each answer with its source. Your records answer 79 of 86 questions. Foresight asks 3 suppliers for the other 7. Foresight checks each answer against its source, such as a supplier’s declaration that no PFAS are intentionally added. The answers go into the customer’s own file, each with its source, ready for Priya Nair, Product Stewardship Manager, to send back. Foresight goes on monitoring the rules behind each answer.
Say what you need in plain words, and share what you already have.
Foresight sets the scope, plans the work and drafts each deliverable with the sources it rests on.
Foresight checks each answer against its source.
The work comes back ready to use, and Foresight keeps it current as the rules change.
Your data, kept secure
Your data is kept in your organisation’s own workspace, separate from every other customer’s. It is encrypted in transit and at rest, including nightly backups, and is not shared with model providers for training. Foresight runs regular penetration tests.
How Foresight protects your data
What industrial teams ask
Does Foresight cover our plants and processes?
Yes. Foresight prepares assessments and controls for plating, grinding, welding and degreasing, including COSHH assessments in the UK. It checks the limits for cobalt, chromium(VI) and degreasing solvents at each of your sites when they change.
Can Foresight help us move off hard chrome?
Substitution screening checks alternatives to hard chrome, PCE degreasing or MCCPs in cutting fluids for their own hazards and restrictions. A portfolio impact assessment shows which product lines, plants and markets the proposed chromium(VI) restriction reaches.
Does Foresight cover the Machinery Regulation?
Yes. Foresight watches the Machinery Regulation, new and withdrawn standards, and recalls and market surveillance where you sell, alongside the chemical rules on your products.
What do you need from us?
A description of the work and the plants and products it covers. Useful inputs include the processes you run, such as plating, degreasing or welding, the fluids and chemicals you buy, your markets and the supplier declarations you already hold. You also set how the work is judged, such as your own scoring scale.
Tell us the work you need done
Foresight talks through your plants, processes and markets with you. You’ll see the scope and the price before the project starts.
