Elements Spring 2026 - Sponsored by RAS

We are delighted to bring the Spring edition of Elements to you… and it is a bumper 44 page edition. We lead into the magazine with a fantastic feature of our Awards evening on the 19th March with over 300 guests at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool. Congratulations go to our Award winners and special thanks go to our Sponsors and everyone who took time to enter into the Awards. We were delighted with the number and standard of entries and it is a real credit to the industry to hear the fantastic work which is being delivered. Details of the Awards can be found on pages 8 - 14.

In this issue: Contents Spring 2026

Welcome and About Us

6 - RAS - 40 Years on from the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – Highlighting the importance of Safety Management Systems.

8 - Chemicals Northwest 2026 Awards - Winners and Sponsors.

15 - From our members

• Metrohm - Addressing the Growing Challenge of “Forever Chemicals” in Water.
• Sci-Tech Daresbury – the North West’s home for life for materials and biotechnology.
• ReAgent Launches Charitable Foundation.
• Anacarda - Northwest Innovator looks at Permeating New Business.
• WP Thompson - Going Green – Patenting Green Technologies.
• Yordas Group - A Hazard Communication Inflection Point.
• WSP - Chemical mixtures in aquatic environments.
• Arthian - From Regulation to Reality: the climate challenge for COMAH sites.
• PM Group - Process Hazard Analysis Revalidation on Existing Sites.
• Knoell - Master Data Management for Chemical Compliance: Navigating ERP Migration Challenges.
• OpenPSM - OT Cyber Security. A board-level imperative for resilient and safe operations.
• Hibiscus – Experts in chemical labelling.
• Green Economy - Driving profitable growth through resource efficiency.
• O’Hare Engineering Design - Squeezing Compliance into the Corners: Engineering a Compact Effluent Solution.
• Carbis Loadtec Group and Lanxess Solutions UK Ltd - Raising the Bar: Engineering Innovation that Eliminates Risk at Road Tanker Loading.
• Corrous Industrial Group - Top 10 Reasons Internal Tank Linings Fail — and How to Prevent Them.
• CDR Pumps (UK) Ltd - Maximising Efficiency with Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps.
• The Foresight Event 2026 - Ambition to Delivery: Turning UK Net Zero Strategy into Bankable Reality.
• Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum - Supporters Event Marks Progress on Catalyst’s Synergy Project.

36 - New member spotlights – Cobalt Energy, Corrous Industrial Group, Eastgate Engineering, KGS Chemicals Ltd.

39 - Directory