Industry, mobility & logistics

Chemicals & materials. Safety data, labels and claims kept current.

Every green claim is checked against its evidence before release.

We build product and safety data platforms, label templates, distributor portals and claims registers for chemical, polymer, coatings and materials makers. Every programme is built to Indian and EU rules and measured on sample-to-order conversion.

Main measure
Sample-to-order conversion
Where we work in chemicals & materials
  • Specialty chemicals
  • Petrochemicals & polymers
  • Paints & coatings
  • Agrochemicals
  • Advanced materials
Rules mapped
7 rules · 3 areas
Disciplines that lead
BrandTechnology
Frameworks we build to
ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management systemsISO 14001:2015 — Environmental management systemsISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systemsDPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679
A gate valve on blue industrial pipework beside a blue tank
Chemicals & materialsSafety is designed in, one valve and one label at a time.

Where the rules biteMap of all forty-one industries

  • Claims Advertising & claims: Shapes most of the work
  • Regulator Sector regulator: Shapes most of the work
  • Payments Payments: Sometimes shapes the work
  • Data Personal data: Sometimes shapes the work
  • Security Security & incidents: Often shapes the work
  • Access Accessibility: Sometimes shapes the work
  • AI AI governance: Sometimes shapes the work

What is shifting

Market and rule changes that affect how chemical makers label and sell.

India withdrew quality control orders, the EU deferred new label rules and began pricing carbon at its border, and EPR enforcement tightened. Each shift names what it demands, with a fact you can check.

A dense network of steel pipes, valves and instruments in a plant, in black and white
Every product carries the plant’s paperwork.
  1. India withdrew several quality control orders.

    What it requiresProduct pages and certificates that show each product’s current status.

    EvidenceIn November 2025 the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals withdrew BIS quality control orders for fourteen petrochemicals and polymers, PE, PP and PVC among them.

  2. EU hazard label rules are being revised again.

    What it requiresLabel and online-offer templates that absorb new formats without redesigning every pack.

    EvidenceRegulation (EU) 2025/2439 of 26 November 2025 moved the revised CLP rules on label formatting, advertising and online offers to 1 January 2028.

  3. Carbon is priced at the EU border for some chemicals.

    What it requiresEmbedded-emissions data per product for EU customers.

    EvidenceFertilisers and hydrogen are among the goods covered by the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), whose definitive period began on 1 January 2026.

  4. Plastic packaging comes with producer responsibility.

    What it requiresPackaging data, EPR registration and recycled-content claims kept together.

    EvidenceThe environment ministry told Parliament that the CPCB issued show-cause notices for missed EPR targets as recently as 11 March 2026.

The rulebook

Chemical regulations that shape your labels, documents and green claims.

India’s hazardous-chemical rules and quality orders, REACH and CLP, plastic EPR and the greenwashing guidelines, read for a chemical maker. Your regulatory team keeps sign-off.

Frameworks we build to

  • ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management systems
  • ISO 14001:2015 — Environmental management systems
  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management systems
  • DPDP Act 2023 — Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
  • GDPR — General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679

We design and build to these frameworks; this is not a claim of certification.

Advertising & claims

Shapes most of the work

  1. European Union

    EU CLP: label formatting, advertising and online offers

    The 2024 revision sets minimum label and font sizes, and requires hazard information in advertisements and online offers. Regulation (EU) 2025/2439 deferred these duties to 1 January 2028.

    We designLabel and online-offer templates take the new formats without a repack.

    Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 · Regulation (EU) 2025/2439 of 26 November 2025

  2. Central Consumer Protection Authority

    CCPA greenwashing guidelines, 2024

    Specific environmental claims rest on credible certification or reliable scientific evidence, and words such as ‘sustainable’ or ‘natural’ need adequate, accurate and accessible qualifiers.

    We designEvery claim states what it covers (the product, the pack or the process) and links to its evidence.

    CCPA · Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Greenwashing or Misleading Environmental Claims, 15 October 2024 Official text: CCPA greenwashing guidelines, 2024

Sector regulator

Shapes most of the work

  1. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

    Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989

    Sites handling listed hazardous chemicals keep safety data sheets and a current on-site emergency plan. They tell people outside the site who could be affected by a major accident about the hazard and what to do.

    We designPublic safety information and emergency pages are written in plain language and kept in step with the site’s plan.

    MSIHC Rules, 1989 · S.O. 966(E), 27 November 1989, as amended · rules 13–15 and Schedule 9

  2. Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals · BIS

    BIS quality control orders for chemicals and polymers

    Where a quality control order applies, the product needs BIS certification before sale or import. Many chemical and polymer orders were withdrawn in November 2025, so status is checked product by product.

    We designA register per product drives which certificates and marks the site and packs show.

    BIS Act, 2016 · section 16 · withdrawals by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, November 2025

  3. European Union

    EU REACH

    Substances made in or imported into the EU at a tonne or more a year must be registered. A non-EU maker can register through an only representative. Articles holding candidate-list substances above 0.1% by weight must say so down the supply chain.

    We designRegistration status and candidate-list (SVHC) information sit with each product and its documents.

    Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 · Articles 6, 7, 8 and 33 Official text: EU REACH

  4. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change · CPCB

    Plastic Waste Management Rules: EPR for plastic packaging

    Producers, importers and brand owners register on the CPCB portal and meet targets for recycling, reuse of rigid packaging and recycled content.

    We designPackaging data, EPR registration and recycled-content claims sit in one record per pack.

    PWM Rules, 2016 · EPR guidelines of 16 February 2022, revised 14 March 2024 · status of 23 March 2026 Official text: Plastic Waste Management Rules: EPR for plastic packaging

Security & incidents

Often shapes the work

  1. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team

    CERT-In Directions, 2022

    Attacks on SCADA and other operational technology systems must be reported within six hours of noticing them. Logs of all ICT systems are kept for a rolling 180 days within India.

    We designCustomer portals and plant networks are kept apart, logged and covered by one incident response plan.

    CERT-In · Directions under section 70B(6) of the IT Act, 28 April 2022 · Annexure I Official text: CERT-In Directions, 2022

Compiled 3 October 2026. Our reading of typical programmes, not legal advice. Rules change; your counsel confirms how each one applies to you.

Challenges

What gets in the way in chemicals & materials.

The problems that come up in most chemicals & materials programmes, for customers and for your teams.

Your customers

  1. The right grade, quickly

    Formulators find the grade, its TDS and its SDS without waiting for a sales call.

  2. Current documents

    SDS and certificates in the right language and revision for each market.

  3. Claims a buyer can defend

    Sustainability claims customers can repeat to their own customers.

Amber reagent bottles, flasks and tubing on a laboratory bench
The data sheet travels further than the sample.

Your operation

  1. Labels in many jurisdictions

    GHS, CLP and Indian rules applied to the same product family.

  2. Hazard information beyond the gate

    Current hazard information for workers, transporters and neighbours.

  3. Distributors who sell for you

    Partners need the same documents, data and leads as your own team.

What we build

What we build for chemicals & materials, discipline by discipline.

A typical programme here uses each discipline in this mix. Each line says what it builds for the industry and links to the capability behind it.

Leads Core Supports Share of a typical programme, by role · illustrative
  1. 01

    Brand Design

    Leads

    Label and pack templates plus a clear range structure, so hazard information stays legible on every pack.

  2. Product-data and document platforms that version SDS and TDS by market, integrated with ERP and regulatory systems.

  3. Application stories and sustainability content with the evidence attached.

  4. Product finders, grade selectors and document downloads designed with formulators and buyers.

  5. Sample requests, distributor leads and account journeys on one record.

  6. 06

    AI Design

    Supports

    Assistants that answer technical and regulatory questions from current documents.

Programmes

Chemical programmes that start with a document and claims audit.

The way in checks how customers find grades and safety data, and tests every claim against its evidence. Lengths are typical, never promised.

The way in

Document and claims audit

We check how customers find grades, SDS and certificates, and test every environmental claim against its evidence.

Package
Sprint · Fixed fee
Typical length
2–3 weeks
It sets
Time to send a current SDS on request, as a baseline
  • Product experience audit
  • Brand check

What you get

  • A register of current documents by product and market
  • A claims register with evidence for each claim, or a rewrite
  • A product-page template that carries the right documents
Start here
  1. 02Milestone · 4–9 months

    Product-data and SDS platform

    One product record per grade, with TDS, SDS and certificates versioned by market and published to the site and distributors.

    MeasureTime to send a current SDS on request

    Services: Data platform & BI dashboards · Content model & headless CMS · System integration

    Enquire about Product-data and SDS platform
  2. 03Project · 8–12 weeks

    Label and packaging templates

    Templates for labels, packs and online offers that hold hazard information, EPR details and claims at the sizes the rules set.

    MeasureLabels approved at first check

    Services: Packaging design · Brand guidelines · Template systems

    Enquire about Label and packaging templates
  3. 04Project · 8–12 weeks

    Distributor portal

    Documents, samples, orders and leads shared with distributors in one place.

    MeasureDistributor orders placed online

    Services: Website · CRM automation & hygiene

    Enquire about Distributor portal

How success is measured

Main measureSample-to-order conversion

  • Sample-to-order conversion
  • Time to send a current SDS on request
  • Green claims with evidence attached
  • Distributor orders placed online

AI, under the rules

AI finds the document, product stewards sign it.

Each use case cites its source and revision, has an evaluation set and a log, and no model authors or approves a safety data sheet.

Use case 01

Technical and SDS assistant

Measured byAnswer accuracy on an agreed evaluation set

Tested forOWASP LLM09 · Misinformation

agent / technical-and-sds-assistant Guarded
  1. TaskAnswers grade, compatibility and handling questions from current TDS and SDS, in the customer’s language.
  2. CheckCites the document and revision, and never gives safety advice beyond what the SDS says.
  3. ApproverProduct stewards review flagged answers.
  4. LogQuestion, documents cited and answer.

Goes live only with its evaluation set, automatic checks and a named owner

Use case 02

Claims checker

Measured byGreen claims with evidence attached

Tested forOWASP LLM05 · Improper output handling

agent / claims-checker Guarded
  1. TaskChecks marketing and packaging copy for environmental claims that lack a qualifier or evidence.
  2. CheckFlags only: it cannot approve or publish copy.
  3. ApproverThe regulatory lead approves every claim.
  4. LogClaims flagged, evidence attached and decisions.

Goes live only with its evaluation set, automatic checks and a named owner

Use case 03

Regulatory change monitor

Measured byDays from notification to internal review

Tested forOWASP LLM01 · Prompt injection

agent / regulatory-change-monitor Guarded
  1. TaskSummarises new notifications that may affect your products, with links to the official text.
  2. CheckTreats fetched documents as untrusted input, links every summary to its source and makes no compliance decision.
  3. ApproverCounsel decides what applies.
  4. LogNotifications reviewed and summaries written.

Goes live only with its evaluation set, automatic checks and a named owner

Work and insights

Published work follows client approval.

We publish chemicals & materials projects only once a client signs off the write-up. Meanwhile, here is the reading that applies.

A typical programme · composite

A specialty chemicals maker moved its TDS and SDS library into one product-data model, with revisions per market. Distributors and customers download the current document from the product page.

Anonymised and illustrative: the shape a programme takes, never a named client.

Related reading

Nothing published on chemicals & materials yet. Ask us what we are seeing in the industry.

Ask us

Questions

What product, regulatory and sales leads ask us first.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly

Q.01Can you keep our SDS current across markets?

Yes. We version SDS and TDS by market and language in one product-data model, and publish the current revision to your site and distributors. Your product stewardship team keeps authorship and sign-off.

Q.02Do the greenwashing guidelines cover claims to business buyers?

Not directly: the CCPA guidelines govern environmental claims made to consumers in India. Business claims often reach consumer marketing, and EU buyers apply their own tests. So every claim names what it covers and links to its evidence, and counsel confirms what applies to each audience.

Q.03Is our product still under a BIS quality control order?

It depends on the product. Several chemical and polymer orders were withdrawn in November 2025 and others remain. We keep a register per product so pages, packs and certificates show the current status, and your compliance team confirms each entry.

Q.04Can AI write our safety data sheets?

No. AI can find, translate and summarise current documents with citations. Qualified people write and approve every SDS.

Tell us what you need built.

You will speak to a lead who would run the work, and get a straight answer on fit.

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Three ways to start

  1. 01About 2 minutes

    A quick question

    You get A reply from a named lead

  2. 02About 8 minutesRecommended

    A project brief

    You get Options and a first scope after one call

  3. 03About 15 minutes

    A formal RFQ or RFP

    You get Receipt confirmed and a named bid lead

Every engagement starts with a written scope and a quote agreed before work begins. How each package is priced