You are obviously aware of the 'REACH Regulations' that came into force on June 1st 2007 and the fact that it applies to products that HART MATERIALS LIMITED currently supply manufactured either by Vale Inco or by NOVAMET Specialty Products Corporation, with is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale Inco.

As a distributor of Vale Inco and NOVAMET products HART MATERIALS LIMITED will, for the purposes of REACH legislation, be regarded as a Downstream User.  Consequently we do not have to become directly involved in the Pre-Registration or Registration stages of REACH.  This will be done on our behalf by Vale Inco Europe.

As a distributor, however, we have an obligation to ensure an unimpeded flow of information related to REACH between the manufacturer/importer (i.e. Vale Inco Europe) and our customers.

On April 1st 2008 HART MATERIALS LIMITED became fully operational as the sucessor to HART COATING TECHNOLOGY providing the same range of products and services. Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tony Hart provides details below.