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Strengthening Global Competitiveness

Jul 15, 2026Member News

NIA Member Yordas Group Founder and CEO Jonathan Lutwyche Awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours 2026

Recognition for services to sustainable chemicals management, economic growth, international trade, and advancing opportunities for women and young people Lancaster, UK - Yordas Group is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Lutwyche, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours 2026. The honour recognises Jonathan’s contribution to sustainable chemicals management, his role in driving economic growth…

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All MembersUniting the Nanomaterials Ecosystem

Jul 15, 2026NIA News

NIA at Brussels summit on indoor air quality

NIA's Interim Director General, Sean Kelly, joined the IDEAL Cluster summit "The Air We Share" in Brussels in June, addressing indoor air quality across Europe. The appearance builds on four years of NIA involvement in the LEARN project, led by NIA member INL, which explores how nanotechnology can improve air quality measurement in schools. Kelly joined a panel discussing what the IDEAL Cluster's various projects—LEARN included—can contribute to future policy, standards and technology in this…

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All MembersStrengthening Global Competitiveness

Jul 15, 2026NIA News

NIA co-chairs BIAC at OECD's 20th anniversary nanosafety meeting

The 26th OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials met in Paris on 24–25 June, and NIA took part as co-chair of Business at OECD (BIAC), weighing in on priorities across the OECD's nanosafety programme. The meeting doubled as the 20th anniversary of the Working Party, and NIA joined other delegates in looking back at two decades of international cooperation on nanomaterial safety assessment while turning attention to what's ahead—advanced materials, Safe and Sustainable Innovation…

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All MembersAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Jul 15, 2026NIA News

NIA takes part in ECHA's first meeting on animal-testing alternatives

NIA's Director of Regulatory Affairs sat in on the inaugural meeting of ECHA's Collaborative Platform of Alternatives to Animal Testing (CP-AAT), a new group backing the European Commission's push to phase out animal testing in chemical safety assessments. The platform draws in EU Member States, the Commission, EU agencies, industry, academia and public-private partnerships, all working to speed up regulatory acceptance of non-animal methods. Members used the first session to map existing…

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All MembersUniting the Nanomaterials Ecosystem

Jul 15, 2026Regulatory News

New design rule proposed for boron nanomaterials

EUON's latest Nanopinion, "From Boron Fullerenes to Borophenes: A Simple Rule for Designing New Nanomaterials," lays out a coordination-based method for predicting how boron nanomaterials will behave structurally, replacing guesswork with a more systematic approach. By tracking how boron atoms coordinate in four-, five- and six-fold arrangements, the author connects boron fullerenes—closed, cage-like structures—to flat, two-dimensional borophenes. This coordination pattern offers a shortcut for…

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All MembersAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Jul 15, 2026Regulatory News

Germany pushes for stronger nano-specific REACH requirements

Five years after nano-specific information requirements entered into force under REACH, Germany has told the European Commission they need reinforcement. The call follows a national review by German competent authorities, feeding into the OECD's compilation of country activities on manufactured nanomaterials. While the original requirements were a useful first step, Germany's review found real gaps: missing test methods for nano-specific endpoints, few updates to existing dossiers, limited…

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All MembersAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Jul 15, 2026Regulatory News

European Commission updates REACH restrictions roadmap

The European Commission has published a refreshed version of its REACH Restrictions Roadmap, updating stakeholders on the status of hazardous substance restrictions since the roadmap launched in 2022. Eleven restrictions covering hundreds of substances have now been adopted, with six more proposals nearing completion, including work on PFAS, hexavalent chromium, octocrylene and other persistent or endocrine-disrupting chemicals. The revision adds no new nanomaterial-specific restrictions, but…

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Corporate Members OnlyAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Jul 15, 2026Regulatory News

CEN and ISO Advance Nanotechnology Standards Updates

Under CEN/TC 352 Nanotechnologies the following documents have been published: CEN/CENELEC report from 2025 published (18.06.2026). The report reviews the activities achieved during the past year and showcases advances in standardization for emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, cyber resilience and quantum technologies, and the implementation of the CEN and CENELEC Strategy 2030. ANNUAL REPORT 2025. The CEN and CENELEC Presidential Committee Annual Plenary Meetings, held in…

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Corporate Members OnlyAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Jul 15, 2026NIA News

NIA joins ECHA's new platform on alternatives to animal testing

NIA's Director of Regulatory Affairs attended the inaugural meeting of ECHA's newly formed Collaborative Platform of Alternatives to Animal Testing (CP-AAT), a group set up to support the European Commission's roadmap for phasing out animal testing in chemical safety assessments. The platform brings together EU Member States, the European Commission, EU agencies, industry, academia and public-private partnerships to speed up regulatory acceptance of non-animal methods. What the group agreed on…

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