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Sep 14, 2026NIA News

NIA and Yordas Publish Study on Surface-Treated Nanomaterials

The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) and NIA member Yordas Group have published a new study for the European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) examining the health and environmental implications of surface-treated nanomaterials. The report, Assessment of Health and Environmental Hazards and Risks of Surface-Treated Nanomaterials, explores how modifications to a nanomaterial's surface can influence its behaviour and potential hazard profile. While the findings indicate that…

Scaling from Lab to Market

Sep 14, 2026NIA News

From Invention to Industrialisation: New Nature Materials Article Sets Out Priorities for Europe

NIA Interim Director General Sean Kelly has co-authored a new article in Nature Materials with Professor Paula Vilarinho of the University of Aveiro, outlining key priorities for strengthening Europe's advanced materials ecosystem. The article builds on discussions held at the Future of Advanced Materials Europe (FAME) workshop in November 2025 and identifies five priorities for the forthcoming Advanced Materials Act: Scale-up infrastructure and pilot facilities Private investment and new…

Advancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Sep 14, 2026NIA News

NIA contributes to European discussion on skills for safe and sustainable advanced materials

A new article co-authored by NIA Interim Director General Sean Kelly examines how Europe can build the skills and expertise needed to support the implementation of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) approaches for nano and advanced materials. Published in Frontiers in Nanotechnology, the paper brings together stakeholder perspectives on the knowledge, training and capacity-building required across research, industry and policymaking communities. The publication also includes contributions…

Corporate Members OnlyAdvancing Sound Regulation & Standards

Sep 14, 2026NIA News

NIA Regulatory Committee Marks Tenth Meeting

The NIA Regulatory Committee held its tenth meeting in September 2026, bringing together members to discuss recent regulatory and scientific developments affecting nanomaterials. A key item on the agenda was an update from Blue Frog Scientific on its recently completed project for ECHA, Nanomaterial Risk Assessment: A Regulatory Way Forward for Sameness and Grouping Approaches. Following publication of the final report, members received an overview of the project's findings and their potential…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Corporate Members OnlyStrengthening Global Competitiveness

Apr 23, 2026NIA News

NIA at the EU Technology Council: Europe's Advanced Materials Strategy Takes Shape

Sean Kelly, NIA's Interim Director General, was in Brussels on 14 April for the third meeting of the European Commission's Technology Council for Advanced Materials — the body steering the EU's long-term strategy on this critical sector. The session was a busy one. Members heard updates from the Advanced Materials Academy and reviewed outcomes from the FAME (Future of Advanced Materials in Europe) Workshop. The Scientific Advice Mechanism also presented its recommendations to the Commission…