BSEF, The International Bromine Council, is happy to announce that its secretariat will be moving to a new address in January 2019 - rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 40, box17, 1000 Brussels - in the heart of the EU quarter. The new building offers an incredible, modern and comfortable...
On May 2018, Dr. Kevin Bradley - BSEF Director General - visited Japan, where he had the opportunity to meet with multiple stakeholders and institutions such as METI – The Japanese Ministry for Economy, Trade & Industry. During its visit, Dr. Kevin Bradley was invited...
As part of its work within the coalition of Industry Associations 'Industry4Europe', BSEF - The International Bromine Council, was proud to present the joint paper 'Setting indicators for an ambitious EU industrial strategy' to the European Economic and Social Committee on April 4. The aim of this...
Background In March 2015, TBBPA was included in the EU’s “Community Rolling Action Plan” (CoRAP) for Evaluation under REACH (1907/2006/EC), the EU‘s framework legislation on chemicals. The reasons for the Evaluation were given as “suspected toxicity to reproduction, potential to be an endocrine disruptor, suspected PBT/vPvB...
BSEF, the international bromine producer’s association, is changing its corporate brand and logo. The rebranding reflects the desire of the industry to focus on the promotion of bromine and its benefits to society and economy. Since 1997, BSEF (Bromine Science Environmental Forum) has been working...
BSEF members – Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL Group - will participate in the largest international trade fair for plastics and rubber taking place from 19 to 26 October in Dusseldorf, Germany. The companies will showcase their innovative bromine based solutions and their increasingly sustainable product...
BSEF, The International Bromine Council, today formally joined Cefic, as an affiliate association, focused on promoting bromine-based technologies. This new arrangement will help reinforce the bromine industry dialogue with policy makers and stakeholders across a range of bromine technologies from energy storage and mercury emission control to fire...
On 20 April 2016 the Bromine Science Environmental Forum (BSEF) celebrates a new chapter in the organisation’s history with the opening of a global headquarters in Brussels spear-headed by new Secretary General, Kevin Bradley and the launch of a revamped, user-friendly website. Previously President of the Nickel Institute,...
Recently, the BBC released a radio broadcast on the element Bromine. You can access the full podcast here. Bromine is part of the halogen group of the periodic table but it is probably not as well-known as other elements of this group such as fluorine (used...
A new research from Vanderbilt University published in the journal Cell has found that, out of the 92 naturally occurring elements, bromine is part of the 28 elements that are essential to human life. It enables tissue development in all animals including humans. "Without bromine,...