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Actio updates MSDS Vault materials management system, to lower regulatory risks for manufacturers

Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

(M)SDS Vault is an on-demand centralized materials information management system that provides round-the-clock accessibility to accurate, consistent product safety information - down to the substance level - across all facilities.
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December 17, 2009
Actio Releases Update of Material Disclosure software for Supply Chain
By Supply Chain Brain Editors
 
Actio's web-based software simplifies product stewardship and environmental compliance by automating supply-chain communications about substance-level ingredients in suppliers’ products. 
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September 1, 2010
The REACH Pandemic

By Mike Beutow, Senior Editor, Circuits Assembly

Jabil CircuitJabil, for one, is now rolling out some of the Actio modules across its entire enterprise.  It couldn’t come at a better time.
Circuits Assembly Magazine and Online Journal
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Electronic system cuts paper and costs of managing hazardous materials

By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek

In addition to MSDS Vault, Actio recently introduced into its chemical-management portfolio Actio Gatekeeper, a product that helps users automatically route and track requests, approvals, and purchases of hazardous materials.
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Hosted services tapped to manage data on chemicals

By Jaikumar Vijayan, ComputerWorld

Behr Process Corp. in Santa Ana, Calif., switched from a paper-based system to
Actio's service two years ago and has seen significant improvements...
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Global aerospace manufacturer cuts material-approval time by 75%

By Russell McCann

For approving new chemicals/materials brought into a plant, the Actio solution was installed and working within 90 days -- it immediately reduced material screening and approval times by 75%.
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Actio Corporation
Actio Corporation provides supply chain materials information management solutions as software-as-a-service solutions.  Actio Corporation introduces REACHtracker 2.0 for Supply Chain Communication and Reach Compliance.

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Actio at tip of the green manufacturing revolution
By Michael McCord

 

Feature Story on Actio Corporation by News Corp-owned paper:  "[Actio's] mission has been to create software for the manufacturing industry that answers the vital environmental and regulatory question of  'What's in your product?' "
 
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Material Disclosure Best Practices (for Disclosure of Chemical Information)
By Christian Nowak

Actio Corp. has been making supply chain communication software so that manufacturers can track, measure and manage the chemicals, substances, and mixtures in their product supply chains - for compliance, risk management, and CSR.
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Regulator designed to help reduce manufacturers' emissions

David Greenfield, Control Engineering

Actio Corp.'s newest Regulator product enables proactive emissions monitoring and reduction. ...used by manufacturers to calculate chemical inventory, usage, emissions, chemical mixtures, scrap and waste, as well as incoming and outgoing distribution volumes.
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Actio and Atrion International launch REACHtracker(TM)
SaaS solution facilitates identification and management of supplier substance pre-registration and registration under REACH legislation. REACHtracker(TM) from Actio enables companies to initiate supply chain cooperation by leveraging structured e-mail communications and secure on-line questionnaires.

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Mass High Tech Clean Technology Directory
2009, 2010, 2011:  "The Actio platform enables companies to manage and nimbly react to global initiatives such as REACH, RoHS, WEEE, IPC/JIG and GHS."

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Vendors target vertical markets

By Phil Hochmuth, Network World

While Easton uses products from Cisco and IBM, its niche products, such as Actio's software, are often key components in a vertical businesses IT infrastructure, says Michael Mendoza, environmental health and safety coordinator at Easton Sports.
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April 6, 2008
5 Ways MSDS Data Can Help With Sustainability

By K.M. Hurley for Actio

This Paint & Coatings Industry article looks at ways companies can use MSDS data to bolster their sustainability profile.
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July 20, 2008
ISO Standards, Quality Management, and Toxic Substances

By Chris Nowak, Director, Actio Corp

Chris Nowak regularly contributes to Environmental Leader.  See all his articles here.

Environmental Leader Water and Wetland Policy
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September 1, 2009
Actio upgrades compliance software

By Renee Boucher Ferguson, eWeek

Manufacturers producing products from paint to pharmaceuticals, faced with a daunting list of chemicals to monitor for regulatory compliance, have new software from Actio Corp. to consider.
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September 18, 2009
Lowering REACH chemicals compliance pains at Stanley Works

By Roberto Michel, Senior Editor

How Stanley Black Decker handles REACh complianceGlobal manufacturer Stanley Works began using REACHtracker, the REACH solution from Actio, in 2008. Besides acting as a single, web-based repository for REACH, the system also handles email collaboration and work-flow with trading partners.
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Documents: the next frontier by Joshua Greenbaum

by Joshua Greenbaum, Contributing Editor, Managing Automation

A new generation of document management technology more closely tied to business processes offers hope for greater efficiencies.  ... Actio provides a twist to the document management story.

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May 24, 2011
Going Forward with MSDS Management

By Chris Nowak

COO Technology
The automotive industry is moving forward with MSDS Management by connecting MSDS data with the Material Approval process. ...  With all the new designs and new parts, OEMs and parts suppliers have learned the hard way what happens when a company’s material approval process workflow is not integrated with MSDS management.  The solution is simple. ...
 
 
 
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December 17, 2010
Following the Fabric Lifestyle: Textiles come full circle

By Maria Thiry, Senior Editor

Russ McCann, president of Actio, believes that the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) mission to promote transparency is a vital "framework for sustainable products."  The textiles industry is listening.
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