Eurachem Newsletter No 14

Summer 1998

 

Eurachem Events

 

Eurachem Events

4th EUROLAB SYMPOSIUM

FREE GLOBAL TRADE: OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT FOR TESTING LABORATORIES AND PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

The fourth EUROLAB Symposium "Free Global Trade: Opportunity or threat for Testing Laboratories and Product certification?" will be arran-ged on October 8 and 9, 1998 at the ETH in Zurich. The symposium will form a basis for discussions concer-ning how to facilitate global trade. At the symposium several distinguished speakers will give different views and positions on issues of interest to the international testing community.

Among the questions which will be discussed on the symposium are: Is the envisioned free and global trade an op-portunity or a threat for testing labo-ratories and product certifiers? Do ac-creditation and notification really con-tribute to a free global market? Is standardization in fact suited to reduce technical barriers to trade? Do quality, safety and the environment benefit from all these efforts?

These questions are undoubtedly of great interest for economy and indus-try, for testing, accreditation and stan-dardization communities as well as for all authorities concerned.

The 4th EUROLAB Symposium will provide a forum for the parties involved to present and discuss these topics. Renowned speakers are invited to present their views. Provocative or even controversial opinions and lively debates are expec-ted (and welcome).

Arrangements are made to facilitate applications of persons from PHARE-benefi-ciary countries for funding to cover participant´s fee, travel expenses, and accom-modation (within the framework PRAQIII Programme). Applications should be sent to the national PRAQIII co-ordinators.

For further information please contact your national EUROLAB or M. Holmgren, EUROLAB c/o SP, Box 857, SE-501 15 Borås, Sweden Fax: +46 33 16 50 10, e-mail: magnus.holmgren@sp.se Web site: http.//www.empa.ch/eurolab

 

 

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ILAC`98 Conference and General Assembly 18 - 23 October 1998, Sydney, Australia

 

The ILAC`98 Conference aims to provide laboratories, accreditation bodies, government authorities, industry bo-dies and others with information on current issues relating to testing, measurement and accreditation.

Topics cover a broad range of subjects, mostly as seminar-style presentations by experts in the field. There are also two major forums enquiring after · Will the new Guide 25 be used consistently by labs and accreditors? · Laboratoy accreditation - the missing links These topics need more intensive discussion and develop-ment, and the forums give participants the oportunity to

 

contribute to the discussions, seek guidance with particular problems, and receive a deeper understanding and appre-ciation of the issues under consideration.

ILAC General Assembly (ILAC members and observers only) starts 22 October 1998 at 1.30 p.m. The one-and-a-half-day General Assembly will set the agenda for ILAC for the year 2000 and beyond.

For more information, full programme and registration details on ILAC`98 Conference, please contact: ILAC`98 Conference Secretariat GPO Box 128 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Telephone: +61 2 9262 2277 Fax: +61 2 9262 3135 Email: ilac98@tourhosts.com.au or visit: http://www.tourhosts.com.au/ilac98

 

 

Eurachem Events

Major ILAC and CITAC Events on the Fifth Continent

 

CITAC International Symposium on Analytical QA for the 21st Century 15-16 October 1998, Sydney, Australia

 

CITAC will be holding a two-day international symposium, in association with the ILAC 98 Conference, on 'Analytical Quality Assurance for the 21st Century' at the National Measurement Laboratory, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia on 15-16 October 1998. The pressure on laboratories to demons-trate the validity of their results is constantly increasing and this symposium has been organised to update analytical scientists, accreditation and metrology specialists, managers and users of data with developments in the quality tools that are needed. In addition, the framework for an International Chemical Measurement System will be discussed.

At the symposium, international experts will report on re-cent progress in the development of metrology and QA pro-cedures in analytical chemistry and delegates will be invited to contribute to the discussions. The theme for day one is 'Providing Transparent Evidence of Quality' and will cover recent international developments in QA strategies, in-cluding both management and technical issues. Subjects

being presented include 'QA of R&D and Non-Routine Analysis', 'Method Validation of Modern Analytical Tech-niques' and 'Quality Issues in Proficiency Testing'. Day two sessions will focus on international developments on re-ference measurements and reference materials and will fea-ture papers on 'The Equivalence of National Standards' and 'Integrating Chemical Measurements into the National Measurement System', together with papers on matrix refe-rence material provision and the synthesis and characteri-sation of pure substance standards for forensic, agricultural and food safety analysis.

The registration fee for delegates is A$300 for both days or A$200 per day which includes lunch, session refreshments and a reception on 15 October. Delegates from sponsoring organisations and bone fide students will be offered an A$50 discount. For further information and registration, please contact:

Mr Alan Squirrell (CITAC Chair),
National Association of Testing Authorities,
7 Leeds Street, Rhodes, NSW 2138, Australia.
Telephone: +61 2 9736 8222 Fax: +61 2 9743 5311
Email: asquirrl@nata.asn.au

 

 

 

 

Eurachem Events

IUPAC-ISO/REMCO-BAM-EUROLAB-D Workshop on Proper Use of Environmental Matrix Reference Materials

 

22-23 April 1999, Berlin, Germany

Natural matrix reference materials represent a specific group of reference materials. The characterization and cer-tification of these materials is fraught with many complex problems related to traceability and uncertainty of the assigned values. These materials are, due to variety of rea-sons, often misused in the analytical process.

The aim of the workshop is to build up the awareness of the RM users about how various types of RM should be utilized. Representatives from various reference material producing organizations will present how they expect analysts to employ their respective reference materials. Participation of representatives from BAM, IAEA, IRMM, LGC, NIST, NIMCR, NRCCRM, and some other RM producing organi-zations is foreseen. The Workshop will include also lectures related to the ISO Guide 33, Database COMAR and the activities of ISO/REMCO.

The Workshop will consist of lectures presented by invited experts followed by immediate discussion and a general dis-cussion related to the users´ needs and new strategies in characterization and certification of natural matrix refe-rence materials.

For further information, please contact: EUROLAB-D, Gudrun Neumann D-12200 Berlin Phone/Fax: +49 30 81 04 37 69/+49 30 81 04 37 17 Email: Gudrun.Neumann@bam.de

 

 

 

Eurachem Events

 

EURACHEM 10th Anniversary

 

EURACHEM will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a series of meetings in Helsinki in mid June 1999, which is one of the best times of the year to visit Finland and Hel-sinki, the Daughter of the Baltic.

The programme includes a workshop, training course, bu-siness meetings, a day of celebration, and social activities.

13 June

an introductory training session based on the EURACHEM Guide

14 -15 June

third EURACHEM workshop on Efficient Methodology for the Evaluation of Uncer- tainty in Analytical Chemistry, held in co-operation with the IAEA

16 June

EURACHEM committee meeting

17 June

Jubilee Meeting with EURACHEM invited guests and speakers, covering the founda- tion and history of EURACHEM and its cur- rent programme; the activities of the Working Groups; the state of chemical analysis in Europe and the rest of the world; and finally a forward look by the European Commission.

18 June

Continuation of the EURACHEM business meeting. Visits to VTT or the Finnish Chemical In- dustry for delegates and guests.

19 June

Boat cruise to the beautiful mediaeval town of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

Please make a note of these dates in your diary.

 

Eurachem Events

Paul de Bièvre took his leave from IRMM

 

After a long and very successful scientific career, former EURACHEM Chair Professor Paul De Bièvre retired from his managerial duties as the Head of JRC (Joint Research Centre) Reference Laboratory for Primary Isotopic Measurements at IRMM Geel in May 1998. As a tribute to Paul De Bièvre´s distiguished career, a scien-tific colloquium and „thinkshop" was organized May 18 and 19 in Geel, Belgium.

The thinkshop entitled „Isotopic Ex-change - the Potential of Isotopes in the Context of the EU´s 5th Frame-work Programme" started with an opening address by Prof Grasserbauer, Director of IRMM. Internationally re-nowned invited speakers like J Dennis (Norwich), G Dube (Braunschweig), K Fröhlich (Wien), R Perrin (Colorado Springs), T Walczyk (Rüschlikon), and Paul De Bièvre himself reviewed the results and possibilities for an extended use of isotopes in metrology and analysis related to food, drugs, environment, geochemistry, and human health.

During the evening ceremony, Prof Grasserbauer eulogized Paul De Bièvre´s achievements and condensed the essence of his work on traceability in a message: Comparability, not traceability, of measurement results is the aim, but traceability is the tool towards comparability.

The event was accompanied by the kick-off meeting launching the Virtual Institute for Primary Isotopic Measu-rements in Europe (EURO-PIM), which is based at IRMM and com-prises 6 national institutions commit-ted to primary methods and reference materials - BAM and PTB (Germany), EMPA (Switzerland), NMi (Nether-lands), NPL (U.K.), and IRMM. The task of EURO-PIM is to provide the EU with a programme and an infra-structure needed for isotopic measure-ments of the highest quality required in the establishment of metrology in chemical measurement. Paul De Bièvre was appointed Adviser for Traceability to the IRMM, is respon-sible for EURO-PIM and will bring his experience in the field of chemical metrology to bear in the future acti-vities of the Virtual Institute.

 

Besides that, Paul De Bièvre will continue contributing to EURACHEM and assist the new Committee member P Taylor from IRMM in taking over his duties.

Prof Klaus Meyer
Fed. Inst. Materials Research & Testing (BAM), Germany

 

 

 

 

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EURACHEM 10th Anniversary

 

 

 

 

 

 

EURACHEM 10th Anniversary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eurachem News Summer 1998

News from all over Europe

  1.  Finland: Spring Seminar a Success    
  2. Czech: Boosting Uncertainty Evaluation
  3. Switzerland:  Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry
  4. Cyprus:  Talking Accreditation

EURACHEM Finland

Spring Seminar a Success

EURACHEM-Finland organized its traditional spring seminar - this time together with EUROLAB-Finland - in March 1998. The topic of the seminar was Total Quality Management (TQM). In this joint seminar of the two organizations the chairman of EUROLAB-Finland Mr. Jan- Erik Levlin and the chairman of EURACHEM-Finland Mr. Veikko Komppa presented the structure and tasks of the organizations and especially in national and international forums.

Three invited experts, Mr. Marko Lehtovaara (Helsinki University of Technology), Mr. Pentti Jantunen (Valmet Oy) and Mr. Mika Mustonen(FIMKO Oy) gave interesting lectures about TQM. Mr. Lehtovaara's topic was an introduction to the philosophy of TQM. Mr. Jantunen told about TQM in the international company where TQM has been utilised to enhance competitiveness whereas Mr. Mustonen told about experiences concerning self- evaluation. The spring seminar offered many new thoughts for altogether 55 participants.

Anna-Liisa Pikkarainen
EURACHEM Finland

 

Eurachem News Summer 1998

EURACHEM -Czech Republic

Boosting Uncertainty Evaluation 

 

The Czech branch of EURACHEM develops a lot of educational and editorial activities for the Czech members.

Seven volumes of laboratory guidelines KVALIMETRIE (Qualime-trics) were issued from 1992. The last three volumes were the most impor-tant:

  • · Rules for Good Practice in Environmental Sampling (Vol. 4), ·
  • Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement (Vol. 6, Czech translation of the first English edition), and ·
  • Validation of Analytical Methods (Vol. 7).

All publications are in Czech lan-guage. More than two hundred copies of Vol. 4 and 6 guidelines were sold and new editions of these documents had to be printed.

A successful workshop on „Uncer-tainty of selected analytical measure-ments" with 120 participants was held in February this year. During the workshop, two detailed uncertainty studies were presented: Uncertainty of nitrate determination in biotic matrices by IC, and Uncertainty of mercury determination in food by AAS. An electronic version of these two lectures on floppy disk including detailed uncertainty budget calculations is now distributed. The next workshop dealing with uncertainty budget calculation for another analytical study of model character will be held in September.

EURACHEM-CZ is a relatively big organization. At present, approx. 80 institutions representing more than 200 individuals are EURACHEM-CZ members.

Miloslav Suchanek
EURACHEM-CZ

 

Eurachem News Summer 1998

EURACHEM -Switzerland

Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry CEAC-ETHZ 

 

The Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (CEAC) has been imple-mented by a group of scientists from ETHZ, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), the Swiss Institute for Materials Testing and Re-search (EMPA), and the Paul-Scherrer Institute (PSI) in summer 1995. The main goal of the Center of Excel-lence in Analytical Chemistry is to promote research collaborations and to coordinate teaching activities between these institutions, thus strengthening the status of analytical chemistry as a whole. The CEAC has entered its third year: Many of the ideas have been successfully established. A couple of activities may illustrate the principle involvement:

  • The CEAC summer workshops. The summer workshop 1996 was entitled „Quality Assurance in Ana-lytical Research and Development". In 1997, the topic of the summer workshop was „Trends in Inorganic Instrumental Analysis". It was organized by a group of scientists from ETH Zürich and EMPA Dübendorf, and was a great success, attracting about 100 participants from five countries. The topic for the CEAC summer workshop 1998 was "Analytical Challenges in Combinatorial Chemistry" and again attracted a large audience of analytical and synthetic chemists.
  • The Special Analytical Seminar. The idea to hold this seminar for just a selected number of times per semester has proven to be quite popular and successful. The seminar is organized jointly by CEAC board members, who take turns in inviting and hosting prominent speakers.
  • The Wilhelm Simon Scholarship Programm in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry provides research opportunities for young scientists from developing countries and from Eastern Europe/Newly Emerging States at leading laboratories associated with CEAC. The work of one 1997 Simon fellow was largely responsible for a breakthrough in detection sensitivity for electroanalytical trace metal determinations in aqueous media. The results, which are detailed in the Annual Report 1997 of CEAC, were widely noticed by the scientific community.

CEAC information can be accessed by the following www-address: http:// ceac.ethz.ch. Copies of the Annual Report 1997 are available from: Ms. Elsa Lampkin, Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zentrum, CH - 8092 Zürich, Telephone +41-1-632 4377, Fax +41-1-632 1292, e-mail: lampkin@org.chem.ethz.ch

Dr. Niklaus Klaentschi
EURACHEM-CH

 

 

Eurachem News Summer 1998

EURACHEM -Cyprus

Talking Accreditation 

 

 

EURACHEM-Cyprus and the Cyprus Organization for Standards and Control of Quality (CYS) organized a seminar on accreditation of analytical laboratories. Dr Robert Kaarls, former EAL Chairman and now EA Vice President, was the invited speaker (see photo on opposite page during his lecture). The event took place in Nicosia at the end of January and was attended by more than 40 participants involved in laboratory work in this field.

EURACHEM-Cyprus decided to promote the co-operation with 3 working groups (i.e. Analytical Chemistry, Foodstuffs and Education) recently established by the Pancyprian Union of Chemists (PUC) in its capacity as a member of the Federation of European Chemists (FECS). It is expected that this co-operation will contribute to the promotion of EURA-CHEM targets in Cyprus.

Kyriacos Tsimillis
EURACHEM-Cyprus

 

 

Eurachem Workshops

 

Workshop Report  

QA and the Computer

 

An international symposium and workshop covering ?Quality Assu-rance in Computerised Laboratories - Analytical, Clinical & Pharmaceutical Laboratories" took place in Copen-hagen June 11th and 12th, 1998. It was arranged by the AOAC Europe Section in collaboration with EURACHEM and organized by the Danish Technological Institute.

Some 110 participants from all over Europe including Middle and East European countries, but also from the U.S. and Israel, gathered together for two days to discuss the technological development and the ongoing impro-vements brought to the analytical laboratory by computerisation and automation with respect to actual, planned and potentially necessary QA regulations and requirements.

The symposium was subdivided into two sessions - the first one dealing with "Technological Developments and Trends", and a second session entitled "Needs and Requirements for Quality Assurance". The first session was opened by an impressive review on the use of computers for data processing in the modern laboratory by Director Thomas P. Layloff from FDA Division of Drug Analysis, St. Louis, U.S.A., recalling the beginnings of machine-based data-processing power and comparing it to modern state-of-the-art teraflop-processor power and completely computer-controlled analytical labs. Other topics covered were benefits and pitfalls of computerisation in labs, LIMS and information/communication technolo-gies.

Topics dealt with during session 2 were validation of hard- and software, the interpretation of GLP, data archi-ving and security, and the applicability of electronic reporting.

The session ended with a detailed re-port on how european accreditation bodies (EA) assess the quality of data handling in the modern laboratory, given by Lead Assessor Merih Malm-qvist from SWEDAC.

During the afternoon workshop on day 2 of the symposium, all topics from implementation of computers and software in the analytical lab to accreditation and use of computers were discussed in six working groups, and the results reported to the plenum. Contributions and results of the symposium will be published in a forthcoming issue of „Accreditation & Quality Assurance".

Opening address and closing remarks to the symposium/workshop were gi-ven by Dr Paul Beljaars, President of AOAC International, and Dr Maire Walsh, Past Chair of EURACHEM, respectively.

The symposium/workshop was accompanied by a poster exhibition. A competition for the best poster had been announced in advance, and the best poster came from Lithuania. The author, P. Serapinas from the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy in Vilnius, was awarded a ticket to attend the 1998 AOAC International Annual Meeting in Montreal and to present the winning poster on computer analysis of QC charts and data distribution functions. Congratulations!

The friendly conference site at Høje Taastrup (20 kilometers away from Copenhagen City), excellent working conditions and the perfect organization by our Danish colleagues have done their bit and made the symposium a complete success.

Wolfram Bremser
EURACHEM Secretariat

 

 

 

Eurachem News: Reports

EURACHEM Annual Meeting in Budapest


On invitation from EURACHEM-Hungary, EURACHEM´s Annual Meeting was held on 21-25 April 1998 in Budapest at Hotel Agro which, located uphill, provided a panoramic view of the former twin cities Buda and Pest. The pro-gramme included meetings of the Executive Committee, the Full Committee, the working groups on Measurement Uncertainty and on Education and Training, and a con-cluding Puszta tour.

The meeting was attended by 50 re-gistered participants from 25 coun-tries, predominantly from Europe, but with a noticeable transcon-tinental flavour from Australia, Japan and the United States. Invi-tees included Ronald Christensen, Executive Director of AOAC Inter-national, Wiktor Raldow, Head of the European Commission´s SMT Programme, and Alan Squirrell, Chairman of CITAC.

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In Session:Taking over the Chairmanship

New Chair and Vice Chair

The EURACHEM Chair, held by Maire Walsh from State Laborato-ry, Ireland, was handed over to Veikko Komppa from VTT Chemi-cal Technology, Finland, who so far had been Vice Chair. In parallel, Ed de Leer from The Netherlands Measurement Institute became EURACHEM´s new Vice Chair.

New Guides

The Full Committee approved two new guidance documents prepared by EURACHEM working groups:

  • A EURACHEM Guide on method validation entitled „The Fitness for Purpose of Analyti-cal Methods - A Laboratory Guide to Method Validation and Related Topics"
  • A joint EURACHEM/CITAC Guide on quality assurance beyond routine analysis, entitled „EURACHEM/CITAC Guide 2 - Quality Assurance for Re-search and Development and Non-routine Analysis"

The draft documents will be rapidly processed for final editing and publication during the year. In addition, EURACHEM approved the final draft IUPAC Guide on re-covery factors, entitled „Harmo-nized Guidelines for the Use of Recovery Information in Analytical Measurement", that was recently under voting among IUPAC, AOAC International, ISO/REMCO and other contributing organiza-tions.

Forthcoming Workshops

The current programme of work-shops in preparation, organized or co-organized by EURACHEM includes:

  • Quality Assurance in Compu-terised Laboratories, Copen-hagen, 11-12 June 1998 (jointly with AOAC Europe Section)
  • Accreditation and/or Certifica-tion, Delft, 25-26 June 1998 (jointly with EUROLAB)
  • Quality Assurance in R&D, Basle, 9 September 1998 (at 10th Euroanalysis)
  • 2nd EURACHEM Workshop on Education and Training, Geesthacht, 27-29 September 1998
  • 3rd EURACHEM Workshop on Measurement Uncertainty, Helsinki, 13-15 June 1999
  • 3rd EURACHEM Workshop on Traceability, Bratislava, 6-8 September 1999.

EURACHEM´s 10th Anniversary Meeting

EURACHEM will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 13-18 June 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. The programme includes the third Workshop on Measurement Uncertainty, EURACHEM Business Meetings, the 10 Year Anniversary Meeting with in-vitees, a visit to VTT or Finnish chemical industry and a tour to Tallinn.

Cooperations and Liaisons

The Committee reviewed the status of EURACHEM´s cooperations and liaisons with european and inter-national organizations whose activities impinge on the Analytical Chemistry community, e. g. EA (formerly EAL), EUROLAB, EUROMET, ILAC, AOAC International and CCQM. Items currently under consideration included:

  • Cooperation with EUROMET concerning traceability in chemical measurement
  • Cooperation with AOAC International concerning publication and marketing of EURACHEM Guides
  • Participation in ILAC committes and working groups

Working groups

EURACHEM has working groups on

  • Measurement uncertainty
  • Education and training
  • QA in R&D and non-routine analysis (jointly with CITAC)

The Measurement Uncertainty WG (Chair: Alex Williams) is currently revising the Guide „Quantifying Uncertainty in Analytical Measurement", aiming to present the draft 2nd edition at the Measurement Uncertainty Work-shop in June 1999, Helsinki. In addition, the programme of this workshop is in preparation.

The Education and Training WG (Chair: Bernd Neidhart) is cur-rently preparing the final pro-gramme of the forthcoming work-shop in September 1998, Geesthacht, entitled „Current issues in teaching quality in chemical

measurements - Filling the gap bet-ween theory and reality". In addi-tion, a glossary of analytical terms has been prepared „interactively", through publication of draft definitions and multi-lingual trans-lations in the journal Accreditation and Quality Assurance.

The R&D WG (Chair: Karl Cammann) finalized the draft EURACHEM/CITAC Guide on QA in R&D and Non-routine Analysis, to be launched at the forthcoming workshop at Euroanalysis in September 1998, and at the CITAC Symposium on Analytical QA for the 21st Century, to be held in Sydney, 15-16 October 1998.

In addition to these working groups, EURACHEM has interface WGs with EA and EUROLAB, dealing with items of joint concern:

  • Proficiency testing (Chair: Tin Win)
  • Reference materials (Chair: Tomas Tamberg)

The main task of both groups is to provide guidance and support to laboratories as well as to assessors concerning accreditation. Another major task is to interact with other committees to harmonize work done on these key issues, and minimize duplication.

Currently the options for a joint EURACHEM/EUROMET WG on Traceability are under consideration.

Focal agenda items

The focal technical issue on the agenda of the Full Committee mee-ting has been traceability in chemi-cal measurement. In a series of key-note lectures different views on this controversial issue were outlined: B King and P De Bievre presented complementary views from EURACHEM, and EUROMET, respectively, while M Walsh and E de Leer emphasized practitioners views and practical procedures.

 

Discussion of this topic will be con-tinued, aiming at an agreed EURACHEM position on traceability in chemical measurement.

As another focal item, continuation of the European Commission´s Standards, Measurement and Testing (SMT) Programme within the 5th Framework Programme cur-rently under development was dis-cussed, based on a presentation by W Raldow. The Committee agreed to join forces with EA and EUROLAB to emphasize the signi-ficance of the SMT programme for EU policy.

A topic of major concern was the revision of ISO/IEC Guide 25, now to become an International Stan-dard ISO 17025. Based on a pre-sentation by E de Leer, various key items were discussed, and the need was identified to arrange input to ISO/CASCO.

Policy issues

The basic strategy paper "EURACHEM 2000" is currently under revision. The first draft revi-sion was discussed in detail at the meeting, to be continued during the year by correspondence.

Needs for action agreed at the meeting include

  • extending observer membership
  • reconsidering the conditions for full and associate membership

Closure

The meeting was closed by thanking the hosts, in particular Peter Fodor and Eva Thiry. The 1999 Annual Meeting will be hosted by EURACHEM-Finland, in conjunction with EURACHEM´s 10th Anniversary Meeting, to be held on 13-18 June 1998 in Helsinki.

Werner Hässelbarth
EURACHEM Secretariat

 

 

Eurachem News: Reports

EURACHEM´s WWW Site Much in Demand

 

EURACHEM´s www site at www.vtt.fi/ket/eurachem advances in attracting the interest of the analytical community. Here are some statistics for a time frame of only one month (05/01/98 - 05/31/98): 2534 successful hits for entire site, 1352 page views, 656 user sessions, 81 hits per day (average), and 21 user sessions per day. The regional distribution is interesting: 22.56 % user sessions from Finland, 67.53 % international user sessions, and 9.90 % user sessions of unknown origin. The fourth part of all sessions is carried out from Finland, where the site is located physically. Who are the users of un-known origin? The Newsletter will keep you informed about EURACHEM´s attractivity on the web!

 

 

Eurachem: Contact Points

EURACHEM Committee and Contact Points
Summer 1998

 
Austria
Prof Dr Guenther Bonn
University of Innsbruck
Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry
Rein 32A, A-6020 INNSBRUCK,
AUSTRIA
Tel + 43 512 507 5170
Fax + 43 512 580 519
Email guenther.bonn@uibk.ac.at

Prof Dr Wolfhard Wegscheider
University of Leoben
Dept of General & Analytical Chemistry
Franz-Josef-Strasse 18
A-8700 LEOBEN, AUSTRIA
Tel + 43 3842 402 340
Fax + 43 3842 402 543
Email wegschei@unileoben.ac.at

Belgium
Dr Carine Vandervorst
Dokter L Willems-Instituut VZW
Universitaire Campus
B-3590 DIEPENBEEK, BELGIUM
Tel + 32 11 22 92 11
Fax + 32 11 26 93 12

Dr Hubert Verplaetse
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Central Laboratory
Zennestraat 17A
B-1000 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Tel + 32 2 548 1519
Fax + 32 2 514 4756

Cyprus
Mr Evis Hadjicostas
Premier Chemical Co Ltd
PO Box 1513
1510 NICOSIA, CYPRUS
Tel + 357 2 482282 or 424476
Fax + 357 2 482331
Email premshuk@dial.cylink.com.cy

Dr Kyriacos Tsimillis
Pancyprian Union of Chemists
PO Box 8361, 2093 NICOSIA, CYPRUS
Tel + 357 2 300143 or 376035
Fax + 357 2 375120

Czech Republic
Dr Zbynek Plzak
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
250 68 Rez nr PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel + 420 2 661 73116 or 73142
Fax + 420 2 687 5491
Email plzak@iic.cas.cz

Dr Miloslaz Suchanek
Institute of Chemical Technology
Dept of Analytical Chemistry
16628 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel + 420 2 311 5270
Fax + 420 2 311 5270

Denmark
Dr Kurt Egmose
Miljo-Kemi, Danish Environmental Centre A/S
Smedeskovvej 38
DK-8464 GALTEN, DENMARK
Tel + 45 86 94 42 66
Fax + 45 86 94 68 48
Email ke@miljo-kemi.dk

Dr Bente Nyeland
National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Environmental Chemistry
Fredriksborgvej 399
DK-4000 ROSKILDE, DENMARK
Tel + 45 46 30 12 00
Fax + 45 46 30 11 14
Email mkban@dmu.dk

European Commission
Prof Dr Paul De Bievre
Duineneind 9
B-2460 KASTERLEE, BELGIUM
Tel + 32 14 851338
Fax + 32 14 853908

Dr Philip Taylor
IRMM
Retieseweg
B-2440 GEEL, BELGIUM
Tel + 32 14 571 615
Fax + 32 14 591 978
Email taylor@irmm.jrc.be

Dr Stefaan Vandendriessche
CEC DGXII-SMT Programme
Bldg M075, Room 3/33
B-1049 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Tel + 32 2 295 9312
Fax + 32 2 295 8072 or 296 6757
Email stefaan.vandendriessche@dg12.cec.be

Finland
Prof Veikko Komppa
(EURACHEM Chair)
VTT Chemical Technology
PO Box 1401
FIN-02044 VTT, FINLAND
Tel + 358 9 456 5260
Fax + 358 9 456 7026
Email veikko.komppa@vtt.fi

Ms Anna-Liisa Pikkarainen
Finnish Institute of Marine Research
Lyypekinnkuja 3A, PO Box 33
FIN-00931 HELSINKI, FINLAND
Tel + 358 9 613 941
Fax + 358 9 613 94494
Email pikkarainen@fimr.fi

France
Prof Dr Maurice Leroy
Ecole Europeenne Chimie Polymeres Materiaux
1 rue Blaise Pascal, BP 296
F-67008 STRASBOURG, Cedex,
FRANCE
Tel + 33 388 416 891
Fax + 33 388 604 539
Email leroy@chimie.u-strasbg.fr

Prof Dr Alain Marschal
Laboratoire National d'Essais
Rue Gaston Boissier 1
F-75724 PARIS, Cedex 15,
FRANCE
Tel + 33 1 40 433 700
Fax + 33 1 40 433 737

Germany
Dr Werner Steck
BASF-AG, Analytical Department
Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38
D-67056 LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY
Tel + 49 621 605 5893
Fax + 49 621 607 9460
Email werner.steck@zax.x400.basf-ag.de

Prof Dr Adolf Zschunke
BAM, Department I
D-12200 BERLIN, GERMANY
Tel + 49 30 6392 5800
Fax + 49 30 6392 5972
Email adolf.zschunke@bam.de

Greece
Prof Miltiades Karayannis
University of Ioannina
Dept of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry
45110 IOANNINA, GREECE
Tel + 30 651 984 06
Fax + 30 651 984 07
Email mkaragia@cc.uoi.gr

Hungary
Dr Peter Fodor
University of Horticulture & Food Industry Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry
H-1114 BUDAPEST, Villanyi ut 35,
HUNGARY
Tel + 36 1 185 3322
Fax + 36 1 166 4272
Email h8796fod@ella.hu

Dr József Hlavay
University of Veszprém, PO Box 158
H-8201 VESZPRÉM, HUNGARY
Tel + 36 88 422 022
Fax + 36 88 421 869
Email hlavay@anal.venus.vein.hu

Iceland
Dr Hrefna Kristmannsdóttir
Orkustofnun, Grensásvegur 9
108 REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND
Tel + 354 569 6097
Fax + 354 568 8896
Email hk@os.is

Ireland
Dr Maire Walsh
State Laboratory, Abbotstown
DUBLIN 15, IRELAND
Tel + 353 1 8217 700
Fax + 353 1 8217 320

Dr Kevin J James
Ecotoxicology Research Unit
Chemistry Department
Cork Regional Technical College
BISHOPSTOWN, Co Cork
IRELAND
Tel + 353 21 326 317
Fax + 353 21 345 191
Email kjames@rtc-cork.ie

Italy
Dr Maria Del Monte
National Centre for Reference Materials, c/o CSM
Via di Castel Romano 100
I-00129 ROMA, ITALY
Tel + 39 6 592 4085
Fax + 39 6 592 4085 or 505 0250
Email mgtamba@asa.it

Dr ssa Margherita Plassa
Metrological Institute G Colonnetti
Strada delle Cacce 73
I-10135 TORINO, ITALY
Tel + 39 11 397 71
Fax + 39 11 346 761
Email plassa@imgc.to.cnr.it

Lithuania
Prof Rolandas Kazlauskas
Vilnius University, Faculty of Chemistry
Naugarduko 27
2006 VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
Tel + 370 2 636 310
Fax + 370 2 630 987
Email chf@chf.vu.lt

Dr Julius Petraitis
Ministry of Health, National Nutrition Centre
Kalvariju 153
2042 VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
Tel + 370 2 300 023
Fax + 370 2 778 713
Email rmc@post.omnitel.net

Luxembourg
Dr Marc Lemmer
Luxcontrol S.A, 1 Avenue des Terres Rouges, BP 349
L-4004 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE LUXEMBOURG
Tel + 352 547 7111
Fax + 352 547 930
Email 106111.664@compuserve.com

Malta
Dr George Peplow
University of Msida, Department of Chemistry
TAL-QROQQ, MSIDA MSD 06
MALTA
Tel + 356 3290 2276
Fax + 356 318 658
Email peplowg@kemmunet.net.mt

Dr Anton Pizzuto
Malta University Services
University Campus, MSIDA MSD 06
MALTA
Tel + 356 313 416 or 313 417
Fax + 356 344 879

 

The Netherlands
Dr Robert Kaarls
NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium BV
PO Box 654, 2600 AR DELFT
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel + 31 15 269 1507
Fax + 31 15 269 1710
Email rkaarls@nmi.nl

Dr Ed W. B. de Leer
(EURACHEM Vicechair)
NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium BV
PO Box 654, 2600 AR DELFT
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel + 31 15 269 1712
Fax + 31 15 261 2971
Email edeleer@nmi.nl

Ir Henk J van de Wiel
RIVM, PO Box 1
3720 BA BILTHOVEN
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel + 31 30 274 2689
Fax + 31 30 274 4455
Email henk.van.de.wiel@rivm.nl

Norway
Dr Khalid Saeed
Norwegian Metrology and Accreditation Service
Fetveien 99
N-2007 KJELLER, NORWAY
Tel + 47 64 84 84 84 or 22
Fax + 47 64 84 84 85
Email khalid.saeed
@justervesenet.dep.telemax.no

Poland
Prof Dr Zbigniew Dobkowski
Industrial Chemistry Research Institute
Rydygiera 8 str
01-793 WARSAW, POLAND
Tel + 48 22 633 8298
Fax + 48 22 633 8295
Email zbigdo@aquila.ichp.waw.pl

Mrs Anna Lukszo-Bienkowska
Industrial Chemistry Research Institute
Rydygiera 8 str
01-793 WARSAW, POLAND
Tel + 48 22 633 8634
Fax + 48 22 633 8295

Portugal
Prof Maria Camões
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences
Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry
P-1700 LISBON, PORTUGAL
Tel + 351 1 390 6138
Fax + 351 1 750 0088
Email fcamoes@fc.ul.pt

Prof Jose Redinha
University of Coimbra, Dept of Chemistry
P-3049 COIMBRA, CODEX
PORTUGAL
Tel + 351 39 256 39
Fax + 351 39 256 39

Russia
Dr Gregory Fridman
All-Russia Institute of Light Alloys (VILS)
121 597 Gorbunov Str 20
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Tel + 7 095 448 2764
Fax + 7 095 446 1801

Dr Gregory Ramendik
Kurnakov Inst. of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Laboratory of Chemical Analysis
31 Leninsky Prospect GSP-1 MOSCOW 117 907, RUSSIA
Tel + 7 095 236 4277
Fax + 7 095 954 1279
Email ramendik@ionchran.msk.ru

Slovakia
Prof Dr Jan Garaj
Trencin University
Studentska 2
911 50 TRENCIN, SLOVAKIA
Tel + 421 831 400 105
Fax + 421 831 441 383

Dr Viliam Patoprsty
Slovak Institute of Metrology
Karloveska 63
842 55 BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
Tel + 421 7 729 338
Fax + 421 7 729 592
Email srm@smu.sarba.sk

Slovenia
Ms Alenka Gogala
Slovenian Chemical Society
Hajdrihova 19
SL-61000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
Tel + 386 61 1760 200
Fax + 386 61 1259 244
Email chem.soc@ki.si

Spain
Dr Pere Miro
General Laboratories for Testing and Investigations, PO Box 18
08193 BELLATERRA, SPAIN
Tel + 34 3 691 9211
Fax + 34 3 691 5911
Email pmiro@lgai.es

Prof Miguel Valcarcel
University of Cordoba, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry
E-14004 CORDOBA, SPAIN
Tel + 34 57 218 616 or 234 453
Fax + 34 57 218 606

Sweden
Dr Björn Lundgren
Swedish National Testing & Research Institute, PO Box 857,
S-501 15 BORÅS, SWEDEN
Tel + 46 33 165 265
Fax + 46 33 123 749
Email bjorn.lundgren@sp.se

Dr Ulf Örnemark
Swedish National Testing & Research Institute, PO Box 857,
S-501 15 BORÅS, SWEDEN
Tel + 46 33 165 275
Fax + 46 33 123 749
Email ulf.ornemark@sp.se

Switzerland
Dr Ernst P Halder
Lonza AG, WA Q4
CH-3930 VISP, SWITZERLAND
Tel + 41 27 948 5626
or 79 406 1982
Fax + 41 27 948 6480
Email ernst.halder@lonza.ch

Dr Niklaus Klaentschi
EMPA Dübendorf
Überlandstrasse 129
CH-8600 DÜBENDORF, SWITZERLAND
Tel + 41 1 823 4130 or 823 5511
Fax + 41 1 823 4015
Email niklaus.klaentschi@empa.ch

Turkey
Dr Hüseyin Ugur
TÜBITAK-UME, PO Box 21
41470 GEBZE-KOCAELI, TURKEY
Tel + 90 262 646 6360
Fax + 90 262 646 5914
Email ugurh@ume1.mam.gov.tr

United Kingdom
Dr Bernard King
Laboratory of the Government Chemist
Queens Road, TEDDINGTON
Middlesex, TW11 0LY, UK
Tel + 44 181 943 7600
Fax + 44 181 943 2767
Email bmjk@lgc.co.uk

Prof Alan Townshend
University of Hull, Chemistry Depart-ment, Cottingham Road
HULL, HU6 7RX, UK
Tel + 44 1482 465 027
Fax + 44 1482 466 410
Email a.townshend@chem.hull.ac.uk

EURACHEM WORKING GROUPS

Education and Training
Prof Dr Bernd Neidhart
GKSS Research Centre, Institute of Physical and Chemical Analysis
Max-Planck-Strasse, D-21502 GEESTHACHT, GERMANY
Tel + 49 4152 872345
Fax + 49 4152 872366
Email bernd.neidhart@gkss.de
Measurement Uncertainty
Mr Alex Williams
19 Hamesmoor Way, Mytchett
CAMBERLEY, Surrey
GU16 6JG, UK
Tel + 44 1252 542 854
Fax + 44 1252 542 854
Email alex_williams
@camberley.demon.co.uk

QA in R & D and Non-Routine Analysis (Joint with CITAC)
Prof Dr Karl Cammann
Institute for Chemical and Biochemical Sensor Research
Mendelstraße 7
D-48149 MÜNSTER, GERMANY
Tel + 49 251 980 2800
Fax + 49 251 980 2802
Email cammann@uni-muenster.de

OBSERVER AND LIAISON ORGANISATIONS

Federation of European Chemical Societies
Ir Bauke te Nijenhuis
Secretariat, DAC/FECS
Mauritslaan 36
NL-2281 AS RIJWIJK,
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel + 31 70 390 8313
Fax + 31 70 390 8313

AOAC International
Ms Margreet Lauwaars
AOAC International, PO Box 153
NL-6720 AD BENNEKOM
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel + 31 318 418 725
Fax + 31 318 418 359
Email lauwaars@worldonline.nl

Ms Diana Hopkins
AOAC International, 481 North Frederick Avenue, Suite 500
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland 20877
USA
Tel + 1 301 924 7077
Fax + 1 301 924 7089
Email dhopkins@aoac.org

EUROM II
Mr Patrick Flanagan
EUROM II, St George’s House
195-203 Waterloo Road
LONDON, SE1 8WB, UK
Tel + 44 171 207 9666
Fax + 44 171 207 9659

Mr Klaus Hedegaard
Radiometer Analytical SA.
72 Rue d’Alsace
69627 VILLEURBANNE
CEDEX-LYON, FRANCE
Tel + 33 7863 3838
Fax + 33 7868 8812
Email kh@nalytical.com

CITAC
Secretary: Dr Ron Walker
Laboratory of the Government Chemist
Queens Road, TEDDINGTON, Middlesex, TW11 0LY, UK
Tel + 44 181 943 7614
Fax + 44 181 943 2767
Email citac@lgc.co.uk

EA
Secretary: Ms Katarina Wenell
SWEDAC, PO Box 878
S-501 15 BORAS, SWEDEN
Tel + 46 33 17 77 45
Fax + 46 33 10 13 92
Email katarina.wenell@swedac.se

EUROLAB
Secretary: Dr Magnus Holmgren
Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, PO Box 857
S-501 15 BORAS, SWEDEN
Tel + 46 33 16 50 07
Fax + 46 33 16 50 10
Email eurolab@sp.se

IUPAC
Dr Ales Fajgelj
International Atomic Energy Agency
Agency’s Laboratories Seibersdorf
A-2444 SEIBERSDORF, AUSTRIA
Tel + 43 1 2060 28233
Fax + 43 1 2060 28222
Email a.fajgelj@iaea.org

     

 

 

 

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