The manufacturers of Caprolactam have joined efforts for their REACH compliance activities and have launched in December 2008 the Caprolactam REACH consortium.

Consortium description
To prepare consistent REACH registration dossiers, the secretariat of the Caprolactam REACH consortium will be handled by ReachCentrum.

Substances covered
The following substances are to be registered under the REACH legislation by December 2010 and are covered in the Caprolactam REACH consortium:

Substance	EC number	CAS number
Caprolactam	203-313-2	7758-29-4
Bis(hydroxyl ammonium) sulphate	233-118-8	10039-54-0
Reaction mass of Bis(hydroxyl ammonium) sulphate and ammonium sulphate	-	-

Membership
The Caprolactam REACH consortium structure includes a Steering Committee and the consortium secretariat managed by ReachCentrum. The consortium is open to manufacturers/ importers/ only representatives as defined in the REACH Regulation of the substance on its own, in preparations or in articles and that are subject to the registration requirements pursuant to the REACH Regulation, or Affiliates thereof.

Membership is open to any applicant fulfilling the membership criteria. The Caprolactam consortium is also open to any European and non-European companies manufacturing or importing substances, which are similar to one or several of the substances covered. Downstream users and other data holders are invited to play an active role in the work of the consortium.