(November 23, 2009) NEEDHAM, MA — PTC and Tech-Clarity presented a webcast, "Prepare Your Products - and Your Business - for REACH," which reviews recent developments with the REACH regulation, how products and businesses will be impacted, and how leading companies are responding to the REACH challenge despite limited time and resources. Speakers are Jim Brown, president, Tech-Clarity and John Fox, director, product and market strategy, PTC.
Topics include recent developments with the REACH regulation, new industry challenges, and implications. The webinar also presents results of a new REACH industry survey, conducted in July 2009 by research firm Tech-Clarity. How are leading companies addressing REACH systematically: What’s working and what’s not? Emerging best practices and key recommendations are given, and the webinar includes a demonstration of PTC’s REACH software solution (InSight Environmental Compliance).
To view the webinar, visit http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/forms/index.jsp?im_dbkey=95194&icg_dbkey=482
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