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PFAS & THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TOOLS, PROJECTS AND CHALLENGES FPP4EU Collaboration Platform Workshop 12th December 2022 Timo Unger & Mathieu Ben Braham THE COMPLEXITY OF SUPPLY CHAINS AND RESULTING BUSSINES IS STILL TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED CONTENT 9.000 sss 3.500 o xxx 1000 - 2000 4.3 (10) 80 50-80 THE LONG WAY THROUGH A TYPICAL INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN Stufe Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6 Tier 7 5 3 2 4 1 1 (OEM) 31..550000 (TiXe5r100s) 75X05.00000 1,7X510M0 io 7X510M0 io X 50 137,755MBino X 50 X 50 188,775BBnn IMDS - A GLOBAL ONLINE TOOL www.mdsystem.com Anmeldung I Neu im IMDS? I IMDS Informationsseiten I IMDS Advanced Solutions WILLKOMMEN IM INTERNATIONALEN MATERIAL Rtslcr ti Das IMDS (Internationales MaterialDatenSystem) ist das Materialdaten-System der Automobilindustrie. Es ist eine gemeinsame Entwicklung von Audi, BMW, Daimler, DXC, Ford, Opel, Porsche, VW und Volvo. Weitere Hersteller sind dem Verbund inzwischen beigetreten, wodurch sich IMDS zum globalen Standard entwickelt hat, der von fast allen global agierenden OEMs genutzt wird. Auerdem werden mit weiteren Herstellern Gesprche ber die Teilnahme im IMDS gefhrt. Im IMDS werden alle Werkstoffe, die bei der Herstellung von Autos verwendet werden, gesammelt, gepflegt, analysiert und archiviert. Durch die Nutzung des IMDS ist es mglich, die Verpflichtungen zu erfllen, die Automobilherstellern und deren Zulieferern durch nationale und internationale Standards, Gesetze und Regelungen entstehen. SSANGYONG 1-10AIDA. irate --Alai GM KOREA T TATA I-1O1Vna li islitt Impressum Copyright (C) 2017 Ili Va DXC.technology I Cninninn Tnnl THE GENERAL PROCESS OF SUBSTANCE REPORTING IN THE AI To protect CBI, Material Manufacturers are allowed to ,,hide" up to 10% of their recipe behind so called "Jokers", e.g. "Further Additives" BUT: If a substance is listed on GADSL (= prohibited or declarable), it must not be hidden behind a Joker but has to be uncovered / reported No CBI Protection for GADSL Listed Substances GADSL has to be absolutely correct to ensure CBI Protection and allow for proper compliance IMDS - LESSONS LEARNED Data Quality It costs many Billions to develop, maintain and optimize the system Including data input around 16 Billion have been invested, since 2000 The increase of data quality is the result of an intensive cooperation between vehicle manufacturers, their suppliers and the chem. industry It took years to train the supply chain = get reliable data! 2018 IMDS - A Oct. 22: 200,000 Active Users TRULY GLOBAL Oct. 22: 96 Mio Datasheets SOLUTION Oct. 22: 194,000 Active Companies ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES... ShinShout IMDS Data Quality Checks Data Input Quality: Acceptable X years Data Output Quality: Less Acceptable ... the update of existing data due to engineering changes on supplier side ... unintentional contaminants (e.g. PFAS, PAH, ...) AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - PFAS Summary of our major challenges: We dont know exactly where... We dont know exactly why... We dont know exactly by whom... We dont know exactly how many and how much... We dont know which essential... We dont know exactly which... We = Automotive Industry as well as most other End-User Industries (EUIs) ...PFAS are used in our supply chain But according to our current limited knowledge we understand, that the PFAS restriction is a major threat to our European business 9 HOW TO "WHICH": PFAS IDENTIFICATION The current approach (under testing) to reduce PFAS only to the commercially relevant ones. - Process not yet approved by the responsible committees - Discussion also including non-automotive associations (e.g. Aerospace and Defense) Declaration threshold - Intentionally added including any degradation byproducts of PFAS - Triggered by the "US Maine Requirements" HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PFAS CAS#? Focus on Fluorochemical Manufacturers & Commercially available PFAS Globally 50 + chemical manufacturers of PFAS What are the odds of 50+ global chemical manufacturers using 400010,000 CAS numbers? Chemical Manufacturers claim only a low percentage of CAS# are used This is potentially credible!? Study indicates that only 256 (5.4%) out of 4730 CAS# on OECD list were used commercially by three diversified fluorochemical manufacturers** Actual CAS# not listed in published paper (may be intellectual property concern for chemical manufacturers) % Commercialized How to further reduce number of relevant PFAS? Buy-in from other sectors appreciated! 5% Commercial Non-Commercial **Buck, R et al, "Identification and classification of commercially relevant per- 95% and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2021 Sep. Retrieved on 2/4/2022 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33991049/ SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK ON PFAS IN IMDS Current: We will inform all >150,000 global suppliers about their duty to report PFAS > 25ppb per article We have updated our Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (GADSL) with >2000 PFAS Existing relevant data needs to be updated (hopefully) Coming Next: We may add a requirement for material manufacturers to actively confirm (checkbox) that their materials are within the legal thresholds Request to chemical industry and material manufacturers: Which PFAS test procedures and methods are available to be referenced? Are you interested in participation in this discussion? We have started with two external projects / studies... 13 How to "where", to "by whom", to "why" & to "how much"? Both CLEPA and ACEA are highly impacted by the coming PFAS restriction : Many fluoropolymers and fluoroelastomers used in car and automotive devices - joints, o-ring, wire etc. F-gas used as refrigerant Short chain PFAS used in many products - lubricants, cleaning products, surface treatment etc. ACEA and CLEPA commissionned Cetim, the French Technical Center for Mechanical Industry, on two studies to enhance their knowledge on PFAS and have relevant data to submit for the public consultation: A socio-economic analysis of the replacement of R-1234yf A PFAS inventory on 5 selected automotive parts, focusing on short chain PFAS The main objective of the study is to assess the presence (or not!) of short chain PFAS in the materials and manufacturing processes of the selected pieces : Chassis : Shock Absorber, strut assembly Traction Battery : Battery Cell scrim binder Fuel Line : Fuel injector sleeve and O-ring MAC : Compressor bearing shaft, rotor, filter Harness wire cable 14 Automotive supply chain study : PFAS inventory For each parts : Gathering suppliers contact information from CLEPA / ACEA members Conducting interviews with tier I suppliers, check their uses of PFAS, a questionnaire was developped with ACEA Reach for tier II, III etc. suppliers to assess their uses Try to establish which PFAS are used, why, the quantities, the exposure, etc... Data are collected and displayed anonymously ... Tier X supplier Tier II supplier Tier I supplier Manufacturer Still expecting feedbacks from suppliers First results will be available in december Further results and feedbacks will be added once they are available to further strenghtened the study 15 Automotive supply chain study : PFAS inventory Quick results overview : case of the wire cable ACEA established the use of FEP and PTFE in the cable 3 tier I suppliers contacted and interviewed Thanks to 1 tier I supplier, 10 tier II suppliers responded, 16 expected to send some feedback soon Chemical companies responded to sollicitation and agreed for meetings General feedback : -Tier I suppliers are using fluoropolymers, no Tier I short chain PFAS in the processes Manufacturer Tier I Tier I x3 Tier II Tier II x10 Chemists x2 -Short chain PFAS used : 4,4'-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1- (trifluoromethyl)ethylidene]diphenol ~1,8% in rubber seal -Other fluoropolymers identified : PVDF-HFP (rubber seal) Modified ETFE (corrugated tubes) MFA (corrugated tubes) 17 Socio-economic analysis on replacement of R-1234yf in mobile air conditionning Mobile air conditionning is mainly using R-1234yf as a refrigerant. It is identified as a PFAS and thus face a possible ban according to the definition given for the restriction proposal. In Extenso Croissance Innovation (IEIC) has been commissionned to conduct a socio-economic analysis on the replacement of R-1234yf in MAC by alternative refrigerants, especially on R-744 The objective is to identify and structure relevant data on the challenges for the automotive industry suche as : Substitution Impact on supply chain of R-1234yf replacement Assessment of health impact for substitutes Benefits/disadvantages for current technology and substitutes A framework of the SEA was set-up to structure the data collected Focus on R-744 scenario 18 Socio-economic analysis on replacement of R-1234yf in mobile air conditionning The study is structured in two main phases : Analysis of available data and structuration of them Further analysis of relevant data and reports General schedule First phase done by September 2022 Health and environment reports deliver, commented and in revision Economic, trade and social reports to be delivered in the coming weeks Refrigerant producers Logistic of the refrigerant Auto-parts manufacturers Car manufacturers Maintenance and repairs Retail sales of auto-parts Car users Recycling of end-of-life vehicles 19 Socio-economic analysis on replacement of R-1234yf in mobile air conditionning During phase 2, IEIC managed to interview several key actors of the supply chain 16 interviews were conducted, including 3 auto-parts manufacturers Preliminary results R744 based systems are larger and not sufficient enough in hot weather Incompatibility between curent R-1234yf system and alternatives based systems Suppliers wouldn't be able to propose large-scale production of new systems on a mid-term schedule Impact on employment is limited if investments are made Mainly R&D, retrain of the labor force, aftermarket service personnel difficulties of deployment in short period of time EU car manufacturers already invested for last transition from R-134a : low benefits from their technological advance on this matter Technological advance gains through this new regulation is not guaranty to turn into a competitive advance on foreign markets if the latters won't make the transition (example: R134a is still used in several areas) 20 Difficulties and lessons Data are not readily available, many scientific publications focus on health and environment impact The whole supply chain for each industrial sector is affected, so they need to mobilize and share information Many suppliers are not fully aware of the extent the PFAS restriction will have There is a need to support your suppliers and customers Again, sharing data is a key point for such studies Timing is very short, especially on such a broad family of substances Industrial and professionnal association need to carry these studies ASAP, to have some hard data to provide for the public consultation vi,FT:2d" (eGetitmim GGooiinngg ffoorr tthhee ffuuttuurree