Client Case Studies
Real compliance challenges. Real results. See how Chemply works — from first audit to final document delivery.
Cosmetics · EU Market
From Launch Panic to Market Clearance in 4 Days
A Lisbon skincare brand discovered their SDS documents were non-compliant 72 hours before their EU distributor deadline.
Cleaning Products · UAE
14 Supplier SDS Documents. None in Arabic. One Week to Fix It.
A Dubai distributor received European cleaning products with SDS in German — none Arabic, none SFDA-ready.
Specialty Chemicals · Texas
OSHA Inspection in 30 Days. Zero Compliant SDS on File.
A Houston chemical distributor received an OSHA notice and discovered their entire SDS library was outdated pre-GHS format.
The SDS economy by the numbers — and the cost of getting it wrong
Safety Data Sheets are the most-produced regulatory document in the chemical industry. The volume is massive, the error rate is high, and the downstream cost of a defect is asymmetric — getting it right costs a fraction of what getting it wrong does.
~110,000
SDS documents generated globally every day
Source: industry estimates across ECHA, OSHA, SFDA and GSO chemical registrations.
40+ M
Active SDS in circulation worldwide
Mixture-level documents across REACH, CLP, OSHA HazCom 2012, GB-CLP, GSO GHS.
62%
Of audited SDS contain at least one compliance defect
Most common: outdated regulatory references, misclassified H-statements, missing SVHC checks.
The four complications behind those numbers
Revenue loss from rejected shipments
A non-compliant SDS can hold a container at customs or block warehouse intake. SMEs typically lose 4–7% of annual revenue to documentation-related shipment delays.
Regulatory fines and product recalls
Enforcement actions under REACH, CLP and OSHA HazCom average €18,000–€120,000 per finding in the EU. A full product recall driven by SDS misclassification routinely passes €500,000.
Hidden cost of in-house authoring
A correctly authored 16-section SDS takes a trained regulatory writer 4–8 hours per mixture. Multi-market variants (EU + UK + US + GCC) push that to 20+ hours per product family.
Versioning and update drift
ATPs, HazCom revisions and SVHC list updates land 2–4 times per year. Companies without a change-control process accumulate silent non-compliance with every regulatory update they miss.
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Every document in the client's required language — English, Arabic, French, Spanish, German, and more.
48–72h turnaround
Professional package delivered in 48 to 72 hours from receipt of complete data.
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