WONIPA stands for the Worldwide Nitrocellulose Producers Association and it represents a group of leading global manufacturers of industrial nitrocellulose. WONIPA is an international non-profit association registered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Our Mission
The advancement of the nitrocellulose industry throughout the world whilst
promoting responsible care with particular regard to product stewardship to
minimize product related risks to health, safety and the environment.
Matters managed by WONIPA
WONIPA has an excellent working relationship with the European Chemical Industry
Council
(CEFIC), to ensure that it has an early understanding of any new chemical
legislation
proposed by the EU commission and the EU parliament.
In 2015 WONIPA achieved a separate class for desensitized explosives in UN GHS rev
6.
A further achievement was the acceptance by the UN that nitrocellulose stability
testing
shall meet the criteria of the Bergmann-Junk or methyl violet tests. These tests
have been
published in the 7th revised edition of the UN manual of tests and criteria in
late 2019.
WONIPA is currently managing the implementation of the new European labels and
safety data
sheets in compliance with UN GHS rev 6 and rev 7.