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Oct 6, 2020 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
A few more words about the Chemical Industry.
Chemicals are ubiquitous: plastics, fuel additives, adhesives, cosmetics, cleaners, toiletries, paints, paper, construction, inks, biocides, pharma feedstocks, preservatives... 1/18
Chemicals are regulated almost everywhere in the world but when EU-REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) was designed, Brexit was not considered. The contracts drawn up for data sharing assumed that all parties would be in the EEA/EU. 2/18
Jan 19, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
A few words about the chemical industry. As no-one goes to their local car dealership to buy the latest model of acetophenone it is not in the press or social media very often but the industry is much the same size as the automotive one and employs a similar number of people.
Like the automotive industry the European market is heavily integrated and mutually dependent. The biggest players are Germany, UK and France. There are a handful of very big players but thousands of SMEs in the sector.
