The chemical industry needs better framework conditions for solid growth

Half-year press conference 2016 of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry

26-Jul-2016 - Business is not going smoothly in Germany’s third largest industry. Production in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry stagnated in the 1st half 2016. Sales fell clearly, as compared with the previous year: With another drop in producer prices, sales of this industry declined by 3.5 percent to ...

Difficult year for the German chemical industry

Business developments 2015

11-Dec-2015 - There is light and shadow in the business developments 2015 of the German chemical-pharmaceutical industry. Production grew slightly, but sales stagnated due to once again falling producer prices. Overseas exports rose noticeably, especially because of the weaker euro to the US dollar. By ...

Merck: Kley Elected President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

09-Oct-2012 - Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck, was elected president of the German Chemical Industry Association (Verband der Chemischen Industrie e. V. - VCI) during the association’s general assembly in Essen. Kley's term of office runs until October 2014. He succeeds Klaus Engel, ...

Chemistry: Sailing against the wind

Clear increase in employment and investment

16-Jul-2012 - The impacts of the debt and banking crisis in the EUand the recession in Southern Europe are now felt by the chemical industry in Germany too. In the 1st half 2012, chemical production was roughly 4 percent below the level of the previous year, so the VCI – the Frankfurt-based association of the ...

The seven success factors of chemistry in Germany

Germany defends the world champion title in chemical exports also in 2011

21-Jun-2012 - It is the globally unique combination of favourable attributes that makes Germany's chemical companies so successful. No other nation exports more chemicals. In 2011, German chemical companies sold chemical products worth over 150 billion euros to customers abroad. With a share of 11.2 percent in ...

Opening of the International Year of Chemistry in Germany

Chemistry enables a sustainable future and a “green lifestyle”

11-Feb-2011 - When opening the International Year of Chemistry in Germany, leading delegates from science, industry and trade union highlighted major contributions from chemistry to a good quality of life. Clean water and air, safe foods and effective medicines: many global challenges to humankind cannot be ...

Chemistry: Industry and Trade Renew Partnership Agreement

11-Dec-2007 - The chemical industry in Germany and the chemical trade renew their successful cooperation for a continuous improvement of safety, health and environmental protection. An existing agreement to this effect - within Responsible Care (RC) - was extended between Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) ...