The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is the leading national trade association representing and advising chemical and pharmaceutical companies located across the United Kingdom .
10-783: Chemicals manufacturing in the UK is largely concentrated in the northern regions of the UK and Scotland, in four key chemical Clusters and are represented locally by well-organised Cluster Teams. In Scotland by Chemicals Team Scotland , Northwest England represented by Chemicals Northwest , Northeast England represented the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) and in Yorkshire and Humber by Yorkshire Chemical Focus and Humber Chemical Focus . The CIA represents member companies at both national and international level. The CIA carries out advocacy on behalf of its members' interests. Its remit
20-617: Is a requirement of membership that companies that committed to Responsible Care principles. Currently, the CIA is presided over by Tom Crotty, Director of INEOS . The CIA owns and supports Chemicals Northwest. Chemical industry in the United Kingdom The chemical industry in the United Kingdom is one of the UK's main manufacturing industries . At one time, the UK's chemical industry
30-523: Is in England. It employs 500,000, including 350,000 indirectly. It accounts for around 20% of the UK's research and development. In 2015, the UK chemical industry exported £50bn of products. Below the UK chemical industry, the UK automotive industry exports £35bn, and the UK aerospace industry exports £32bn. The industry employs about 30,000 in research and development. The industry invests £5bn in research. The UK automotive industry invests £2.7bn and
40-427: Is to "articulate members’ collective hopes and concerns; improve appreciation of the situation amongst UK and European governments, the media and other key stakeholders; and help address the global competitive issues encountered by our members." The CIA currently has around 140 members. These members operate from around 200 sites within the UK. The Association is headed by an elected council of 25 industry executives. It
50-580: The British automotive industry . UKBIC provides over £60 million worth of specialized manufacturing equipment, supporting manufacturers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and educators in battery technology development. It has accelerated low carbon R&D, contributing to the UK's Net Zero goal by 2050. Funding for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is supplied by United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI). This financial support
60-717: The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), the Chemical Industries Association , and the Society of Chemical Industry . The chemical industry in Europe is represented by the European Chemical Industry Council or CEFIC. UK Battery Industrialisation Centre The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UK BIC) is a research centre in the United Kingdom, to develop new electrical batteries , for
70-743: The UK aerospace industry invests £2.1bn. Centres of research include the National Formulation Centre at Sedgefield , the Advanced Propulsion Centre in Coventry, with the nearby UK Battery Industrialisation Centre , and the Centre for Process Innovation in the north east. Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory is in the north west. BP has the Sunbury Research Centre in south-west London. Regulation of
80-544: The UK chemical industry is largely under the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals legislation (REACH). Teesside and Cheshire are areas with an established chemical industry. Significant chemical plants in the UK include: Significant chemical companies in the UK have been: Relevant organisations related to the UK chemical industry are
90-524: The first synthetic dye mauveine in 1856, produced from aniline , having tried to synthesise quinine at his home on Cable Street in east London . Perkin's work, alone, led the way to the British chemical industry. 21% of the UK's chemical industry is in North West England , notably around Runcorn and Widnes . The chemical industry is 6.8% of UK manufacturing; around 85% of the UK chemical industry
100-829: Was a world leader. The industry has also been environmentally damaging , and includes radioactive nuclear industries . Alexander Parkes in 1855 develops the first plastic, in Birmingham, a form of celluloid. Daniel Spill , his assistant, develops it further, as xylonite. The American John Wesley Hyatt later tries to claim the patent, after developing another process for celluloid, with camphor , in 1869. The subsequent British Xylonite Company, formed in 1877, later becomes BX Plastics . A division, Cascelloid, formed in Leicestershire in 1919, becomes Palitoy . Another division, Halex, made sports products. Sir William Henry Perkin FRS discovered
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