Chemicals

Sector journalism and trade press.

• Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) $
  Published by ACS; industry, R&D, careers, policy.
• ICIS $
  Market intelligence and pricing for chemicals and energy.
• Chemical Week $
  S&P Global publication; specialty chemicals industry.
• Chemical Engineering $
  Process industry technology and operations.
• ChemSec / Hydrocarbon Processing $
  Refining and petrochemicals.
• European Chemical News
  European specialty chemical sector.
• Chemistry World (RSC)
  Royal Society of Chemistry magazine.

Membership bodies, advocacy, standards.

• ACC — American Chemistry Council
  Lead US trade association.
• Cefic — European Chemical Industry Council
  EU chemicals industry association.
• ICCA — International Council of Chemical Associations
  Global federation.
• SOCMA — Society of Chemical Manufacturers
  Specialty chemicals trade group.
• AIChE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  Professional society for chemical engineers.

Where deals get done and announcements happen.

• ACHEMA
  Frankfurt; world's leading process industries trade fair, triennial.
• AFPM (American Fuel & Petrochemical) Annual
  US refining and petchem industry meetings.
• World Petrochemical Conference (S&P/IHS) $
  Houston; the petchem industry's deal-making event.
• EPCA Annual Meeting
  European Petrochemical Association meeting.
• AIChE Spring/Annual Meetings
  Chemical engineering technical conferences.
• Informex / CPhI
  Specialty/fine chemicals and pharma intermediates events.

Sector-specialist analysts and data providers.

• ICIS Pricing & Analysis $
  Real-time chemical pricing benchmarks.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights — Chemicals $
  Market analysis, forecasts.
• Argus Media — Chemicals $
  Pricing for petrochemical products.
• Wood Mackenzie Chemicals $
  Petrochemical and chemical market consultancy.
• Nexant ChemSystems (now part of S&P) $
  Process and market consultancy.
• Smithers $
  Specialty chemicals, polymers, packaging research.

Agencies that govern the sector.

• EPA — Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention
  TSCA implementation in the US.
• ECHA — European Chemicals Agency
  Implements REACH and CLP in the EU.
• OSHA Chemical Hazard Communication
  Workplace chemical safety.
• CSB — Chemical Safety Board
  US independent investigator of chemical accidents.
• FDA (Food & Color Additives, Cosmetics)
  For chemicals used in food, cosmetics, drug excipients.

Bellwethers and notable executives.

• BASF
  Markus Kamieth, CEO. Largest chemical company by revenue.
• Sinopec
  China's largest chemical and refining company.
• Dow
  Jim Fitterling, CEO. Materials science; plastics, industrials, consumer.
• DuPont
  Lori Koch, CEO. Specialty chemicals after 2019 spin from DowDuPont.
• LyondellBasell
  Peter Vanacker, CEO. Plastics and refining.
• Linde
  Sanjiv Lamba, CEO. Industrial gases.
• Air Liquide
  François Jackow, CEO. French industrial gases.
• Saudi Aramco / SABIC
  Saudi-owned diversified chemicals.
• Mitsubishi Chemical
  Japan's largest chemical conglomerate.
• Ecolab
  Christophe Beck, CEO. Water, hygiene, infection-prevention solutions.