Getting the best out of green carbon
Ensuring a healthy and sustainable society through protection against harmful organisms
Essential building blocks meeting the highest standards of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals markets
Contributing to safe and sustainable food from farm to fork
The enablers of modern chemistry
Contributing to a colourful society with many other applications
Adding performance to plastics
Versatile chemistry providing engineering solutions and sustainable technologies
Contributing to the treatment of water and gases, along with the manufacturing and recycling of paper
‘Specialty Chemicals’ represents, within Cefic, over 50 sectors of the European fine and consumer chemicals industry.
These sectors are instrumental in improving our quality of life, health and wellbeing, today and in the future.
The products created and produced by ‘Specialty Chemicals’ member companies, many of which are Small and Medium Enterprises, stem from original and continuous innovation. They drive the low-carbon, resource-efficient and knowledge based economy of the future.
COVID-19 crisis
The European chemical industry has been playing an essential role during the COVID-19 crisis. Understanding their responsibility, Cefic’s members have been:
The map depicts examples of concrete actions taken across Europe. This list of examples is not exhaustive and continues to grow.