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The journey of petrochemicals explained: from raw materials to 95% of all manufactured goods
We updated our flowchart illustrating the complex journey of petrochemicals from raw materials to everyday products. The update reflects the industry’s initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint and diversify its feedstock.
A milestone moment for the European chemicals industry: the EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway helps define the sector’s path to 2050
Petrochemicals Europe, an industry group of Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, welcomes the publication of the EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway released by the European Commission as a first-of-a-kind report offering European industry a roadmap towards the EU Green Deal goals.
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Chemistry is all about you
Showing the way to sustainable industry today
With Project ONE, Petrochemicals Europe member INEOS is bringing one of Europe’s most energy-efficient and technologically-advanced chemical complexes for the production of ethylene and propylene (olefins) to the Port of Antwerp.
Petrochemicals in action
Discover where petrochemicals are used and how their versatility and properties are invaluable.
Electronics
Construction
Transport
Household products
Textile
Paint and Coatings
Packaging
Cosmetics & Medical
Petrochemical Industry in Europe
300.000 Jobs
145 €Billion/year total sales
%
95% of manufactured products
%
26% of total chemical sales
Solvents – a key ingredient of durable and sustainable materials
When you see solar panels or bridges you probably don’t think that solvents play a big role in making and protecting them. Yet they do. Solvents are essential to glue solar panels together. Coatings with solvents protect infrastructure like bridges and dams from corrosion and rust, extending their lifetime by decades.