Turning the tide of public opinion A Regional Perspective

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Turning the tide of public opinionA Regional
Perspective

• DICIDAUK Conference
• 6th November 2002

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Why is the Chemical Industry image important
regionally?

• Community leaders and decision makers should want
  it to succeed economic importance
• Chemicals ought to enhance the regions image
• Youngsters need to be persuaded to work in the
  industry
• Everyone has a right to know what goes on in the
  industry

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The Chemical Industry isGrowing

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The Chemical Industry isInnovating
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The NW Chemical Industry

• is the world leader in DNA medicines
• Avecia
• purifies most of the UKs drinking water
• INEOS Chlor and Albion Inorganic Chemicals
• saves the lives of babies with breathing
  difficulties
• F2 Chemicals
• purifies all the air in the National Gallery
• Sutcliffe Speakman Carbons
• supplies refrigerants to 1 in 3 of the worlds
  cars
• INEOS Fluor

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The NW Chemical Industry

• consolidates the ground underneath the Houses
  of Parliament
• INEOS Silicas
• provides an antidote for nerve gas
• Phoenix Chemicals
• is the worlds largest producer of
  intermediates
• for synthetic penicillin
• Tessenderlo
• cleans up 80 of the UKs gas
• Synetix

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The NW Chemical Industry

• supplies ingredients for 400 million bottles
• of the worlds haircare products
• Croda Colloids
• stops tyres going flat
• Chemical Innovations
• enables LEDs to save 80 of the energy used by
  a light bulb
• Epichem
• provides lithium for pacemakers to plasma
  screens
• FMC
• is the leading UK supplier of plant nutrients
• Kemira

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The NW Chemical Industry

• Very large, diverse, international
• 800 companies
• 87 with less than 100 employees
• supported by complex, competitive infrastructure

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The NW Chemical Industry in the region

• 20 of North West Manufacturing Output
• Between 5 and 6 of North West GDP
• North West accounts for almost 25 of the UKs
  GVA in Chemicals

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The Importance of Chemicals in Regional Economy

• Employs about 40,000 - 9 of North West
  employment in manufacturing
• Major investor
• 30 total NW exports

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Chemicals - the largest NW exporter

Billion, ex GONW Spring Summer 2002 Bulletin
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The Chemical Industry is basic to our lifestyle
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The industry keeps people ..
3 largest markets nominated by respondents
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The industry keeps people
3 largest markets nominated by respondents
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The Chemical Industry is basic to our
lifestyleand to other key industries
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The NW England Chemical cluster
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What should be done to improve the image of
Chemicals?

• SAY what we do
• SHOW what we do
• ELIMINATE harm
• and the perception of harm
• INVEST in people