CHEMICAL NEWS

TOWARDS THE WORLD CHEMICAL SUMMITpage 2

TECHNICAL FORUM ON CORROSION PROTECTIONpage 7

TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTpage 9

EUROCAR CONGRESSpage 10

WORLD CONGRESS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2017 page 11

CHEMICAL NEWS page 2

The balance is optimistic: the number of high-calibre visitors, essentially decision-makers, increased by 11% compared to the previous event. Dur-ing the simultaneous edition of Expo-

quimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast, between Sep-tember 30th and October 3rd, the Gran Via venue of Fira Barcelona received about 38,000 profes-sionals, practically the same number of visitors as in 2011, but this year lasting a day less.

According to the event director, Pilar Navarro, the results of this edition are very positive in that “they give us an indication that we’re on the right track to becoming the future World Chemical Summit, an international bridge between science and industry.” The goal is to become, in the next ten years, this new worldwide reference event within the sector.

Meanwhile, the president of Expoquimia, Luis Ser-rano, highlighted “the sector’s excellent response to and interest in the show, at a time when we are seeing the first positive signs of economic recovery.” In this respect, during the show the Business Fed-eration of the Spanish Chemical Industry (FEIQUE) announced the economic forecast for the sector for the coming two years, which envisages an increase in turnover of 3.2% in 2014 and of 4% in 2015.

The strength of the Spanish chemical industry and its influence on the wellbeing of present-day soci-ety was reflected in the ‘Smart Chemistry Smart Future’ project, which showcased the contribu-tions that this industry makes in key areas such as energy, water, health and smart cities, which proved very popular with visitors.

The next edition of Expoquimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast will be held on 1-5 October 2017 at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via exhibition centre.

Towards the World Chemical SummitThe 2014 edition of Expoquimia, Eurosurfas and Equiplast has been marked by the boost to its international vocation. The three trade shows can therefore take a confident step forward on the road to their transformation into the future World Chemical Summit, a global benchmark event for the chemical, surface treatments and plastics and rubber sectors.

INCREASED VISITOR NUMBERS AND HIG QUALITY BUYERS

THE GLOBAL NUMBERS

- 734 exhibitors- 37.900 visitors- Over 3,000 product- Over 2,300 represented brands- 200 technological innovations- 300 business meetings at the WICAP Forum- 50 global projects- 160 activities, including congresses, seminars, conferences and presentations- 1785 congress participants

THE NEXT EDITION WILL BE HELD ON 1-5 OCTOBER 2017

CHEMICAL NEWS page 3

SATISFACTION

The 17th edition of Expoquimia, the International Chemistry Event at Fira de Barcelona, exceeded expectations and closed its doors with a satisfaction atmosphere. The event registered a high number of business meetings and contacts among exhibitors and visitors from several countries.

The president of Expoquimia, Luis Serrano, stressed the “high quality of the visitors, especially those from emerging markets” and the importance of “the business meetings that took place within the show”. He is also pleased with “the cross-cutting profile of the three shows, as they offer solutions to a specific type of specialised visitor”. In addition to being the great commercial showcase in this sector, Expoquimia has confirmed its role as a promotion and outreach platform for the Spanish chemical industry.

With 412 exhibitors, and besides 2,171 products from 1,751 represented brands and 120 technological innovations, Expoquimia has also had a wide programme of congresses and seminars, including the 13th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering and the 14th Instrumental Analysis Conference.

INTEREST ON NEW MACHINERY

Equiplast, the International Plastics and Rubber Event, has contributed to sales with a high number of business contacts. The new machinery presented at the show caught the attention of international visitors, including over a hundred VIP Buyers from countries like China, India or South Africa.

In this edition of Equiplast 63 technological innovations and 356 products were presented by 233 direct exhibitors representing 450 brands from all over the world. It seems that “the sector is facing a change in the trend”, according to Bernd Roegele, president of the show, who also expressed his “optimism” on the increase of sales of machinery un the next few months as “many contacts initiated in Equiplast will crystallize in a near future”.

NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Eurosurfas, the International Surface Treatment Event, has promoted sales and new business contacts with representatives from other sectors such as the automotive or aerospace industries. A total of 89 exhibiting companies have participated, presenting a total of 593 products from 159 represented brands from all over the world. Contacts were made with top executives from automotive companies as Peugeot or Nissan, as well as with VIP Buyers from countries like China, Israel or South Africa, among others.

The president of the event, Giampiero Cortinovis, stressed “the effort of the organisation to open up to new sectors which, on the other hand, are potential costumers” of the surface treatment industry. Cortinovis congratulated “the companies that have recognised the opportunity of participating in Eurosurfas”.

CHEMICAL NEWS page 4

Views on the event

Juan Antonio LabatFEIQUE“We look for solutions on how to get energy in the future and provide health and food for 9,000 million people within the next 30 years”

Rosa Maria LlealLLEAL SA“Bringing together the science and the industrial fields can create significant synergies”

Jordi SalvansHELMUT ROEGELE“Equiplast is a meeting point for all professionals in the plastics sector”

Martín CayreARBURG“For me it represents the consolidation of the plastic injection market “

Pablo de Haro ABRASIVOS Y MAQUINARIA SA“I would underline the commitment to innovation and the bet for renewal in every issue”

Joan SerretHENKEL“The important thing is to exchange information and network with customers and the industry in general”

CHEMICAL NEWS page 5

WICAP PROJECTS

AIJU- INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE PRODUCTOINFANTIL Y OCIO

AIMPLAS-CDTI

ANYPLAST

ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA FINITURE DEI METALLI RIVISTA

BARCELONA KNOWLEDGE CAMPUS

CDTI

CEFIC

GALLINA BLANCA

GEA

GERMANY TRADE & INVESTMENT

GOLDEMAR SOLUTIONS SL - UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA

Valorization of natural and industrial resources in toys, children’s and consumer products. ROTELEC - Sustainable and innovative rotomoulding process and

biomaterials for automotive products and efficient toys. New generation prototype moulds

Bugworkers.

The recycled plastic e-Marketplace.

Hardalt project.

BKC chemistry presentation.

Invierte programma presentation Horizon 2020. Opportunities for Research and Innovation for

the Chemical Sector.National Contact Point Social Challenge 5 - H2020: “Climate Action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials”.

R4R: Chemical Regions for Resource Efficiency.

CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE QUIMICA SOSTENIBLE

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & CHEMICAL IN ISRAEL

CPTUB

CURECHEM

DG ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY -EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

DG RESEARCH AND INNOVATION -EUROPEAN COMISION

DOW CHEMICAL

DOW-CEFIC

ENGINEERING STATEGIC PARTNER

Materials with advanced features by “dual click” healing.

“Methanol as Alternative Fuel for Automobiles” project.

Cold gas spray: innovative technology in surface engineering.

Support and knowledge to take advantage of business opportunities in African markets.

European Innovation Policies and newly-created clusters.

Key technologies that open up possibilities and the roadmap of this general direction.

Investigation of treatment technologies, reuse and control for the future sustainability of water purification.

European Industrial Policy: what impact for the chemical industry?

Algiers refinery rehabilitation and adaption project.

CEFIC-FEIQUE SusChem & SPIRE. Guidelines & next calls

Advanced techniques to identify allergens presence in factories and food.

Modification and improvement of existing evaporation plants in the industry.

The advantages of Germany as an investment location.

Production of gold clusters for applications in the cleaning and automotive sectors.

WICAP is the formula for success that will lead Barcelona to become a scientific and industrial world reference with the World Chemical Summit, an international, cross-cutting and innovative platform, where science, technology and industry will meet.

CHEMICAL NEWS page 6

ICL

INSTITUT CATALÀ D’INVESTIGACIÓ QUÍMICA

INSTITUT DE BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA

INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA

INSTITUT DE NANOCIÈNCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA

INSTITUT D’INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER- HOSPITAL CLÍNIC

INSTITUT QUÍMIC DE SÀRRIA

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE

IQAP MASTERBATCH GROUP S.L

IRIS

KERN PHARMA

KH LLOREDA

NISSAN

OCAS

OXIQUIM

REVERTE-CDTI- CENTRO DEL DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL

SINCROTRON ALBA

SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA PARA INTERNET DE LAS COSAS

SOCIÉTÉ ENNADHAFA

THE ISRAEL CHEMICAL SOCIETY

VALL D’HEBRON RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Bromine based rechargeable batteries: chemistry and electrochemistry.

Presentation of examples of valorization of intellectual property at the ICIQ. Presentation of examples of industrial collaborations at the ICIQ.

Theralight: optopharmacology for the brain CellNanoMech Dermoglass Advanced characterization of complex materials

DELOS technology platform for the preparation of particulate materi-als for medicine, cosmetics and products with high added value.

Micro and Nano-encapsulation. Graphene. Nanofabrication.

Innovation model at Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS Research Institute.

Fluorescent labels for use in phototherapy photodiagnosis in the near-infrared.

Interaction between chemistry, biology and structural biology.

Development of new masterbatches with natural waste.

ProPAT.

Standardization of packaging: capacity and flexibility.

Non-stick repellent softening action type or pretreated for clothes, and 100% ecologic packaging (plastics optimization).

Towards a green and energy efficient vehicle production plant.

Semi-industrial plating unit for hard chrome electrodepositing using trivalent chrome technology.

Implementation of the new liquefied gas terminal in Quintero Bay, with their process plants.

Process for obtaining nanoparticles of technical calcium carbonate (nanomarble ibk-09611).

Alba Synchrotron and its industrial applications.

On line traceability in the cold chain supported on IoT (Internet of Things).

“Mankind Faces Sunny Future and so Chemistry” presentation.

From bench to market: Transbiomed a VHIR spin off company.

WICAP PROJECTS

CHEMICAL NEWS page 7

1st Technical Forum on Corrosion Protection with industrial coatingsWith over 50 attendees from thirty companies, the forum held on 2 October was a success.

The Corrosion Protection Technical Forum took place in the framework of the Eurosurfas technical conferences. It was attended by many representa-tives of end users who could share

their impressions with various industry players regarding the topics included in the discussion forum. Among the end users should be noted IDOM NAVANTIA, REPSOL, BP, GAMESA, MB92, Nobiskrug, ALSTOM, IBERDROLA.

Clients spoke with coatings manufacturers, prep-aration equipment and surface treatment or in-spection manufacturers and distributors, applica-tor or contractors companies and engineering / consultants and inspection companies.

INNOVATIVE MEETINGThe dynamics of the event was well received by attendees. It is the first time that a workshop of this kind, where all parties involved in project developments on surface preparation and appli-cation of industrial coatings can attend an event where everyone can bring his/her own opinion or experience in the matter. Technical discussions alternated with technical sales presentations by event sponsors.

ALL ATTENDEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIVE SESSION OPEN FORUM

CHEMICAL NEWS page 8

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

All questions discussed during the forum were given to the participants through an evaluation survey, in order that each one of them could choose one of the answers pre-viously developed by ITPTS or furnish their own opinion or proposal. The results of all surveys received will be evaluated and the statistics will be displayed at the ITPTS web-site.

PRESENTATIONS

APD: Aerospace technology polymer for pro-tection in extreme conditions.

DYRUP / PPG Architectural Coating. Surface protection with high performance coating technology on shore and off shore.

FISCHER: Methods for measuring coating thickness.

GRACO: Vapor Abrasive Blast. Efficiency with a new blasting technology.

OTEC GROUP: Coatings more common fail-ures.

MPA: Technology and the corrosion protec-tion costs.

OPTIMIZA STORE.COM: Multiple Devices Inspection.

SPONGE JET: Surface preparation and its di-rect consequences on coatings life.

TRUQC: Reporting and quality control docu-ments in real time.

VALENTINE: New coating for transporting very low VOCs gas and high performance.

A total of five open forum sessions where all par-ticipants had the opportunity to participate were conducted. For each of the subjects discussed two questions were put with which the debate opened. The technical advisor of ITPTS (Technical Institute of Preparation and Surface Treatment) Alejandro Expósito was the moderator.

The event also served as technical presentation of the next Technical Session of Corrosion Protection to be held during the last quarter of 2015 in Madrid.

CHEMICAL NEWS page 9

The 8th Technical Seminar onEnvironment focused on regulationA strong technical approach, talks by several government representatives, and experts both in current environmental legislation and its application, were the main ingredients of the 8th Technical Seminar on Environment, which took place on September 30th and October 1st in Eurosurfas.

“We have brought together the best experts on the current regulation, a group of leading pro-fessionals”, explained Xavier Albort, coordinator of the seminar, member of the environmental commission at the Col·legi d’Enginyers Industrials de Catalunya and president of the environmental technical section at the Col·legi de Químics de Catalunya.

The speakers included: Pere Torres, Secretary of Enterprise and Competitiveness of the Generali-tat de Catalunya; Assumpta Farran, Director-Gen-eral for Environmental Quality; Pere Palacín, Di-rector-General for Energy, Mines and Industrial Security, and Ferran Tarradellas, head of the Euro-pean Commission’s Representation in Barcelona, among others.

Talks addressed renewable energy and energy ef-ficiency, green economy and industrial strategy, with special attention to regulation and legisla-tion, in order to facilitate companies to adapt to the new legal framework. The latest update on the law about polluted soils was another of the high-lights in the seminar.

BITTERSWEET BALANCE“The balance on the quality of the contents is very positive, as is only natural considering the speak-ers profile”, said Albort.

Participation, however, has been more disap-pointing. “It has been much lower than expected,

WITH THE PRESENCE OF LEADING FIGURES IN THE SECTOR

with just fifteen attendees on the first day and about thirty on the second one”, indicates Albort. “There are several reasons for this. On one hand, the approach was maybe too technical and ad-ministrative; on the other hand, the communica-tion about the seminar has not been enough”.

NEW APPROACH FOR THE FUTUREThe goal for a next edition of this seminar would be “a more practical approach, beyond just the regulation, to get to what is really happening in the industry”, said Xavier Albort. “We would also include more general topics that might inter-est attendees to the three events: Expoquimia, Equiplast y Eurosurfas, and to improve synergies with the three organising committees to reach a wider audience”.

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS

CHEMICAL NEWS page 10

Eurocar, a benchmark in the surfacetreatment for the automotive sectorThe 8th Eurocar Congress got together specialists from the car painting companies and vehicle manufacturers to address the novelties in the sector. There was a high technical level and a wide variety of topics, with a total of 27 talks in an event that is already getting ready for its next edition.

“The real highlight has been the great interest on including presentations, both from companies specialised in car painting as from the very same vehicle manufacturers”, says Josep Vilar, director of the 8th edition of this congress. Finally, Eurocar included 27 talks in total, half of them from for-eign speakers, and all of them with a high techni-cal level. “The results and contents of the congress surprised even the speakers”, values Josep Vilar.

A hundred participants attended the congress along the different sessions, which took place on the 1st and 2nd of October within the Eurosurfas event.

HIGHLIGHTED TOPICSEurocar addressed the key topics in the sector these days: new materials, novelties in equipment and facilities, environmental improvements, new processes and coatings, and some practical expe-riences.

For example, there were talks about reducing some phases in the surface treatment process, de-creasing the sound volume in the painting booths, the use of new painting equipment that increase

HIGH TECHNICAL LEVEL, 27 TALKS AND HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS

performance and reduce the environmental im-pact, innovation on electrophoretic painting re-quiring lower polymerization temperatures and new coatings for plastic pieces that improve both aspect and durability, among others.

One of the central aspects was the fact that “man-ufacturers explained their own experiences in a way that other companies can now copy”, says Vilar. “It is very important for vehicle manufac-turers to explain the adjustments that they have done in their facilities or the new process they are applying, as this is the way to show how to im-prove technically”.

LOOKING FORWARD THE FUTURE“Several participants have already committed for new presentations in a future edition of the con-gress. And some of the projects that have just been presented this year are willing to come back in three years and show their results”, according to the director of Eurocar.

There is also the possibility to open the congress to the exhibitors in Eurosurfas next time, so that they can make short presentations of their pro-jects and technologies.

MANUFACTURERS EXPLAINED THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES SO THAT OTHER COMPANIES CAN REPLICATE

CHEMICAL NEWS page 11

Under the theme “Chemical Engineering in a global world: a tool for cooperation and develop-ment”, the congress will address a wide range of topics: from the development of new products and processes, integrated resource management and health to energy or bioengineering.

The 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE) is chaired, in its scientific committee, by Felix Garcia-Ochoa, Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Madrid Complutense University (UCM). The International Committee of the congress will be chaired by Angel Irabien, Professor of the University of Cantabria.

Barcelona’s bid was submitted to the European Federation of Chemical Engineering jointly by the National Association of Chemists of Spain (ANQUE), the Association of Chemical Engineers and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià (AIQS), the College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia (AEIC) and the Spanish Society of Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (SEQUI). The bid won the final vote to the cities of Florence (Italy) and Omoroz (Slovenia).

HISTORIC OPPORTUNITYThe president of ANQUE Carlos Negro said that “the designation involves writing one of the fu-ture pages of history of the Spanish chemical en-gineering and an opportunity to improve the vis-ibility of an area of knowledge in which Spain is an international reference “. The President and CEO

of SEQUI, Jaume Soley, stated that “participants will present their projects to the main actors of international chemistry.” Oriol Martinez, represen-tative of SAIC, will assume the leadership of the exhibition committee and emphasizes that this congress “will be the largest showcase for chemi-cal engineering that has never been in our coun-try and this is a great opportunity for the industry and the profession.”

The director of World Chemical Summit, Pilar Navarro, notes that “hosting the World Congress of Chemical Engineering provides a great value to Expoquimia. And these two events combined will turn Barcelona into the most important meeting point between science and industry in Southern Europe”.

PILAR NAVARRO: “THE TWO EVENTS COMBINED WILL TURN BARCELONA INTO THE MOST IM-PORTANT MEETING POINT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE”

World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2017The International Chemistry Event at Fira de Barcelona, which will be held from 1 to 5 October 2017, will host the 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering. This congress will bring together more than 3,000 chemical engineers from all over the world at a big meeting that, for the first time, will take place in our country.