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(ICIS) -- Chemical companies must raise
their efforts to promote a positive image of the industry and highlight the
importance of chemistry, European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) delegates
were told on Monday. In his opening address, EPCA president Tom Crotty urged a
record 2,500 delegates at the 45th annual EPCA meeting to emphasise the
important contribution of the chemical industry and endeavour to raise public
awareness.
“Nothing in our modern world could exist without the ingenuity of chemists
and chemical engineers. So why don’t people celebrate this? I think to a degree
we’ve only got ourselves to blame,” said Crotty, a board member of
Switzerland-headquartered INEOS.
The theme of the event was that more
than 95% of the products used in everyday life rely on the chemical industry,
whether it is in food, clothing, healthcare, transportation, communication,
education or entertainment, he said.
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