May 2015 - The chemical industry: Its prospects in France?
Issue editor Jean-Luc VO VAN QUI
Ingénieur général des Mines, CGE, ministère de l’Économie, de l’Industrie et du Numérique
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Foreword: Bernard BIGOT,
president of the Maison de la Chimie
Introduction: Jean-Luc VO VAN QUI,
engineer from École des Mines
1 - The inventory
What is the chemical industry good for?
Rose Agnès Jacquesy,
chief editor of Actualité chimique (Société Chimique de France)
and
Armand Lattes,
emeritus professor at University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, former director at École Nationale de Chimie in Toulouse, and president from 2003 to 2008 of the Société Française de Chimie
The European chemical industry at the crossroads
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu,
CEO of SOLVAY and president of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
The chemical industry in France: What prospects?
Didier Le Vely,
director of Economic and International Studies, Union des Industries Chimiques
The chemical industry’s fortune and misfortune since 1981 in France and the world: What lessons to draw?
Pierre Avenas,
honorary chief engineer from École des Mines
2 - Preparing for the future
Can the chemical industry be environmentally friendly?
Jean-Marie Durand,
assistant to the director-general of Risk Prevention at the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
The chemical industry: A responsible, unavoidable player in a sustainable economy
Luc Benoît-Cattin,
general manager, Arkema
Green chemistry and plant chemistry
Eric Firtion,
chief representative of the Association Chimie du Végétal (ACDV)
and
Christophe Rupp-Dahlem,
president of ACDV
The chemical industry and energy: The situation in France and the world
Virginie Schwarz,
director of Energy, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
and
Julien Tognola,
deputy director of Energy Markets and Social Affairs, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
The price of energy and the European chemical industry’s competitiveness
Jacques Percebois,
emeritus professor at the University of Montpellier (CREDEN, UMR CNRS Art-Dev 5281)
Research in chemistry on the frontier of knowledge
Dominique Massiot, Claire-Marie Pradier, Jacques Maddaluno, Jean-François Tassin, Joël Moreau, Mehran Mostafavi, Anne Imberty, Pascal Breuilles and Catherine Larroche,
Institute of Chemistry, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Chemistry and chemical industries: University curricula and occupational training
Catherine Beudon,
Union des Industries Chimiques (UIC); Jacques Bousquet, delegate of Fédération Gay-Lussac (FGL)
Anouk Galtayries,
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (Chimie ParisTech)
and
Daniel Guillon,
École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), University of Strasbourg
Interventions by the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Digital Technology in favor of the chemical industry
Marc Rico,
head of Chemistry and Biotechnologies, Direction Générale des Entreprises (DGE), Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Digital Technology
3 - A few illustrations
Changes in the Rhône-Alps chemical industry: Between defending what exists and conquering the future
Simon-Pierre Eury,
head of Entreprises, Emploi, Économie, DIRECCTE Rhône-Alpe
and
Patrice Liogier,
liaison officer of Economic Development, DIRECCTE Rhône-Alpes
The chemical technology cluster in Lacq: An exemplary reconversion
Nicolas de Warren,
Director of Institutional Affairs, Arkema
Innovating the world of specialty chemicals for electronics and surface finishing
Nathalie Brunelle,
director of Research Development Strategy, Branche Raffinage-Chimie, Groupe Total
and
Reinhard Schneider,
president of Atotech
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