Please find attached the NFIA presentation on the Dutch chemical sector

1. 1901
Jacobus van ‘t Hoff 1st winner Nobel
Prize for chemistry

2. Holland
Your chemical portal to Europe
Welcome!

3. Great achievements, small country
a regional powerhouse
within Europe
on a small surface at the North Sea

4. Holland offers:
an international business environment

5. Holland offers:
an international business environment
a cutting-edge infrastructure

6. Holland offers:
an international business environment
a cutting-edge infrastructure
a competitive fiscal climate

7. Holland
Your chemical portal to Europe
Source: VNCI/Shell

8. Holland
Your chemical portal to Europe
Big picture overview 2010
€ 47 billion turnover
18% of industrial output
64,000 employees
75% of Dutch chemical products is
exported
€ 1.4 billion investment in innovation

9. Holland
Your chemical portal to Europe
excels in:
industrial biotechnology
high performance materials
fine chemicals

10. Holland has the community
…connecting all players

11. Holland has the community
connecting means…
…value creation
by open innovation
Source: Nuffic / Arenda Oomen

12. Top chemical companies in the Netherlands
Abengoa, Air Products, Air Liquide, AkzoNobel, Albemarle, Arkema,
BASF, BP, Braskem, Buteressence, Cabot, Caldic Chemical, Cargill,
Celanese, Cerexagri, Chemtura, Climax Molybdenum, Croda, Dishman,
Ducor Petrochemicals, DOW, Dr. Kolb, DSM, DuPont, Dynea, Eastman,
Elementis Specialties, Evonik, ExxonMobil, FUJIFILM, Givaudan,
Hexion, Huntsman, ICL Industrial Products, Indorama, INEOS, NOVA,
Invista, Kemira, Kisuma, Kraton, Linde Gas, Lubrizol, Lucite International,
LyondellBasell, Messer, Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, Neste Oil, Norit,
Organik Kimya, Petrobas, PFW Aroma Chemicals, PPG Industries
Chemicals, PQ Nederland, Praxair, PURAC, Quaker, Rohm and Haas,
SABIC, Sachem, Sekisui, Shell, Shin-Etsu, Solvay, TANATEX, Teijin
Aramid, Tessenderlo Chemicals, ThermPhos, Tronox, Troy Chemical
Company, Umicore, Westfalen, Yara

13. Value creation by open innovation …
Therefore we created
public-private partnerships
centres for open chemical innovation:
Plant ONE, Chemelot,
Green Chemistry Campus
Source: AkzoNobel

14. Three chemical clusters:
industrial biotechnology & fine chemicals

15. Three chemical clusters:
industrial biotechnology & high performance materials

16. Three chemical clusters:
high performance materials & fine chemicals

17. Excellence in industrial biotechnology:
Expertise: cutting-edge fermentation and
catalysis

18. Excellence in industrial biotechnology:
Leading industry players: DSM,
AVEBE, Cargill, Braskem, Dyadic
International, Pacques, Purac, Neste Oil
and Abengoa

19. Research in industrial biotechnology
Research leaders: Delft University of
Technology, Wageningen University and
Groningen University

20. Applied research in industrial
biotechnology: BE BASIC
Supports the development of clean,
robust and competitive biobased
chemicals, materials and energy
industries
Pilot & bioprocess facility available for
development, testing, demonstration and
training

21. Excellence in high-performance
materials
Expertise: supramolecular chemistry and
advanced & functional materials
Source: AkzoNobel

22. Excellence in high-performance
materials
Leading industry players: SABIC Europe,
Teijin Aramid, DSM Dyneema, DuPont,
DOW, Sekisui, Ten Cate
Source: AkzoNobel

23. Excellence in high-performance
materials
Research leaders: University of Twente,
University of Groningen, University of
Eindhoven, Zernike Institute for
Advanced Materials
Source: AkzoNobel

24. Applied research in high-performance
materials
Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI)
Leading institute for innovative polymer
programmes
250 PhDs & post-doctorals involved in DPI-projects
throughout the world
Focus areas: polyolefins, performance polymers,
functional polymer systems, coatings technology,
high-throughput experimentation, bio-inspired
polymers, large area thin film electronics, emerging
technologies, corporate research

25. Excellence in fine chemicals:
Expertise in process technology
and catalysis
Source: AkzoNobel

26. Excellence in fine chemicals:
Leading industry players: AkzoNobel,
Chemtura, DSM Fine Chemicals, Dow,
Eastman, IFF, FujiFilm, Givaudan,
Kisuma Chemicals, PFW
Source: AkzoNobel

27. Research in fine chemicals
Research leaders: Eindhoven University
of Technology, Delft University of
Technology and University of Utrecht

28. Applied research in fine chemicals:
Institute for Sustainable
Process Technology (ISPT)
Delivers a technological platform for
the process industry
Focuses on process intensification
Aims to speed up and optimalize innovation
processes
Aims to improve sustainability and competitiveness

29. Applied research in fine chemicals:
Technology Areas
for Sustainable Chemistry (TASC)
Focuses on:
low energy routes to bulk chemicals
eco-efficient use of biomass for bulk and fine
chemicals production
syngas: a switch to flexible new feedstock for
the chemical industry
comprehensive analytical science and technology

30. So…
we have the community

31. So…
we have the technology
Source: Nuffic / Arenda Oomen

32. So…
the business climate
And…

33. …we have the location

34. Holland
Your chemical portal to Europe
Welcome!

35. Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency
www.nfia.nl