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The CIA gathers industry insights through a quarterly business survey to advocate for our members’ interests with policy makers, regulators and other stakeholders.
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The CIA is proud to announce the launch of the new Sustainable Health Metrics Tool.
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The chemical and pharmaceutical industry is fundamental to modern society. With an immense variety of products, from vital medicines and foods, the construction of buildings, to transport and leisure, the industry truly does have an impact on virtually every aspect of our daily lives.
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The Chemical Industries Association reacts to the Chancellor’s 2024 Budget
UK’s chemical industry faces stalling growth against backdrop of rising costs, sluggish demand and Chinese competition
The Chemical Industries Association and Unite the Union call for Government support to overcome barriers to the Net Zero transition
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Chemical Industries Association has a commitment to helping businesses keep informed and compliant with regulation, help improve the professional competencies of staff, and share best practice amongst members.
Our portfolio of training courses, conferences and workshops are very competitively priced, and delivered by experts who understand the chemical and pharmaceutical sector.
CIA EventsMaintenance Management
Maintenance for reliability is about ensuring the plant operates when called upon. So, while not as critical for process safety, it is nevertheless important to the survival of a business to have reliable processes and equipment. Too often intuition and gut feel is used to come up with maintenance policies for items of plant.
CIA EventsChangeover Reduction for Chemicals (SMED) - Provided and delivered by HFL CI
Application of SMED to product changeovers, turnarounds, shutdowns, cleanouts, projects and many more Changeover Reduction, also known as SMED, is a powerful tool that can be applied to greatly enhance operational flexibility leading to many business benefits. If you are looking to increase available production time and capacity, minimise stock without increasing risk, reduce factory lead times or perhaps even reduce planned outage durations, this course will be of interest to you.
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Grabbing the headlines: Media and Press release Masterclass
Online - Whether you want to promote good news stories about your company and employees or learn how to interest editors and publications in your scientific achievements, this masterclass will give you the tools to do so.
CIA EventsSOPs / Writing Procedures – Current Best Practices Online
Procedures are critical documents for safely operating a process plant. Well defined, structured and consistent procedures will support reliable and repeatable operations, and form the foundation for driving continuous improvement leading to productivity gains. They are the documents new personnel should be trained against, and if well thought out will reduce the time taken for personnel to become competent.
CIA EventsLean for Chemicals: Applying Lean in the Process Industries
An introduction to Lean by an experienced process industries practitioner to give a non-automotive view of Lean to show how it may be effectively implemented in a chemicals environment to provide operational efficiencies leading to competitive advantages – lead time reduction, cost reduction, increased capacity, improved flexibility.
