Chemical Industry
Value Chain Partnership for growth
Pierre Joris
Chief Scientific Innovation Officer
SOLVAY S.A.
Cefic – R&I Programme Council Member
The European Chemical
Industry transformation
• Shift from technology support on request to proactive demonstration of
societal value
• Mindset shift to intensifying pre-competitive cooperation and
open innovation along value chain
• Visible leadership of Chemical Industry in Public-Private Innovation
Partnerships addressing societal challenges.
• Broaden engagement of companies (big + SME ’s) in Public-Private
Innovation Partnerships
• Change way we do things (i.e. more with less, renewables, smart
materials)
Why Innovation ?
• Key for competitiveness of EU Chemical Industry
 is loosing ground on production compared to other regions
• Critical to disconnect growth from footprint
 .. and make our renewed growth sustainable
• Essential to feed downstream industry innovation stream
 … by bringing enabling material solutions
But also
• Instrumental in gaining positive political recognition and support
 As innovation driver in and from Europe
• Needed to keep attracting younger talents as “high tech” sector
Societal challenges &
Innovation
Societal Challenges
• Employment
Requirements
Public Policy
strategic intent
• Climate change
• Health and ageing
• Use of natural
resources
• Energy security
• Clean transport
Powerful drivers
of change in
economy and
society
Major global market
opportunities
Quality of Life
in EU
• cooperation along the
value chain
• Too big for one party:
Public Private Innovation
Partnering
• From research to
solutions
• Needs EU critical mass
• Leverage the vicinity of
value chain partners
The Valley of Death
A major challenge
European Competitiveness
SPEED
SusChem - Value chain &
Partnering Platform
Horizon
2020
EIPs
Water
Raw Materials
Smart Cities
National
programmes
6
Regional
initiatives
SPIRE
PPP
Vision for the
Innovation Landscape
Future
PPP’s
REP
Water EIP
SPIRE
Sustainable Process Industry
Industrial
Competitiveness
Cross Sectorial Public Private Partnership – proposal for Horizon 2020
EUIndustry
– Innovation
Union
Sustainable Process
through Resource
and Energy Efficiency
Industry engagement
• More than 450 thousand enterprises.
Chemical
• Generating more than 1,600 billion € turnover
• The founding basis of the European
Economy (20%)
Industry
• Struggling with declining global competitiveness
Priority
areas
Addressing :
• Employ over 6.8 million employees,
• Advanced process technology and products
• Alternative (i.e renewables, waste) feedstock sources
SPIRE
• Recycling along the value chain
Ambitions : (from current levels)
• Up to 30 % fossil energy intensity
• Up to 20 % reduction in non renewable, primary raw material intensity
 Overarching target : up to 40 % efficiency improvement in CO2 equiv. footprints
EU – Innovation Union
Industry engagement
Water Efficient Europe
Chemical
• Water
efficiency : Urban, Industry and Consumer use
Industry
.
Priority
areas
• Water solutions
: boost EU Industry competitiveness
• Public-Private water management
Raw Materials for a Modern Society
• Integrated Water solutions : Symbiosis
Ensure reduced EU dependency on global Imports for raw
materials
for EU
growth needs.
• Waste water
treatment
Smart cities
 Improved accessibility through new Technology and
Innovations in Extraction Technologies and Geologic
• Individual mobility in cities
research
• Refurnishing
 Improved
recyclingof housing stock
• Insulation
for energy and
noise
 Research
and Innovations
in substitution
A few examples
Recycling Rare Earths from the urban
mine
Rare earths are key for high technology markets
Supply is almost totally controlled by China
Solvay Rhodia owns a unique expertise in the
purification of rare earths which is key for their
recovery and recycling
First targets
Low-energy light bulbs, magnets,
rechargeable NiMH batteries
A few examples
Storage through
electrolysis
Clean Energy
1MW (Lillo)
High yield reuse in Industrial Fuel
Cell
Cement plant
Washed
Filtration Cake
Chemical plant
Cement Kiln Dust
Innovative bio-based
monomers for Polyamides
Disconnecting performance
polymers from fossil route
Enabling recycling of Kilin Dust and
Extracting Potassium
KCl
Report
http://www.cefic.be/Files/Publications/Skills-forInnovation-in-the-European-Chemical-Industry.pdf
Research and Innovation for Growth creation
Thank you for your attention