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'''Euro Chlor''' is the association of [[chloralkali process|chloralkali plant]] operators in Europe, its members representing 97% of European [[chlorine]] and [[sodium hydroxide]] production capacity.<ref name="about">{{Cite web|title=About us |url=https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/ |publisher=Euro Chlor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306232105/https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/ |archive-date=2020-03-06 }}</ref> Its main activities are [[lobbying]] for the industry and collaboration with respect to production methods, safety and environmental protection.<ref name="eurochlor25years">{{Cite web|first=Andreas |last=Amling |first2=Thomas |last2=Wehlage |date=September 2014 |title=25 years |publisher=Euro Chlor |url=https://www.eurochlor.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/card_insert_25_years-final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222233233/https://www.eurochlor.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/card_insert_25_years-final.pdf |archive-date=2020-02-22 }}</ref><ref name="technologyAndTheMarket">{{Cite book|first=Andrew |last=McMeekin |date=2001 |editor-first=Rod |editor-last=Coombs |editor-first2=Ken |editor-last2=Green |editor-first3=Albert |editor-last3=Richards |editor-first4=Vivien |editor-last4=Walsh |chapter=6. Shaping the selection environment: 'chlorine in the dock' |title=Technology and the Market: Demand, Users and Innovation |publisher=[[Edward Elgar Publishing]] |isbn=1-84064-469-9 }}</ref> Euro Chlor is a sector group of [[European Chemical Industry Council]] (Cefic)<ref name="about"/> and a member of [[World Chlorine Council]].<ref name="wcc-about">{{Cite web |title=About WCC |url=https://worldchlorine.org/about/ |publisher=[[World Chlorine Council]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306231519/https://worldchlorine.org/about/ |archive-date=2020-03-06 }}</ref> |
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Euro Chlor represents 39 producers which operate at 58 manufacturing locations in 19 European countries.<ref name="about"/> Four product groups are part of Euro Chlor: European Chlorinated Solvents Association (ECSA), Chlorinated Alkane Product Group (CAPG), Potassium Product Group and Sodium Chlorate Product Group (SCPG).<ref name="governance">{{Cite web |title=Organisation & Governance |url=https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/euro-chlor-organisation-and-governance/ |publisher=Euro Chlor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306231625/https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/euro-chlor-organisation-and-governance/ |archive-date=2020-03-06 }}</ref> |
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'''Euro Chlor''' is an association of [[chloralkali process]] plant operators in Europe. It was founded in 1969 as ''Bureau International Technique du Chlore'' and is based in [[Brussels]]. Euro Chlor has 37 member companies, representing 97 percent of the chlorine production in the [[European Union]] and in [[European Free Trade Association|EFTA]]<nowiki> countries. Its members employ 39,000 workers on 70 production sites in 20 countries.{{ Additionally, associate members and technical correspondents represent suppliers of equipment and services, downstream users and producers of non-European countries.</nowiki> |
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== History == |
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Euro Chlor has sector groups for chlorine derivatives such as [[chlorinated paraffins]], [[chlorinated solvents]], chloroisocyanurates, [[potassium hydroxide]]. |
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Euro Chlor was established in 1989.<ref name="eurochlor25years"/> The immediate motivation for its creation was an anti-chlorine campaign lead by [[Greenpeace]], which was seen as threatening the industry. The campaigners were seeking to ban specific uses of chlorine (like for the manufacture of [[PVC]] or [[Bleaching of wood pulp|paper production]]) or the chlorine industry as a whole, citing health and environmental hazards of chlorine and chlorine compounds.<ref name="science">{{Cite journal |last=Amato |first=I. |date=9 July 1993 |title=The crusade against chlorine |journal=Science |volume=261 |issue=5118 |pages=152–154 |doi=10.1126/science.8327884 |issn=0036-8075 }}</ref> Euro Chlor was meant to provide counterbalance viewpoint to government regulators and the public.<ref name="eurochlor25years"/><ref name="technologyAndTheMarket"/> |
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In 1991 the European Chlorine Derivatives Council (ECDC), European Chlorinated Solvents Association (ECSA) and Chlorinated Paraffins Sector Group merged with Euro Chlor, creating the Euro Chlor Federation.<ref name="technologyAndTheMarket"/><ref name="rompp-lexikon">{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2000 |editor-first=Herwig |editor-last=Hulpke |editor-first=Herbert A. |editor-last=Koch |editor-first=Reinhard |editor-last=Nießner |title=ECF |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0iWGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237 |work=RÖMPP Lexikon Umwelt |publisher=[[Georg Thieme Verlag]] |language=de |location=Stuttgart |edition=2nd |page=237 |isbn=3-13-736502-3 }}</ref> In 2018 Sodium Chlorate Product Group joined Euro Chlor.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/history-of-chlorine-and-chlor-alkali/ |publisher=Euro Chlor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306231745/https://www.eurochlor.org/about-euro-chlor/history-of-chlorine-and-chlor-alkali/ |archive-date=2020-03-06 }}</ref> |
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Euro Chlor is a division of the [[CEFIC|European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)]] and a member association of the [[World Chlorine Council]]. |
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Euro Chlor's direct predecessor with respect to technical activities was ''Bureau International du Chlore'' (BITC), established in 1953. Its activities were focused on gathering industry statistics and collaboration with respect to manufacturing technology, workplace safety and environmental protection.<ref name="eurochlor25years"/> In 1972 BITC established the Working Group on Production, Storage and Transport safety (GEST), which publishes technical recommendations.<ref name="modern-chloralkali">{{Cite encyclopedia |first=J. A. |last=Walkier |date=1992 |title=Chlorine safety |editor-first=T. C. |editor-last=Wellington |work=Modern chlor-alkali technology |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-2880-3_20 |publisher=[[Society of Chemical Industry]] |volume=5 |isbn=978-1-85166-778-9 |doi=10.1007/978-94-011-2880-3_20 |pages=233-234 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:14, 7 March 2020
Euro Chlor is the association of chloralkali plant operators in Europe, its members representing 97% of European chlorine and sodium hydroxide production capacity.[1] Its main activities are lobbying for the industry and collaboration with respect to production methods, safety and environmental protection.[2][3] Euro Chlor is a sector group of European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic)[1] and a member of World Chlorine Council.[4]
Euro Chlor represents 39 producers which operate at 58 manufacturing locations in 19 European countries.[1] Four product groups are part of Euro Chlor: European Chlorinated Solvents Association (ECSA), Chlorinated Alkane Product Group (CAPG), Potassium Product Group and Sodium Chlorate Product Group (SCPG).[5]
History
Euro Chlor was established in 1989.[2] The immediate motivation for its creation was an anti-chlorine campaign lead by Greenpeace, which was seen as threatening the industry. The campaigners were seeking to ban specific uses of chlorine (like for the manufacture of PVC or paper production) or the chlorine industry as a whole, citing health and environmental hazards of chlorine and chlorine compounds.[6] Euro Chlor was meant to provide counterbalance viewpoint to government regulators and the public.[2][3]
In 1991 the European Chlorine Derivatives Council (ECDC), European Chlorinated Solvents Association (ECSA) and Chlorinated Paraffins Sector Group merged with Euro Chlor, creating the Euro Chlor Federation.[3][7] In 2018 Sodium Chlorate Product Group joined Euro Chlor.[8]
Euro Chlor's direct predecessor with respect to technical activities was Bureau International du Chlore (BITC), established in 1953. Its activities were focused on gathering industry statistics and collaboration with respect to manufacturing technology, workplace safety and environmental protection.[2] In 1972 BITC established the Working Group on Production, Storage and Transport safety (GEST), which publishes technical recommendations.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "About us". Euro Chlor. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d Amling, Andreas; Wehlage, Thomas (September 2014). "25 years" (PDF). Euro Chlor. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2020.
- ^ a b c McMeekin, Andrew (2001). "6. Shaping the selection environment: 'chlorine in the dock'". In Coombs, Rod; Green, Ken; Richards, Albert; Walsh, Vivien (eds.). Technology and the Market: Demand, Users and Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 1-84064-469-9.
- ^ "About WCC". World Chlorine Council. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Organisation & Governance". Euro Chlor. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ^ Amato, I. (9 July 1993). "The crusade against chlorine". Science. 261 (5118): 152–154. doi:10.1126/science.8327884. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ Nießner, Reinhard, ed. (2000). ECF (in German) (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. p. 237. ISBN 3-13-736502-3.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "History". Euro Chlor. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ^ Walkier, J. A. (1992). Wellington, T. C. (ed.). Chlorine safety. Vol. 5. Society of Chemical Industry. pp. 233–234. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-2880-3_20. ISBN 978-1-85166-778-9.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|work=ignored (help)
External links
- Official website
- European Chlorinated Solvents Association, a subgroup within Euro Chlor
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