“fecc: the european voice of the chemical distribution industry ”
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“Fecc: THE European voice of the chemical distribution industry ”. AssICC, General Assembly Rome, 26 May 2014. Dr. Uta Jensen-Korte, Director General, Fecc. Content. Fecc in a nutshell Membership The European distribution sector Mission & Objectives Fecc’s activities. Fecc Membership. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“Fecc: THE European voice of the chemical distribution industry”
Dr. Uta Jensen-Korte, Director General, Fecc
AssICC, General AssemblyRome, 26 May 2014
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Content
• Fecc in a nutshell Membership The European distribution sector Mission & Objectives
• Fecc’s activities
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Fecc Membership
National Associations: 15
Company Members: 37
Associate Members: 9
Fecc represents around 1650 companies of which 830 are distributors with around 30,000 employees annual sales turnover of about 27 billion EurosSource: Fecc Statistics 2013 (2012 data)
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Chemical distribution - ICCTA
Key statistical data - Survey 2013 (Data 2012)
Fecc Americas ICCTA (Fecc + Americas)
N. of Member Companies: 1.617 609 2.226
N. of Distributors: 832 455 1.287
N. of Employees: 32.158 37.839 69.997
Turnover (billion Euros): 27.2 33.0* 60.2
N. of sites: 1.114** 2.054** 3.168
Source: Fecc/ICCTA Statistics 2013 (2012 data)
* Canada not available ** Austria, Brazil Switzerland and Denmark not available
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Fecc company members
90% listed in the ICIS 2013 Top 100 EU chemical distributors
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Fecc membership
15 National Associations:
AT (WKO), BE (BACD), CZ (SCHOD), DK (KLS), FI (TKL), FR (UFCC), IE (IACI), IT (AssICC), NL (VHCP), PT (GROQIFAR), ES (AECQ), CH (SGCI), SE P&K), UK (CBA)
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European chemical distribution sector
Source: BCG study - 2013
* Other W. Europe – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal & Sweden.
** Central & E. Europe – Bulgaria, Czech R, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia & Slovenia.
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2010: % Members with this activity
2011: % Members with this activity
Chemical distribution sector2011: % Members supplying this sector
Source: Fecc Statistics 2012 (2011 data)
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Chemical Distributor Types - Europe
Focus on Industrial Chemicals
Focus on Specialities
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Regional / NationalIndustrial Chemicals Distributors
National / “Sectorial”Specialty Distributors
Pan-European Generalists
(„Full-line Distributors“)
Pan-EuropeanSpecialty Distributors
(„Buy & Build“ / LBO‘s)
Traditional Specialty Distributors(often family owned)
AlliancesAlliances
Source: TER GROUP, DistriConsult analysis
Business Set-up
Schematic
Distributors can with reasonable accuracy be characterised by their “business set-up“ and their geographical reach across Europe
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Value added services, access to emerging markets and ability to adapt to regulations and complexity (ATKearney 2013, BCG 2013, Accenture 2012)
Chemical Distribution: Key considerations
Projected key value added servicesMixing, blending, formulatingCustoms handlingVendor managed inventory
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• From 2008 to 2012 the chemical distribution market grew by more than 9% (or 7% excluding inflation)
• Growth is likely to continue – 6-7% Source: BCG study - 2013
Chemical Distribution: Forecast
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Mission & Objectives
Mission
Promote the European chemical distribution industry in order to ensure a sustainable business environment for the sector in the short, medium and long term
Represent Fecc members' interests at European and international level
Foster co-operation within the chemical distribution sector
Objectives
Regulatory affairs Responsible Care Communications Co-operation within the industry
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Fecc Strategy 2011-2014
“Become THE opinion maker within our industry so that we are the natural partner for our members, European Institutions and stakeholders”
Motivating
Improving
Succeeding
Sustaining
Innovating
Out Reaching
Networking
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Communications
Camila Diaz [email protected]
Office Assistant
HSE
Ophélie [email protected]
Life Science & Trade
Joel D’[email protected]
RC & LOG
Jan Thienpont (1May 13)[email protected]
Fecc Secretariat
• SHE Cttee (REACH, CLP, Seveso, Biocides, etc.)
• ECHA contacts• CARACAL• Sherpa DCG etc…
• GTDP Cttee (Pharma,Food,Cosmetics)• EXCiPACT (Board Member &
Treasurer)• International Trade Cttee• Distribution Agreements and
Competition Law• Other legal issues
• RC Cttee • PS Cttee• Logistics Cttee• Precursors Cttee• SQAS/ESAD steering Cttee• ICCTA backup
• Invoicing• Administration• …
• Newsletter / Website• Congress / Events• Media relations• Publications• Copy writing
• ICCTA Fecc Secretariat• DCG• CARACAL • SQAS/ESAD etc…
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Fecc’s activities
Product Stewardship
• Joint committee of distributors & manufacturers
• Joint Cefic/Fecc PS guidelines (revised) & Fecc PS good practices for Chemical distributors
• PS Cttee focusses on topics affecting the whole supply chain:• 2013: Chlorinated solvents: The time is over only to sell a
product• 2014: Food Safety: How to comply as a chemical
distributor
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Fecc’s activities
Responsible Care• Initiative of continuous improvement in health, safety , security
and environmental performance
• Together with Cefic a voluntary third party verification system was set-up to evaluate performance of chemical distributors, SQAS Distributor / ESAD
• Cefic and Fecc works on the integration of corporate social responsibility and sustainability into SQAS and ESAD
Fecc actively promotes RC within its membership!
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RC/RD Implementation (data 2012) *
% Distributors committed to RC/RD by country (2010-2012)
* DATA CH AND A NOT RECEIVED
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Activities of the Working Committees
Good Trade and Distribution Practices• Active in all Pharma, food, feed and cosmetics related issues
• EXCiPACT -international GMP and GDP standard for excipients
• Asbl set up January 2014
• Responded to EC consultations on APIs and Excipients.
• Cosmetics Regulation update document – 2013
• Fecc Regulatory & Quality Symposium March 2014
International Trade• Analysis/ Factsheets of trade in Magreb, Turkey and Russia
• Trade Meeting – Russia and beyond? – November 2013
• Monitors developments pertaining to FTAs and trade barriers
• Distribution Agreements & Competition Law Workshop‘s
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Activities of the Working Committees
• Logistics Committee Monitors the developments in EU and international legislation
Development of guidance e.g. Best Practice Guidance on the safe (Un)Loading of Road Freight Vehicles
Precursors• Fecc/Cefic commented on the Regulation on explosive & drug
precursors
• Participation and input to the CBRN Advisory group & subgroups of the Commission
• Fecc Model Agreement on voluntary measures on substances subject to Trade controls
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Activities of the Working Committees
Safety, Health & Environment• Support for the 2018 REACH registration deadline (DCG,
guidance)
• Joint industry guidance on supply chain communication & on extended Safety Data Sheets
• Involvement in the development of an electronic exchange format for Exposure Scenarios
• Member of the ECHA Expert Network on Exposure Scenarios (ENES), 6th Workshop (13/14 May 2014)
• Update on the Seveso Directive & Biocidal Product Regulation
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Hot topics
The 2018 deadline and the overall cost of registration• Transparent and fair cost sharing in SIEFs• Staged payment to help an SME that would like to buy a LoA• Free letter of Access for multiple registered substances between 1-10 t • More acceptance of (Q)SAR for newly registered substances
Extended SDSs Harmonisation of information to Poison Centres Improvement of the C & L Inventory EU Falsified Medicines Directive and related activities EXCiPACT Fecc Model Distribution Agreement
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Partnership in the supply chain
ICCA-ICCTA, Cefic-Fecc Fecc an Affiliated Association of Cefic
• Joint forces for advoacy & expertise to mutual benefit
DUCC• A.I.S.E, CEPE, Cosmetics Europe, EFCC,
ECPA, FEA, Fecc, FEICA, I&P Europe, IFRA
• Contributing constructively to the implementation of REACH &CLP
INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL OF
CHEMICAL
ASSOCIATIONS
Building alliances
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Conclusions Benefits of Fecc membership
• Majority of chemicals legislation initiated in Brussels
important to have contact with EU institutions to track and influence, to ensure your concerns are heard
• Early awareness of legislative developments
• Technical advocacy and advice to membership
• Networking opportunities with institutions and within membership
• Industry visibility due to Fecc membership
Fecc and NA’s have different roles – they are complementary
We look forward to continuing enhanced cooperation!
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