The Swiss Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry

Introduction

• Preface: Ability to innovate as the key to success
• Chemistry and the chemical industry
• The Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry

The Swiss chemical-pharmaceutical industry on the world markets

• Worldwide sales
• Leading export nation
• Focus on life science products and chemical specialties
• Increasing trend towards specialties
• Increased focus of the companies
• Internationally leading companies

- Lead positions in individual market segments
• Worldwide presence

- World map of direct investments
- Employees abroad
- Growing importance of direct investments abroad

Innovation as the lifeblood

• Innovation as the basis for economic success
• High research intensity
• Internationally integrated research
• Rapidly rising costs of research and development
• Stringent regulatory environment

The chemical-pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland

• Switzerland: an important research location

- R&D expenditures in Switzerland
- Employees in R&D in Switzerland
- Exports are financing R&D expenditures in Switzerland
• Strong dependency on export

- Imports and exports are vital
- Important export industry
- Growing importance of exports
- Significant trade surplus
• Production and employment

- Contribution to Gross Domestic Product
- Dynamic industry
- Major employer in industry
- Size of companies in Switzerland

RESPONSIBLE CARE

• The Programme
• Principles for health, safety and protection of the environment
• Parameters as Indicators of Performance

- Workplace Safety
- Energy Consumption
- CO2 Emissions
- VOC Emissions
- Water Consumption

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