«Federchimica's activities
for Sustainability in Chemical Industry»
Dania Della Giovanna
Federchimica
10th December, 2015
Sustainable Chemistry Yearbook
• Federchimica has prepared the 4th edition of Yearbook of Research for
Sustainable Chemistry:
 the initiative has been launched by the Working Group "Sustainable
Chemistry" of the Research, Development and Innovation Commitee;
 it presents the R&D activities for the sustainability of Associated
Companies and Academic Departments;
 the aim is to improve the interactions between the scientific stakeholders
and companies, to define R&D projects and Public-Private Partnerships;
 it will be distributed during workshops and conferences organized by the
Federation and during meetings with Public Institutions.
Exemple of the sheet for Industrial Participants
Company Research
Activities:
Collaborations with
Public Research
Centers and
National and
International
Universities
 Innovative Research development of new
products or
processes;
 Incremental Research
- improvement of
existing products and
processes;
 Chemistry from
Renewable Resources
(included biomasses),
water savings, waste
treatment, CO2
emissions reduction
and biotechnology
research
65 Companies involved
1) A&A Fratelli Parodi S.p.A.
2) Agrosistemi S.r.l.
3) Air Liquide Italia S.p.A.
4) Archimede R&D S.r.l.
5) Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
6) Basf Italia S.p.A.
7) BASF Construction Chemicals Italia S.p.A.
8) Biochemtex S.p.A.
9) Biopox S.r.l.
10) Borealis S.p.A.
11) Bracco Imaging S.p.A.
12) CAP Arreghini S.p.A.
13) Chemtura Italy S.r.l.
14) Clariant Prodotti Italia S.p.A.
15) Colorobbia Italia S.p.A.
16) Croda Italiana S.p.A.
17) Diasen S.r.l.
18) Dow Italia S.r.l.
19) DuPont de Nemours Italiana - DCP Italy
20) Endura S.p.A.
21) Enrico Giotti S.p.A.
22) Ferrania Technologies S.p.A.
23) Galatea Bio Tech S.r.l.
24) Greenchemicals S.r.l.
25) Green Has Italia S.p.A.
26) Ilsa S.p.A.
27) Innovhub – Stazioni Sperimentali per l'Industria
28) I.R.B. S.p.A.
29) Isagro S.p.A.
30) Italmatch Chemicals S.p.A.
31) Kialab S.r.l.
32) JK GROUP S.p.A.
33) Lamberti S.p.A.
34) L’Oreal Italia S.p.A.
35) Mapei S.p.A.
36) Mavi Sud S.r.l.
37) Novamont S.p.A.
38) Nuova Solmine S.p.A.
39) Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria
Novella S.p.A.
40) Omnisyst S.p.A.
41) Parco Tecnologico Padano S.r.l.
42) Politex S.A.S. di Freudenberg Politex S.r.l.
43) Polynt S.p.A.
44) PPG Industries Italia S.r.l. (Gruppo PPG Italia)
45) Procter & Gamble S.r.l.
46) Radici Group
47) Resindion S.r.l.
48) Roquette Italia S.p.A.
49) S.A.P.I.C.I. S.p.A.
50) Sapio S.r.l.
51) Sasol Italy S.p.A..
52) Scam S.p.A.
53) Selerant S.r.l.
54) Serichim S.r.l.
55) Sestriere Vernici S.r.l.
56) S.I.A.D. S.p.A.
57) Sipcam S.p.A. (Gruppo Sipcam – Oxon)
58) SOL S.p.A.
59) Sol.BAT S.r.l.
60) Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
61) Valagro S.p.A.
62) Versalis S.p.A.
63) Vevy Europe S.p.A.
64) Vinavil S.p.A.
65) Zschimmer & Schwarz Italiana S.p.A
The map of the 65 Companies (nr in each Region)
31
9
4
5
5
3
1
1
Analysis of the Participants
Size of
Enterprises
Micro
Number of
Number of
Enterprises (2015) Enterprises (2014)
4
2
Small
8
7
Medium
13
11
Large
40
34
R&D % turnover (average): 7,1 (3,6 in 2014)
Some exceptions:
Companies
% Turnover
KIALAB S.r.l.
15
MAVI SUD S.r.l.
15
Archimede R&D S.r.l.
20
I.R.B. S.p.A.
30
Biopox S.r.l.
50
Galatea Bio Tech S.r.l.
50
Parco Tecnologico Padano S.r.l.
60
Research areas
Research areas
Number of Companies
Innovative
58
Incremental
46
Innovative
44
Incremental
42
PRODUCT Research
PROCESS Research
Water saving
25
Chemistry from Renewable resources
36
Waste treatment
33
Biotechnology
25
Reducing CO2 emission
30
Exemple of the sheet for Academic Departments
General
information (also
related to the
education)
Other R&D
structures and
laboratories of the
Department
Research Activities of the
Department and specific
contacts
The map of the 12 University Departments (nr in each Region)
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Analysis of the Participants
Department
Number
Chemistry
10
Engineering
1
Biotechnology
1
Nr of patents (average): 9,2
Some exceptions:
Universities
Nr. Patents
Università degli Studi di Cagliari (Dip. Ingegneria)
12
Università degli Studi di Milano (Dip. Bioscienze)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
(Dip. Scienze Chimiche)
Università degli Studi di Milano (Dip. Chimica)
12
14
18
Some data for Universities
University
Department
Students (Nr)
PhD Students (Nr)
Università degli Studi
dell’Aquila
Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche
317
21
Università degli Studi di Bari
“Aldo Moro”
Chimica
273
35
Università degli Studi di
Bologna
Chimica Industriale “Toso
Montanari”
662
44
Università degli Studi di
Cagliari
Ingegneria Meccanica,
Chimica e dei Materiali
876
34
Bioscienze
1.940
73
Chimica
908
48
Ingegneria Chimica, dei
Materiali e della Produzione
Industriale
1.000
129
Scienze Chimiche
1.056
69
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Chimica
387
24
Università degli Studi di
Roma “Tor Vergata”
Scienze e Tecnologie
Chimiche
500
43
Università degli Studi di
Torino
Chimica
350
65
Università degli Studi di
Trieste
Scienze Chimiche e
Farmaceutiche
677
43
Università degli Studi di
Milano
Università degli Studi di
Napoli “Federico II”
Federchimica actions
Needs of new companies to be involved in the Yearbook
To implement the session of the Yearbook dedicated to
Public Research Centers and Universities
To cooperate with Public Centers to identify R&D projects
which need the participation of companies
SusChem Italy: Homepage (www.suschem-italy.it)
SusChem Italy: Sectorial Committees
Sectorial Committee: Products, GPS,
Substitution of SVHC
Chair
Francesco Pignataro, MAPEI
Fabio Abbà, Vinavil
Paolo Barbanti, Pharma e Biotech
Giuseppe Conti, Versalis
Carlotta Cortelli, Polynt
Giovanni Floridi, Lamberti
Pietro Gimondo, CSM
Luciano Lattuada, Bracco
Rodolfo Lollini, Solvay
Enrico Mercalli, Resindion
Virginio Sarto, BASF
Sectorial Committee: Circular Economy
Chair
Patrizia Maccone, Solvay
Giorgio Bissolotti, SIAD
Amilcare Collina, Mapei
Pierfrancesco Morganti, Mavi Sud
Davide Orlando, Freudenberg
Politex
Franco Pellacini, Isagro
Virginio Sarto, BASF
Alessandro Stori, Puccioni
Luigi Vennitti, Puccioni
Giorgio Vittadini, Bracco
Sectorial Committee: Energy Efficiency
Chair
Giuseppe Astarita, Federchimica
Giorgio Bissolotti, SIAD
Amilcare Collina, Mapei
Carlotta Cortelli, Polynt
Francesco Lombardo, Sasol Italy
Alessandro Stori, Puccioni
Ubaldo Zantedeschi, Bracco
We want
Universities and
new Companies!!
Other activities and next steps
Active collaboration with the Italian Cluster of Green
Chemistry
Agreement with CNR – need for companies interested in
collaborating with the Research Center
Identification of new R&D projects