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The technology platform for sustainable chemistry occurs in Madrid

15/07/2005

on July 15, 2005

Presented in Madrid the technological platform for sustainable chemistry, an initiative of the chemical industry that integrates all stakeholders related to the chemical r & d and has aimed at promoting the growth of the chemical science and its industry through innovation and within a framework of sustainability.

Sustainable chemistry platform will consist of four areas: three technological (industrial biotechnology, chemistry of materials and nanotechnology, and reactions and chemical processes) and a horizontal area which will deal with such important issues as education and science communication.

This platform aims to respond to the needs of the national system of science and technology by creating a meeting place between organisms of research and business, with the aim of encouraging the growth of the chemical science and its industry through innovation and within a framework of sustainability.

The platform integrates with all the actors involved in the chemical technology, such as Feique, Asebio (Spanish bio Association), Fedit (Spanish Federation of innovation and technology entities), the Centre for the development of Technology Industrial of the Ministry of industry (CDTI), the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the Office networks, transfer of innovation (OTRI's), the National Association of chemical Spain (although), the Royal Spanish society of Chemistry (RSEQ) and other entities and related r & d centres.