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Solvay CEO Christian Jourquin elected President of CEFIC

08 Oct 2008 - Solvay announces that its CEO, Christian Jourquin, was elected to a two-year term as President of Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, by the trade association’s General Assembly held in Athens on October 4.
 
In his speech, the newly elected President highlighted that the coming years would be crucial for the European Chemical Industry, which will have to respond to unprecedented challenges and opportunities created by climate change.
 
"The chemical industry must reinforce, and be seen to reinforce, its credentials as a responsible and sustainable actor at the heart of the fight against climate change,” said Christian Jourquin to the members of the General Assembly. "If we are to demonstrate the benefits of the chemical industry’s highly integrated nature and our role as an innovative solution provider, not only to climate change, but to all the challenges faced by mankind, then we can no longer neglect to highlight the vast and incredibly diverse range of products which would not exist without the chemical industry”, stressed Jourquin.