Chemical Industries Association

Chemical Industries Association
AbbreviationCIA
Legal statusNot-for-profit organisation
PurposeTrade association for chemical and pharmaceutical businesses in the United Kingdom
Location
  • Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JJ
Region served
United Kingdom
Membership140 companies
Chief Executive
Stephen Elliott
Main organ
CIA Council
AffiliationsCefic, International Council of Chemical Associations
WebsiteCIA

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is the leading national trade association representing and advising chemical and pharmaceutical companies located across the United Kingdom.

Chemicals manufacturing in the UK is largely concentrated in the northern regions of the UK and Scotland, in four key chemical Clusters and are represented locally by well-organised Cluster Teams. In Scotland by Chemicals Team Scotland, Northwest England represented by Chemicals Northwest, Northeast England represented the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) and in Yorkshire and Humber by Yorkshire Chemical Focus and Humber Chemical Focus.