Benelux: the hub of Europe. (Belgium) (includes related article on relationship between the European Commission and the Belgian chemical industry) (Chemical Week Country Focus: Benelux) (Cover Story)

Chemical Week | July 28, 1993| | Copyright

Belgium enjoyed a wave of chemical sector capital investment during the past few years that peaked in 1990 at a record BF107 billion ($3.06 billion) and receded to an estimated BF78.3 billion in 1992. Between 1988 and 1992, BF400 billion was channeled into the country, which benefits from a geographic location "right at the heart of Europe and its hundreds of thousands of consumers," says Peter Claes, director/economic and fiscal department at the industry association Federation des Industries Chimique de Belgique (FIC). The largest percentage of chemicals ...

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