Trilateral Chemical Region

3rd Trilog Workshop on Digitalisation in Logistics

ITLM as a use case for digitizing site logistics processes Necessity for further trilateral collaboration on interoperable digital solutions


On March 12th 2025, almost forty logistics and digitalization experts from chemical companies, ports and associations located in Flanders, the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia took part in an interactive workshop in Leverkusen organized by the Trilog initiative in cooperation with Currenta and Chemion and supported by Cefic.  Read More
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Our Vision

Vision 2030
In a global competitive environment that is changing drastically, the trilateral chemical industry faces fundamental economic, environmental and technological challenges. To prepare for the future, capture the benefits of a growing chemical industry and remove existing bottlenecks for this development, an important strategic process had been launched in 2017. North Rhine-Westphalia, the Netherlands and Flanders agreed on a joint vision on the future development of their flagship industry – the chemical industry. 
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Our Initiative

Trilog Chair 2025 - Flanders
The initiative is coordinated by a Trilog chair region with a rotating one year term. The chair is currently held by Flanders.
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"The three regions of Flanders, the Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia form the ’industrial heart’ of the European chemical industry. This European industry is currently facing major economic challenges. As a trilateral region we are pulling together our strengths to ensure our region remains competitive and innovative in order to lead the path to a sustainable future." 
Johan Hanssens
Secretary General,
Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation & Social Economy in Flanders 


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Our Region

Heart of EU chemical Industry

Heart of EU chemical Industry

The trilateral region of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands is home to one of the most powerful clusters of the chemical industry in the world. Key facts: 350.000 direct jobs and 180 billion EUR turnover.
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