Our members

The Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association is the pre-eminent national body representing Australia's third largest manufacturing sector.

PACIA members include chemical manufacturers, importers and distributors, logistics and supply chain partners, raw material suppliers, plastics fabricators and compounders, plastics and chemicals recyclers and service providers to the sector.

Raw material manufacturing, importation, blending, packing and distribution

Logistics - bulk warehouse, storage and transport

Polymer fabrication and recycling

Services providers to chemistry industry

May 2012

The May 2012 edition of Member Connect is now available online for members.
Member Connect

You have a heavy workload and a busy schedule. Member Connect is an invaluable members only monthly publication that will keep you informed and provide timely and relevant analysis that will help excel at your job.
Regulatory Gateway

Members only: check out the latest improvements to PACIA's Regulatory Gateway.
Funding Connect

Connecting members to funding opportunities through our strategic partnerships. This service will help your business access local, state and federal grants for a range of product and process innovations.

PACIA National Conference

The PACIA National Conference 2012 will be the highlight industry event of the year for the Australian chemistry industry. The conference will be held at the Amora Hotel Jamison, Sydney, on the 12th, 13th and 14th of June with dinner at the world class Museum of Contemporary Art.
NSW Network Meeting - 24 July 2012

Develop your networks and stay ahead of the curve. PACIAs members only Network Meeting. Tuesday 24 July 2012, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, at Dooleys Lidcombe.
VIC Network Meeting - 26 July 2012

Develop your networks and stay ahead of the curve. PACIAs members only Network Meeting. Thursday 26 July 2012, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, at Victoria University Convention Centre, Sunshine, Victoria.
QLD Network Meeting - 23 October 2012

Develop your networks and stay ahead of the curve. PACIAs members only Network Meeting. Tuesday 23 October 2012, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, at Ballymore Stadium QLD Rugby Club, Brisbane, QLD.
WA Network Meeting - 25 October 2012

Develop your networks and stay ahead of the curve. PACIAs members only Network Meeting. Thursday 25 October 2012, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, at Technology Park, Bentley, Perth, WA.
NSW Network Meeting - 20 November 2012

Develop your networks and stay ahead of the curve. PACIAs members only Network Meeting. Tuesday 20 November 2012, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, at Dooleys, John Street, Lidcombe.

Chemistry - All About You

It is hard to imagine a world without mobile phones, TV, Internet or cars. Few people are actually aware that chemistry plays such an important role in so many things that surround us. Check out this video titled - Chemistry : All About You.
March 29, 2012

Check out PACIA President Ross McCann's remarks before Minister Bill Shorten at Parliament House in Canberra in March 2012.
March 06, 2012

PACIA has welcomed the Prime Ministers announcement of a new Business Advisory Forum to be held in conjunction with the next meeting of the Council of Australian Governments in April.
February 03, 2012

The Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association (PACIA) has expressed concern at the lack of meaningful progress relating to chemicals and plastics regulatory reform under the National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seamless National Economy.
February 03, 2012

The Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association and the Australian chemistry industry has welcomed the release by Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon of a Consultation Regulation Impact Statement on Chemical Security.
January 19, 2012

An independent report has found that during 2010-11 Australians continued to value and recycle plastics at a consistently strong rate with a total of 287,360 tonnes of plastic products diverted from landfill.
November 18, 2011

On November 16 and 17, plastics industry representatives from across the world met in Dubai to create a global action plan for solutions on marine litter. This action plan describes actions...more
September 14, 2011

Address to PACIA Breakfast and Annual General Meeting, Peter Anderson, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Crown Towers, Melbourne, 14th September 2011.
September 9, 2011

The Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association welcomes the recent announcement that the Federal Government will conduct a review of the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS).

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