Division of Industrial and Applied Chemistry (DIAC)

The aims of the DIAC are

• to promote industrial chemistry and chemical process technology in all fields of chemical development and production
• to disseminate information through the organization and sponsorship of meetings, seminars, workshops and lectures
• to provide a network for knowledge transfer and discussion and for interdisciplinary collaborations
• to highlight the importance of chemical production and process development in research and education, industry, commerce and politics
• to establish and maintain networks and collaborations with like-minded professional societies and institutions, in Switzerland and abroad

Main activities

• Organize the bi-annual, two-day Freiburger Symposium that is dedicated to a specific sustainable industrial chemistry topic. DIAC members benefit from reduced fees.
• Offer a company visit with presentations and a site tour at a Swiss chemical manufacturer incl. the DIAC’s members’ assembly.
• Showcase latest research highlights in Swiss R&D with the bi-annual Swiss Industrial Chemistry Symposium (SICS).
• Give insight in challenging activity fields of chemists in chemical developmend and production with presentations of DIAC-members for students at Universities (e.g. scientific presentations, career track events)
• Finance the Sandmeyer Prize every other year and offer a platform for the award lecture at the Freiburger Symposium.
• Award excellence in industrial and applied sciences with a number of awards in related fields.
• Co-organize ILMAC, the traditional trade fair for Laboratory and Process Chemistry in Basel and Lausanne.
• Publish a CHIMIA issue on an industrial topic every other year.

Dr. Niklaus Künzle, Lonza AG
President and Member of the SCS Board of Directors. Delegate in SusChem CH

Dr. Lucie Lovelle, Novartis Pharma AG
Vice-President

Dr. Stefan Abele, Pharvaris AG
Member of the Board

Dr. Urs Brändli and Dr. Andreas Müller*, Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis AG
Members of the Board

Dr. Stefan Hildbrand, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Member of the Board

Ing. ETH Urban Jenelten, dsm-firmenich Ltd
Member of the Board and Co-Chair of the Freiburger Symposium

Dr. Maurus Marty, dsm-firmenich Ltd
Member of the Board and Delegate in the Swiss Flow Chemistry Network

Dr. Andrea Sting and Dr. Adrian Friedmann*, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Members of the Board

Prof. Roger Marti, Hochschule für Technik und Architektur Fribourg
Co-Chair of the Freiburger Symosium

*to be confirmed by by the Member Assembly 2025

Sandmeyer Award
SCS Industrial Science Awards
Clariant Clean Tech Awards
Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award
DIAC Fellowship Award

Vol. 78, 03/2024: Academic / Industrial Collaborations in Process Chemistry & Technology
Vol. 77, 05/2023: The Evolution of Flow Chemistry
Vol. 75, 11/2021: Industry-Academic Partnerships
Vol. 74, 10/2020: The Swiss Startup Ecosystem: Innovation in Chemistry and the Life Sciences
Vol. 73, 10/2019: Continuous Flow Chemistry – Industry and Academia Perspectives
Vol. 73, 09/2019: Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Vol. 72, 03/2018: Quality Aspects in Industrial Chemistry
Vol. 70, 09/2016: Division of Industrial and Applied Chemistry: Game Changing Innovation in Chemical Production
Vol. 68, 12/2014: Life Science START-UPS in Switzerland
Vol. 67, 10/2013: Trends in Energy - Efficiency, Recovery and Production : The Role of the Chemical Industry
Vol. 67, 09/2013: Technology Fair ILMAC 2013
Vol. 66, 05/2012: Geneva Pharma
Vol. 64, 09/2010: ILMAC
Vol. 61, 09/2007: ILMAC 2007 Messe und Kongress
Vol. 61, 01-02/2007: Chemistry Makes Life Easier
Vol. 60, 10/2006: REACH: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals
Vol. 60, 09/2006: Process Chemistry
Vol. 59, 04/2005: ILMAC 2005
Vol. 59, 01-02/2005: World Scale Production in Switzerland
Vol. 58, 09/2004: Pharmaceutical Industry in Switzerland

FH-HES (Universities of Applied Sciences)
Flow Chemistry Highlights

Perspectives on Chemistry and Society on the Occasion of the 75^th Anniversary of CHIMIA
Organic Chemistry: At the Core of Idorsia's Business; Stefan Abele, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chimia 2021, 75, 1085
Passion and Perspectives for Swiss Chemical Manufacturing; Bernhard Uwyler, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Chimia 2021, 75, 227