Early 2016 ICTA was registered officially as the worldwide association representing the interests of the chemical distribution sector. Since then, ICTA has continued to develop, thanks primarily to the considerable efforts of Birger Kuck and the Fecc’s Brussel office.
 

A meeting of the G7 Global CBRNE Partnership Meeting took place in Rome on 23-24 February 2017.  CBRNE (pronounced ‘SEE-burn’) is an acronym for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive materials and aims to improve the security of these materials and prevent them falling into the possession of terrorists.

ICTA attended the OPCW Industry Co-ordination Group Meeting held in The Hague on 29 June 2017. It aimed to improve co-operation between international chemical organisations, such as ICTA and ICCA.